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1 Introduction to the module These questions are designed to apply to companies operating in the Inmation Technology and Telecommunications sector. Other companies who feel that this module is relevant them can choose to complete it voluntarily. This module should be completed alongside the core modules of the climate questionnaire. The questions have been developed based on extensive consultation with ICT companies, investor organizations, consultancies, policy makers and other experts in greenhouse gas accounting. Please see the guidance detailed inmation about the definitions included in this module and how to answer the questions, which are summarized below: ICT0 ICT1 ICT2 ICT3 ICT4 ICT5 ICT6 Determine business composition (all companies) Data center activities (organizations that have identified centers as part of their boundary only) Provision of network/connectivity services (organizations that have identified provision of network/connectivity services as part of their boundary only) Manufacture or assembly of hardware/components (organizations that have identified manufacture or assembly of hardware/components as part of their boundary only) Manufacture of software (organizations that have identified manufacture of software as part of their boundary only) services (office based activities) (organizations that have identified business services (office based activities) as part of their boundary only) Other activities (organizations that have identified Other as part of their boundary only) CDP Questionnaire Copyright and Licensed Use: The copyright to CDP s annual questionnaire/s is owned by CDP Worldwide, a registered charity number and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England number Any use of any part of the questionnaire, including the questions, must be licensed by CDP. Any unauthorized use is prohibited and CDP reserves the right to protect its copyright by all legal means necessary. Contact license@cdp.net details of licenses and fees Page 1 Copyright CDP Worldwide 2015

2 ICT0 ICT0.1 Determine business composition Please identify the significant components of your business within your reporting boundary (select all that apply) Data centers Provision of network/connectivity services Manufacture or assembly of hardware/components Manufacture of software services (office based activities) Other Companies are only asked to respond to questions on the significant activities that fall within their reporting boundary, as identified in response to Question ICT0.1. ICT1 ICT1.1 ICT1.2 Data center activities centers Please provide your absolute and 2 and the centers component of your business Data centers When responding to the ICT module, companies are only required to provide one. Please use the field in all ICT questions where are required to disclose whether you have used a location-based or market-based ICT1.3: Percentage What percentage of your ICT population sits in centers where Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is measured on a regular basis? Page 2 Copyright CDP Worldwide 2015

3 ICT1.4 Please provide a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) value your center(s). If you have more than one center, you can provide this inmation as (a) an average, (b) a range or (c) by individual center please tick the you wish to provide (tick all that apply) Average Range Individual center In each case, respondents are asked to provide the PUE value, percentage and direction of. A comment column is also included to allow companies to provide additional context. ICT1.5 ICT1.6 Please provide details of how you have calculated your PUE value Do you use any alternative intensity metrics to assess the energy or the permance of your center(s)? If yes: ICT1.6a Please provide details on the alternative intensity metrics you use to assess the energy or the permance of your center(s) ICT1.7 Please identify the measures you are planning or have undertaken in the reporting to increase the energy efficiency of your center(s) Status in reporting Energy efficiency measure ICT1.8 Do you participate in any center efficiency schemes or have buildings that are sustainably certified or rated? If yes: ICT1.8a Please provide details on the center efficiency schemes you participate in or the buildings that are sustainably certified or rated ICT1.9 Do you measure the utilization rate of your center(s)? If yes: ICT1.9a What ology do you use to calculate the utilization rate of your center(s)? ICT1.10 Do you provide carbon to your clients regarding the center services they procure? If yes: ICT1.10a How do you provide carbon to your clients regarding the center services they procure? ICT1.11 Please describe any efts you have made to incorporate renewable energy into the supply to your center(s) or to re-use waste heat Page 3 Copyright CDP Worldwide 2015

4 ICT2 ICT2.1 ICT2.2 Provision of network/connectivity services provision of network/connectivity services Please provide your absolute and 2 and the provision of network/connectivity services component of your business Provision of network/conn ectivity services ICT2.3 Please describe your gross combined and 2 or use the provision of network/connectivity services component of your business as an intensity metric ICT2.4 ICT2.5 Please explain how you calculated the intensity s given in response to Question ICT2.3 Do you provide carbon to your clients regarding the network/connectivity services they procure? If yes: ICT2.5a How do you provide carbon to your clients regarding the network/connectivity services they procure? ICT3 ICT3.1 Manufacture or assembly of hardware/components manufacture or assembly of hardware/components Page 4 Copyright CDP Worldwide 2015

5 ICT3.2 Please provide your absolute and 2 and the manufacture or assembly of hardware/components part of your business (metric tonnes Manufacture or assembly of hardware/components (metric tonnes ICT3.3 ICT3.4 Please identify the percentage of your products meeting recognized energy efficiency standards/specifications by sales weighted volume (full product range) Of the new products released in the reporting, please identify the percentage (as a percentage of all new products in that product type category) that meet recognized energy efficiency standards/specifications For each question companies are asked to specify the relevant standard each product type and the percentage of products meeting that standard in sleep, standby and in use mode. An additional comment column is available extra context. Companies should only complete this question product types that m a significant part of their manufacturing business ICT3.5 ICT3.6 ICT3.7 Please describe the efts your organization has made to improve the energy efficiency of your products Please describe the GHG abatement measures you have employed specifically in your ICT manufacturing operations Do you provide carbon to your clients regarding the hardware/component products they procure? If yes: ICT3.7a How do you provide carbon to your clients regarding the hardware/component products they procure? ICT4 ICT4.1 Manufacture of software manufacture of software Page 5 Copyright CDP Worldwide 2015

6 ICT4.2 Please provide your absolute and 2 and the software manufacture component of your business Manufacture of software ICT4.3 Please describe your gross combined and 2 the software manufacture component of your business in metric tonnes CO 2e per unit of production metric tonnes CO2e Unit of production ICT4.4 ICT4.5 What percentage of your software sales (by volume) is in an electronic mat? Do you provide carbon to your clients regarding the software products they procure? If yes: ICT4.5a How do you provide carbon to your clients regarding the software products they procure? ICT5 ICT5.1 ICT5.2 services (office based activities) business services (office based activities) Please provide your absolute and 2 and the business services (office based activities) component of your business services Page 6 Copyright CDP Worldwide 2015

7 ICT5.3 Please describe your gross combined and 2 the business services (office based activities) component of your business in metric tonnes CO 2e per square meter metric tonnes CO2e square meter ICT5.4 Please describe your use the provision of business services (office based activities) component of your business in MWh per square meter MWh square meter ICT6 ICT6.1 ICT6.2 Other activities other Please provide your absolute and 2 and the identified other component of your business Activity (metric tonnes ICT6.3 Please describe your gross combined and 2 your defined additional using an appropriate based intensity metric Activity metric tonnes CO2e ICT6.4 If appropriate, please describe your use your defined additional using an appropriate based intensity metric Activity MWh Page 7 Copyright CDP Worldwide 2015

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