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CDP announces new director of CDP Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand

September 18, 2019 – Hong Kong: Global environmental non-profit CDP announces the appointment of Pratima Divgi as the new regional director of CDP Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, effective 2 September 2019. In her new role, Ms. Divgi will lead the development and implementation of CDP’s regional efforts in increasing environmental disclosure and action among corporates, investors, local governments and policymakers.

Ms. Divgi joins CDP after nearly two decades of experience in finance, most recently in private equity with Aberdeen Standard Investments. She was also part of the private equity environmental, social and governance (ESG) working group which involved formulation of the ESG policy and leading the policy implementation for Asia-Pacific private equity investments.

At CDP’s regional office in Hong Kong, Ms. Divgi will engage with companies, investors, cities, and states in the region to drive forward their low-carbon transition and action on water security and deforestation.

“My journey into ESG and sustainable finance has been a long time in the making and I am excited to steer my passion into the next phase of my career,” said Ms Divgi. “CDP is at the forefront of corporate disclosure on climate change, water security and forests with over 7,000 companies and over 750 cities, states and regions reporting through the platform in 2018.”

“Sustainability is the next frontier for business and finance. I look forward to working with regional stakeholders to better measure and manage environmental risks and opportunities, and raising CDP’s efforts in one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change and water risks.”

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• Crystal Chow, CDP T: +852-9301-5004 | E: [email protected]

About CDP

CDP is an international non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Voted number one climate research provider by investors and working with institutional investors with assets of US$96 trillion, we leverage investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts. Over 7,000 companies with over 50% of global market capitalization disclosed environmental data through CDP in 2018. This is in addition to the over 750 cities, states and regions who disclosed, making CDP’s platform one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environmental change. CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, is a founding member of the We Mean Business Coalition. Visit www.CDP.net or follow us @CDP to find out more.