​Lassila & Tikanoja has been identified as a Nordic leader for the quality of climate change related information that it has disclosed to investors and the global marketplace through CDP, the international not-for-profit that drives sustainable economies. It is therefore awarded a position on the Nordic Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), released today in the Nordic edition of CDP's annual global climate change report. The news comes three weeks ahead of COP21, the UN climate change conference, when national leaders meet to agree a global deal to reduce carbon emissions and limit temperature warming.

Lassila & Tikanoja has earned its position on the index by disclosing high quality carbon emissions and energy data through CDP's climate change program. The reported data has been independently assessed against CDP's scoring methodology and marked out of 100. Those organizations graded within the top 10% in the region constitute the CDLI. Lassila & Tikanoja has scored 99.

'Our inclusion in the Nordic Climate Disclosure Leadership Index for a second year in a row is recognition that our systematic efforts to reduce CO2 emissions-both our own and those of our customers-and to improve material and energy efficiency have succeeded and that we have also been able to communicate this well. We are an environmental company, which means that responsibility is an integral component of L&T's strategy and business operations. It means maintaining the competitiveness of our operations and customers and identifying and controlling risks. Naturally, these factors affect the decisions made by investors,' says Timo Leinonen, CFO at Lassila & Tikanoja.

At the request of 822 investors who represent €86 trillion in assets, thousands of companies submit annual climate disclosures to CDP. Top scores indicate a high level of transparency in the disclosure of climate change-related information, providing investors with a level of comfort to assess corporate accountability and preparedness for changing market demands and emissions regulation.

Paul Dickinson, executive chairman and co-founder of CDP says: 'As the world looks beyond the Paris climate change negotiations and prepares for a low carbon future, reliable information about how companies are responding to the transition will be ever more valuable. For this reason we congratulate those businesses that have achieved a position on CDP's Climate Disclosure Leadership Index.'

CDP's annual global climate change report, along with the climate scores of all companies publicly taking part in CDP's climate change program this year, is available on CDP's website.

Additional information:
Sara Anttila, Communications Specialist, IR, tel. +358 50 385 8710, sara.anttila@lassila-tikanoja.fi

About CDP
CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, is an international, not-for-profit organization providing the only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information. CDP works with market forces, including 822 institutional investors with assets of €86 trillion, to motivate companies to disclose their impacts on the environment and natural resources and take action to reduce them. More than 5,500 companies disclosed environmental information through CDP in 2015. CDP now holds the largest collection globally of primary climate change, water and forest risk commodities information and puts these insights at the heart of strategic business, investment and policy decisions. Please visit www.cdp.net or follow us @CDP to find out more.

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