Merrill Lynch is a founding member of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and is the primary sponsor of the CDP's extension to the S&P500 in 2007. As one of the world's largest investment companies, Merrill Lynch is committed to environmental excellence, and recognizes the profound importance of protecting the global ecosystem.

Merrill Lynch understands the corporate risks associated with climate change and how important it is for all corporations to provide details about their carbon emissions and energy use. Merrill Lynch strongly encourages companies to respond to the CDP 2007 questionnaire, which will help provide important data and clarification on the issue of carbon emissions.

Merrill Lynch will be hosting the CDP5 global report launches in New York, London, Toronto, Hong Kong and Tokyo later in 2007. More information on these launch events will become available nearer the time.