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2010 CDP Response Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1

June 2010 Following is Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.'s response to the Carbon Disclosure Project 2010 Information Request. Please note that this is a 30-page response document. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organization that holds the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world. To learn more about CDP and the 2010 Information Request, visit http://www.cdproject.net.


CDP 2010 Investor CDP 2010 Information Request Carbon Disclosure Project Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Module: Introduction

Page: Introduction

0.1

Introduction Please give a general description and introduction to your organization. At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our mission—to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer—is closely aligned with sustainability. Across more than 400 locations worldwide, we work to fulfill our mission through operational enhancements and innovative products that contribute to strong sustainability performance.

0.2

Reporting Year Please state the start and end date of the year for which you are reporting data.

Enter Periods that will be disclosed

Thu 01 Jan 2009 - Thu 31 Dec 2009

0.3

Are you participating in the Walmart Sustainability Assessment? No

0.4

Modules As part of the Investor CDP information request, electric utilities, companies with electric utility activities or assets, companies in the automobile or auto component manufacture sectors and companies in the oil and gas industry should complete supplementary questions in addition to the main questionnaire. If you are in these sectors, the corresponding sector modules will be marked as default options to your information request. If you have not been presented with a sector module that you consider would be appropriate for your company to answer, please select the module below. If you wish to view the questions first, please see www.cdproject.net/cdp-questionnaire.

0.5

Country list configuration Please select the countries for which you will be supplying data. This selection will be carried forward to assist you in completing your response.


Select country

United Kingdom United States of America

0.6

Please select if you wish to complete a shorter information request.

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Module: Governance

Page: Governance

1.1

Where is the highest level of responsibility for climate change within your company? Board committee or other executive body

1.1a

Please specify who is responsible. Board/Executive Board

1.1b

Select the lower level department responsible.

1.2

What is the mechanism by which the board committee or other executive body reviews the company’s progress and status regarding climate change? When warranted, matters related to climate change are presented to the Board of Directors.

1.3a

Please explain how overall responsibility for climate change is managed within your company.

1.3b


Please explain how overall responsibility for climate change is managed within your company.

1.4

Do you provide incentives for the management of climate change issues, including the attainment of greenhouse gas (GHG) targets? No

1.5

Please complete the table. Who is entitled to benefit from

those incentives?

The type of incentives

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Module: Risks and Opportunities

Page: Risks & Opportunities Identification Process

2.1

Describe your company’s process for identifying significant risks and/or opportunities from climate change and assessing the degree to which they could affect your business, including the financial implications. The Company has engaged an Environmental Health and Safety Director to assist in the Company’s efforts to be a responsible corporate citizen as it relates to climate change. Thermo Fisher’s Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Board of Directors, meets regularly. It conducts a strategic risk assessment from time to time, which identifies risks and opportunities and determines the degree to which they could affect the business. This process encompasses regulatory risk, in which climate change-is addressed.

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Page: Regulatory Risks

3.1


Do current and/or anticipated regulatory requirements related to climate change present significant risks to your company? Yes

Do you want to answer using: A text box

3.2A

What are the current and/or anticipated significant regulatory risks related to climate change and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

Risk

Region/Country

Timescale in Years

Comment

3.2B

What are the current and/or anticipated significant regulatory risks related to climate change and their associated countries/regions and timescales? Thermo Fisher is exposed to regulatory risk based on the probability of passage of climate change legislation in U.S., the extension of requirements in the European Union, and additional requirements elsewhere. National and regional regulation in the US will impose an administrative burden on the Company, requiring a GHG inventory and regular reporting on emissions. Reporting according to different reporting requirements in each jurisdiction will exacerbate this. Even if our operations in North America, Asia, Latin America and Europe are not included as “covered entities” (regulated facilities), our energy suppliers will be. This may cause energy supply and price volatility. With over 400 sites, the Company has operations on all major continents and in most countries around the globe some of which may be affected by national, international, regional and local climate change regulations. The Company is following developments related to climate change regulation in the EU post-2012, and is aware that US Federal regulation is very likely to be implemented in three to five years. US federal regulations will complement or supplant existing regional and local initiatives such as the California Climate Registry, the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) reporting requirements, and the UK Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).

3.3

Describe the ways in which the identified risks affect or could affect your business and your value chain. Risks include the cost associated with developing a GHG inventory, purchasing GHG management software, maintaining the inventory, completing any required annual third party verification of the inventory, and purchasing, , additional allowances through auction or via a cap and trade system. Increased future direct and indirect energy costs that will include the cost of GHG allowances also pose a risk.

3.4

Are there financial implications associated with the identified risks? Yes


3.5

Please describe them. Financial costs associated with developing a GHG inventory, purchasing GHG management software, maintaining the inventory, completing any required annual third party verification of the inventory, and purchasing, , additional allowances through auction or via a cap and trade system. Increased future direct and indirect energy costs that will include the cost of GHG allowances.

3.6

Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to manage or adapt to the risks that have been identified, including the cost of those actions. Thermo Fisher’s management team conducts a strategic risk assessment from time to time, which identifies risks and determines the degree to which they could affect the business.

3.7

Please explain why you do not consider your company to be exposed to significant regulatory risks - current and/or anticipated.

3.8

Please explain why not.

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Page: Physical Risks

4.1

Do current and/or anticipated physical impacts of climate change present significant risks to your company? No

Do you want to answer using: The table below

4.2A

What are the current and/or anticipated significant physical risks, and their associated countries/regions and timescales?


Risk

Region/Country

Timescale in Years

Comment

4.2B

What are the current and/or anticipated significant physical risks, and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

4.3

Describe the ways in which the identified risks affect or could affect your business and your value chain.

4.4

Are there financial implications associated with the identified risks?

4.5

Please describe them.

4.6

Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to manage or adapt to the risks that have been identified, including the cost of those actions.

4.7

Please explain why you do not consider your company to be exposed to significant physical risks - current and/or anticipated. The Company is aware of the scientific findings summarized in the IPCC 2007 Fourth Assessment report projections, which state that even if CO2 levels stabilize, world temperatures could rise by between 1.1 and 6.4 °C (2.0 and 11.5 °F) during the 21st century and that: • Sea levels will probably rise by 18 to 59 cm (7.08 to 23.22 in). • There is a confidence level of >90% that there will be more frequent warm spells, heat waves and heavy rainfall. • There is a confidence level of >66% that there will be an increase in droughts, tropical cyclones and extreme high tides. Assessment of physical risks to the Company’s operations are the responsibility of the site teams that develop disaster planning and business continuity programs. Climate change-related risks will be assessed for their potential impacts and costs. The physical risks include weather events aggravated by climate change such as more intense storms, increased frequency of hurricanes and tornadoes, fires, pandemic diseases and respiratory diseases, and other changes such as sea level rise may disrupt operations, supply and distribution. These physical risks may directly disrupt operations or may impact regions where we operate and affect local populations including our employees, suppliers or customers. The Company may have to bear the cost of repairs to any physical damage to facilities, or pay for the replacement of equipment. Climate change impacts will likely be felt worldwide. Coastal areas may be affected as ocean levels rise, presenting a higher risk of flooding. Inland, in dry areas, water shortages and droughts may worsen conditions conducive to wildfires. Increased ocean temperatures will likely


increase hurricane activity and/or intensity, threatening coastal and inland hurricane areas. Other types of weather events such as tornadoes and floods will likely increase in frequency. In all areas, temperature changes and increased CO2 levels will probably affect the growth of plants, increase pollen levels, and aggravate associated respiratory diseases. Higher temperatures will likely also result in more drought and increased risk of wild fires in some inland areas. Changed disease vectors will likely lead to the spread of tropical diseases outside of the regions in which they have historically occurred. Extreme weather events related to climate change have already taken place and will likely continue to occur in the coming years. More severe changes such as ocean level rise will likely not occur until quite some time into the future. The Company’s business continuity and emergency response plans will be updated as necessary to prepare for these possibilities.

4.8


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Page: Other risks

5.1

Does climate change present other significant risks - current and/or anticipated - for your company? No

Do you want to answer using: The table below

5.2A

What are the current and/or anticipated other significant risks, and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

Risk

Region/Country

Timescale in Years

Comment

5.2B

What are the current and/or anticipated other significant risks, and their associated countries/regions and timescales?


5.3

Describe the ways in which the identified risks affect or could affect your business and your value chain.

5.4

Are there financial implications associated with the identified risks?

5.5


5.6

Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to manage or adapt to the other risks that have been identified, including the costs of those actions.

5.7

Explain why you do not consider your company to be exposed to other significant risks - current and/or anticipated. Customer demand for more energy efficient and environmentally responsible products may increase. Company brand and reputation may be impacted by perception of its impact on greenhouse gas emissions. There exist minor risks that the Company could be perceived as slow to address climate change, and that its products and services may be at a competitive disadvantage to ‘greener’ products and services. We consider these risks to be low. Negative market perception can harm the Company’s market position. Further, the Company also solicits customer feedback on products as well as competitive offerings, and recognizes that major changes in customer expectations could impact sales and profitability. We consider the risk of negative impacts related to these two issues to be low. The Company has a global presence and its products are sold in most countries around the globe. These risks are present already and will likely become more important in the next few years. f) The Company is proactively addressing fundamental issues related to climate change by developing a GHG inventory, seeking to reduce energy use and emissions, and offering more energy-efficient and less GHG-producing products. g) The Company has received increasing market and customer feedback that climate change is an important issue to other organizations and companies, and is therefore a competitive necessity.

5.8


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Page: Regulatory Opportunities

6.1

Do current and/or anticipated regulatory requirements related to climate change present significant opportunities for your company? Yes


6.2A

What are the current and/or anticipated significant regulatory opportunities and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

Opportunities

Region/Country

Timescale in Years

Comment

6.2B

What are the current and/or anticipated significant regulatory opportunities and their associated countries/regions and timescales? Existing climate regulation in the EU and some regions and states in the US and emerging federal regulations will create additional market opportunities for both existing and new products and services that enable our customers to measure and reduce emissions. Opportunities exist across a wide range of our products, from measurement and other scientific equipment used in research and industry, to consumer products that reduce GHG emissions. The Company's awareness of the business opportunities related to climate change regulation has increased in the last two years.

6.3

Describe the ways in which the identified opportunities affect or could affect your business and your value chain. The Company’s marketing teams monitor market trends and customer feedback to identify new business opportunities. This includes emerging regulations such as climate change regulation.

6.4

Are there financial implications associated with the identified opportunities? Yes

6.5



Any climate change-based regulatory requirements will provide additional impetus for the Company to further improve energy performance, reduce emissions and develop additional products and services that do the same. Specifically, requirements for equipment for monitoring emissions from facilities such as fossil-fueled power plants provide opportunities for the Company because we manufacture pollution monitoring equipment.

6.6

Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to exploit the opportunities that have been identified, including the investment needed to take those actions. Opportunities exist across a wide range of our products, from measurement and other scientific equipment used in research and industry, to consumer products that reduce GHG emissions. The Company has a global presence, but the opportunity will be greatest in markets that are regulated such as the EU and parts of the US. Opportunities exist already in markets identified above, and are growing rapidly in the EU, US and Asia.

6.7

Explain why you do not consider your company to be presented with significant opportunities - current and/or anticipated.

6.8


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Page: Physical Opportunities

7.1

Do current and/or anticipated physical impacts of climate change present significant opportunities for your company? Yes


7.2A


What are the current and/or anticipated significant physical opportunities and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

Opportunities

Region/Country

Timescale in Years

Comment

7.2B

What are the current and/or anticipated significant physical opportunities and their associated countries/regions and timescales? Climate change and related changes in the weather will increase demand for equipment that measures and tracks weather and weather related phenomena. Certain industries that are directly affected by weather, such as agriculture, will increase research and therefore the use of our products. Climate change could have a global effect on human health, increasing the need for certain products that help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

7.3

Describe the ways in which the identified opportunities affect or could affect your business and your value chain. Climate change and energy price volatility present an opportunity to improve the Company’s energy management and increase the energy efficiency of our operations and of our product offerings in environmental monitoring equipment.

7.4


7.5

Please describe them. Certain industries that are directly affected by weather, such as agriculture, will increase research and therefore the use of our products. Climate change could have a global effect on human health, increasing the need for certain products that help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. products produced by the Company.

7.6

Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to exploit the opportunities that have been identified, including the investment needed to take those actions.

7.7



7.8


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Page: Other Opportunities

8.1

Does climate change present other significant opportunities - current and/or anticipated - for your company? Yes


8.2A

What are the current and/or anticipated other significant opportunities and their associated countries/regions and timescales?

Opportunities

Region/Country

Timescale in Years

Comment

8.2B

What are the current and/or anticipated other significant opportunities and their associated countries/regions and timescales? The Company believes there is more opportunity than risk moving forward with any changes in climate-related policy matters. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Our products include environmental monitoring instruments designed to help customers meet environmental standards and regulations. We continually invest in research and development opportunities to introduce new products and services that are more energy efficient.

8.3

Describe the ways in which the identified opportunities affect or could affect your business and your value chain. The Fisher Scientific catalog offers customers an “Environmentally Friendly Product Guide” containing products that meet one or more of 11 green standards, such as energy efficiency and recycled


content. Thermo Fisher’s Hamilton business has been recognized as the market leader in environmental stewardship in the laboratory furniture industry. This business offers a comprehensive portfolio of product solutions for the sustainable laboratory. As the leading manufacturer of adaptable, reusable laboratory furniture systems and high-efficiency laboratory fume hoods, this business can make a significant contribution toward a sustainable laboratory project while helping customers achieve their environmental stewardship objectives. Thermo Fisher biological safety cabinets, ULT (ultra-low temperature) lab freezers and other electric-powered equipment are designed for exceptional energy efficiency, resulting in reduced CO2 emissions and lower operating costs. The MSC-Advantage biological safety cabinet with advanced motor technology, for example, consumes 60 percent less energy than competing motor technologies.

8.4


8.5

Please describe them. The Company's mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Our products include environmental monitoring instruments designed to help customers meet environmental standards and regulations.

8.6

Describe any actions the company has taken or plans to take to exploit the opportunities that have been identified, including the investment needed to take those actions.

8.7


8.8


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Module: Strategy

Page: Strategy


9.1

Please describe how your overall group business strategy links with actions taken on risks and opportunities (identified in questions 3 to 8), including any emissions reduction targets or achievements, public policy engagement and external communications. As the world leader in serving science, the Company is at the forefront of addressing climate change and other environmental challenges by providing diverse products that help our customers meet their own sustainability objectives.

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Page: Strategy - Targets

9.2

Do you have a current emissions reduction target? No, but we are developing one

9.3

Please explain why not and forecast how your Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions will change over the next 5 years. (If you do not have a target)

9.4

Please give details of the target(s) you are developing and when you expect to announce it/them. (If you are in the process of developing a target) The Company is in process of calculating its benchmark data in the UK. The “footprint” year ends March 31, 2011, upon which time an assessment of the data will be conducted and strategy will be developed and opportunities for reduction will be evaluated.

9.5

Please explain if you intend to set a new target. (If you have had a target and the date for completing it fell within your reporting year, please answer questions 9.5 and 9.6)

9.6

Please complete the table. (If you have a current emissions reduction target or have a recently completed target)


Target Type

Value of

Target

Unit

Base year

Emissions in base

year (metric tonnes CO2-e)

Target Year

GHGs and GHG

sources to

which the

target applies

Target met?

Comment

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Page: Strategy - Emission Reduction Activities

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Is question 9.7 relevant for your company? Yes

9.7

Please use the table below to describe your company’s actions to reduce its GHG emissions.

1. Actions -

please

describe

2. Annual

energy

saving

3. Annual

energy

savings

- number

4. Annual

energy

saving -

units

5. Annu

al emission

reduction in

metric

tonnes

CO2-e

6. Reduction -

achieved or anticipated

7. Investment - numb

er

8. Investment - curren

cy

9. Monetary

savings - number

10. Monetary

savings -

currency

11. Monetary

savings

12. Timescale of

actions &

associated

investments

(if relevan

t)

Installation of high efficiency lighting

Achieved

5308486

kWh (kilowatt-hour)

5202316

Achieved

Infrared testing

Achieved

52560

kWh (kilowatt-hour)

24573

USD($)

Achieved


9.8


9.9

Please provide any other information you consider necessary to describe your emission reduction activities. In the UK the Company has replaced its continuous ventilation system in one facility with as-needed operation to maximize employee health protection and reduce energy usage. There are ten more locations within the US in which the Company is proposing to install this system over the next five years.

9.10

Do you engage with policy makers on possible responses to climate change including taxation, regulation and carbon trading? Yes

9.11

Please describe. The Company communicates with members of Congress, specifically in regards to GHG emissions legislation.

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Module: GHG Emissions Accounting, Energy and Fuel Use, and Trading

Page: Emissions Boundary - (1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009)

10.1

Please indicate the category that describes the company, entities, or group for which Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions are reported. Companies over which financial control is exercised per consolidated audited financial statements

10.2


Are there are any sources (e.g. facilities, specific GHGs, activities, geographies, etc.) of Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions within this boundary which are not included in your disclosure? Yes

10.3

Please complete the following table.

Source

Scope

Explain why the source is

excluded

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Based on the companies over which financial control is exercised, per consolidated audited Financial Statements, the size, production and emission type of Scope 1 GHG emissions remains minimal. The Company continues to explore manners by which it might track and subsequently report such data. The Company is exploring tracking Scope 2 emissions (indirect emissions from purchased energy) through NUS Consulting Group with their Utility Management Service.

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Page: Methodology - (1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009)

11.1a

Please give the name of the standard, protocol or methodology you have used to collect activity data and calculate Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and/or describe the procedure you have used (in the text box in 11.1b below).

Please select the published methodologies that you use.

11.1b

Please describe the procedure that you use.

11.2

Please also provide the names of and links to any calculation tools used.

Please select the calculation tools used.

11.3


Please give the global warming potentials you have applied and their origin.

Gas

Reference

GWP

11.4

Please give the emission factors you have applied and their origin.

Fuel/Material

Emission Factor

Unit

Reference

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Page: Emissions Scope 1 - (1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009)

12.1

Please give your total gross global Scope 1 GHG emissions in metric tonnes of CO2-e. 0

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Is question 12.2 relevant to your company? No

12.2

Please break down your total gross global Scope 1 emissions in metric tonnes CO2-e by country/region.

Country

Scope 1 Metric tonnes CO2-e

12.3

Please explain why not. Scope 1 GHG emissions are not calculated at this time by the Company due to the size and production of its facilities.


12.4

Where it will facilitate a better understanding of your business, please also break down your total gross global Scope 1 emissions by business division. (Only data for the current reporting year requested.)

Business Division


12.5

Where it will facilitate a better understanding of your business, please also break down your total gross global Scope 1 emissions by facility. (Only data for the current reporting year requested.) Facilities


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12.6

Please break down your total gross global Scope 1 emissions by GHG type. (Only data for the current reporting year requested.)

GHG Type

Scope 1 Emissions

(Metric tonnes)

Scope 1 Emissions

(Metric tonnes CO2-e)

12.7

Please explain why not. Scope 1 GHG emissions are not calculated at this time by the Company due to the size and production of its facilities.

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12.8


Please give the total amount of fuel in MWh that your organization has consumed during the reporting year.

12.9

Please explain why not. The total amount of fuel in MWh that the Company consumed during the reporting year has not been calculated by the Company at this time.

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12.10

Please complete the table by breaking down the total figure by fuel type.

Fuels

MWh

12.11

Please explain why not. This data is not currently calculated by the Company at this time.

12.12

Please estimate the level of uncertainty of the total gross global Scope 1 figure that you have supplied in answer to question 12.1 and specify the sources of uncertainty in your data gathering, handling, and calculations.

Uncertainty Range

Main sources of uncertainty

Please expand on

the uncertainty

in your data

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Page: Emissions Scope 2 - (1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009)

13.1

Please give your total gross global Scope 2 GHG emissions in metric tonnes of CO2-e. 0

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13.2

Please break down your total gross global Scope 2 emissions in metric tonnes of CO2-e by country/region. Country

Metric tonnes CO2-e

13.3

Please explain why not. Scope 2 emissions are not currently calculated by country/region by the Company at this time.

13.4

Where it will facilitate a better understanding of your business, please also break down your total gross global Scope 2 emissions by business division. (Only data for the current reporting year requested.)

Business division name

Metric tonnes CO2-

e

13.5

Where it will facilitate a better understanding of your business, please also break down your total gross global Scope 2 emissions by facility. (Only data for the current reporting year requested.)

Facility name

Metric tonnes CO2-e

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13.6

How much electricity, heat, steam, and cooling in MWh has your organization purchased for its own consumption during the reporting year?

Please supply data for these energy types.

MWh

13.7

Please explain why not. The electricity, heat, steam, and cooling in MWh for the Company has not been calculated at this time.

13.8

Please estimate the level of uncertainty of the total gross global Scope 2 figure that you have supplied in answer to question 13.1 and specify the sources of uncertainty in your data gathering, handling, and calculations.

Uncertainty range

Main sources of uncertainty

in your data

Please expand on

the uncertainty

in your data.

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Page: Emissions Scope 2 Contractual

14.1

Do you consider that the grid average factors used to report Scope 2 emissions in question 13 reflect the contractual arrangements you have with electricity suppliers? No

14.2


You may report a total contractual Scope 2 figure in response to this question. Please provide your total global contractual Scope 2 GHG emissions figure in metric tonnes CO2-e.

14.3

Explain the origin of the alternative figure including information about the emission factors used and the tariffs.

14.4

Has your organization retired any certificates, e.g. Renewable Energy Certificates, associated with zero or low carbon electricity within the reporting year or has this been done on your behalf? No

14.5

Please provide details including the number and type of certificates.

Type of certificate

Number of certificates

Comments

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Page: Emissions Scope 3

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15.1

Please provide data on sources of Scope 3 emissions that are relevant to your organization.


Sources of Scope

3 emissions

Metric tonnes

of CO2-e

Methodology

If you cannot

provide a figure for a relevant source of Scope 3

emissions, please

describe the

emissions.

15.2

Please explain why not. Data on sources of Scope 3 emissions are not currently calculated by the Company.

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Page: Emissions 7

16.1

Does the use of your goods and/or services enable GHG emissions to be avoided by a third party? Yes

16.2

Please provide details including the anticipated timescale over which the emissions are avoided, in which sector of the economy they might help to avoid emissions and their potential to avoid emissions. Thermo Fisher’s Hamilton business has been recognized as the market leader in environmental stewardship in the laboratory furniture industry. This business offers a comprehensive portfolio of product solutions for the sustainable laboratory. As the leading manufacturer of adaptable, reusable laboratory furniture systems and high-efficiency laboratory fume hoods, this business can make a significant contribution toward a sustainable laboratory project while helping customers achieve their environmental stewardship objectives. Because designs are benchmarked to the U.S. Green Building Council LEED building rating system, Thermo Fisher can help customers who are pursuing LEED certification for their facilities. Thermo Fisher biological safety cabinets, ULT (ultra-low temperature) lab freezers and other electric-powered equipment are designed for exceptional energy efficiency, resulting in reduced CO2 emissions and lower operating costs. The MSC-Advantage biological safety cabinet with advanced motor technology, for example, consumes 60 percent less energy than competing motor technologies. The Fisher Scientific catalog offers customers an “Environmentally Friendly Product Guide” containing products that meet one or more of 11 green standards, such as energy efficiency and recycled content. Customer-driven e-commerce through our information technology infrastructure also minimizes carbon emissions by reducing energy consumption and paper usage. Thermo Fisher’s Barnstead water filtration systems and Nalgene re-usable environmentally


responsible water bottles reduce customer purchases of disposable containers, which therefore reduces the packaging, shipping and recycling associated with bottled water, and the related emissions, as well as the depletion of distant aquifers which may become threatened by climate change-induced shortage and droughts. Thermo Fisher’s Nalgene Outdoor Products division, recognized by outdoor enthusiasts for its rugged plastic water bottles, has teamed up with The Brita Products Company, a leading maker of point-of-use water filtration products, to encourage consumers to kick their bottled water habits. The campaign, FilterForGood, encourages consumers to switch to a reusable water bottle filled with home-filtered water. The website www.FilterForGood.com offers plenty of reasons to make the switch, including the fact that Americans send 38 billion water bottles a year to landfills. The campaign has saved over 90 million disposable bottles — and pledges continue to roll in. Besides our eco-friendly operations and “green” products, Thermo Fisher also works with customers, industry and the scientific community to advance environmental management and science. Our goal is strong partnerships that support all sustainability initiatives, for example: • Decision support tools from Thermo Fisher, such as a carbon calculator and chemical conversion chart, help our customers facilitate process change and chemical molecule product replacement opportunities. • Thermo Fisher launched a partnership with universities and leading suppliers to develop sustainable business practices such as curtailing excessive freight shipments, a “no idle” truck policy, and reduction of paper catalogs. • We encourage customers to order products online at our e-commerce site in order to eliminate paper waste, and to consolidate orders to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from multiple freight shipments. Most of the Company’s fleet vehicles in the European Union are powered by diesel fuel instead of gasoline, which cuts their carbon dioxide emissions approximately 40 percent.

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17.1

Please provide your total carbon dioxide emissions in metric tonnes CO2 from the combustion of biologically sequestered carbon i.e. carbon dioxide emissions from burning biomass/biofuels.

17.2

Please explain why not. Not applicable

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Page: Emissions 8

18.1a

Please describe a financial intensity measurement for the reporting year for your gross combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. If you do not consider a financial intensity measurement to be relevant to your company, select "Not relevant" in column 5 and explain why in column 6.


Figure for Scope 1

and Scope 2

emissions

GHG units

Multiple of

currency unit

Currency unit

Financial intensity metrics

Please explain if

not relevant. Alternatively

provide any

contextual details that

you consider

relevant to understand the units or figures you

have provided.

18.1b

Please describe an activity-related intensity measurement for the reporting year for your gross combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Oil and gas sector companies are also asked to report activity-related intensity metrics in answer to table O&G1.3. If you do not consider an activity-related intensity measurement to be relevant to your company, select "Not relevant" in column 3 and explain why in column 4.

Figure for Scope 1

and Scope 2

emissions

GHG units

Activity-related metrics

Please explain if

not relevant. Alternatively

provide any

contextual details that

you consider

relevant to understand the units or figures you

have provided.

19.1

Do the absolute emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2 combined) for the reporting year vary significantly compared to the previous year? We don't have any emissions data.

19.2

Please explain why they have varied and why the variation is significant.


20.1A

Please complete the following table indicating the percentage of reported emissions that have been verified/assured and attach the relevant statement.

Scope 1 (Q12.1)

Scope 2 (Q13.1)

Scope 3 (Q15.1)

20.1B

I have attached an external verification statement that covers the following scopes:

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Page: Emissions 9 Trading

21.1

Do you participate in any emission trading schemes? We don't currently, but anticipate participating in emissions trading within the next two years.

21.2

Please complete the following table for each of the emission trading schemes in which you participate.

Scheme name

Period for

which data is

supplied.

Allowances allocated

Allowances purchased

Verified emissions - number

Verified emissions

- units

Details of ownership

Mon 01 Jan 0001 - Mon 01 Jan 0001

21.3


What is your strategy for complying with the schemes in which you participate or anticipate participating? The Company anticipates participation in emission trading schemes in the second quarter of 2011 in the U.K.

21.4

Has your company originated any project-based carbon credits or purchased any within the reporting period? No

21.5

Please complete the following table.

Credit origination

or credit purchase?

Project identification

URL link to project

documentation

Verified to which

standard?

Number of

credits (metric tonnes of CO2-

e)

Credits retired?

Purpose e.g.

compliance

Further Information

Attachments

Module: Climate Change Communications

Page: Communications 1

22.1

Have you published information about your company’s response to climate change/GHG emissions in other places than in your CDP response? Yes

22.2

In your Annual Reports or other mainstream filing? (If so, please attach your latest publication(s).) No

22.3


Through voluntary communications such as CSR reports? (If so, please attach your latest publication(s).) No

Further Information

Attachments

CDP 2010 Investor CDP 2010 Information Request

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