The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) aims to put quality information at the heart of decision making by businesses and governments, and holds the world's largest database of primary corporate climate change information.

The 2011 CDP Ireland Report, the third report prepared by KPMG, examines the strategies being deployed by many of Ireland's most successful companies to ensure sustainability in a low-carbon world.

The launch of this year's report will hear from three leading Irish businessmen about what these issues mean for their companies and why, despite the tough challenges of today's economic context, taking part in the Carbon Disclosure Project is still a priority. Gary McGann, CEO, Smurfit Kappa Group, Gabriel D'Arcy, CEO, Bord na Mona and Jim Corbett, Managing Director, Bewley's.

Described by the Harvard Business Review as "the most powerful green NGO you never heard of", the CDP holds the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world.

The Carbon Disclosure Project was launched to accelerate solutions to climate change and water management "by putting relevant information at the heart of business, policy and investment decisions".

Over 3,000 organisations in some 60 countries around the world now measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, water management and climate change strategies through CDP, in order that they can set reduction targets and make performance improvements.

The CDP acts on behalf of 551 institutional investors, holding US$71 trillion in assets under management and some 60 purchasing organisations such as Dell, PepsiCo and Walmart.

Refreshments will be served from 7.45am and the presentations will run from 8.15 until 10.15am.