Ceres Inc.

Filing Period

Nov 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2013

Signed

Sep 5, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$8,810,961

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Sustainable business strategies: ceres aims to integrate sustainability into company performance by scaling up positive social, environmental, and business results in strategy, governance, operations, and supply chains. The ceres company network includes 70 members from two-dozen industries, including market leaders in technology, insurance, footwear and apparel, food and beverage, oil and gas, electric utilities and financial services. Roughly one-third of companies in the ceres network are in the fortune 500. Network companies make commitments to stakeholder engagement, public disclosure, and performance improvements, as outlined in the ceres-authored the 21st century corporation: the ceres roadmap for sustainability. In 2013, ceres gathered data indicating how the 600 largest companies are progressing towards goals called for in the roadmap. The findings will be released in 2014.

Activity 3

Climate and clean energy: ceres seeks to accelerate the sustainable global economy by championing low-carbon business, investor, and policy solutions to drive economic growth and mitigate the impacts of climate change. The goal is to transition to a global clean energy economy by reducing reliance on unsustainable energy options, such as high-polluting oil and coal, while championing resilient, low-carbon electric power and transportation options, energy efficiency, and business solutions at the speed and scale necessary to drive robust growth and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Ceres convenes investors, technical experts, and representatives from energy intensive, to find solutions to a range of sustainability problems attributable to economic activity. Towards this aim, ceres directs the business for innovative climate and energy policy (bicep) coalition, comprised of 30 members representing a range of well-known consumer brands such as nike, starbucks and levi strauss & co. In 2013, ceres launched the ceres' climate declaration, a call for government action on climate change. More than 700 companies have joined this effort. Responding to ongoing efforts by ceres, the national association of insurance commissioners (naic) has mandated insurance companies to disclose annually the financial risks they face from climate change, as well as actions they are taking to address those risks. Ceres assessed these disclosures and wrote reports on their findings the past two years. In 2013, ceres convened a series of roundtables with city leaders and insurance executives to consider steps towards building cities more resilient to the effects of climate change, such as the flooding from hurricane sandy.

Filer

EIN

22-3053747