ASX200 companies are increasingly comfortable with carbon pricing, with property companies and banks the strongest carbon performers in the index overall, according to a new report issued by the Carbon Disclosure Project.

The report also identifies five ASX200 climate change leaders recognised on both the CDP 2012 ASX200 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index and the CDP 2012 ASX200 Carbon Performance Leadership Index.

They were Commonwealth Property Office Fund, CFS Retail Property Trust, Mirvac Group, National Australia Bank and Insurance Australia Group. Qantas Airways and Commonwealth Property Office Fund were the equal highest scoring companies on the CDP 2012 ASX200 CDLI.

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