Standards & schemes
CDP
In brief
CDP runs the global environmental disclosure system through which companies, cities and states report on climate change, water security and forests. Disclosure is requested annually on behalf of institutional investors and large buyers, and responses are scored from A to D- against CDP's methodology, with the A List as the recognised benchmark. The corporate questionnaire has been consolidated into a single integrated questionnaire per disclosure cycle (the 2026 cycle is current), aligned where possible with IFRS S2 and ESRS to reduce duplicate reporting. Scores are widely used in procurement and investor screening, which gives CDP an outsized influence on corporate disclosure practice. A CDP score is an assessment of disclosure completeness and quality against the questionnaire methodology; it is not a certification, not an audit of underlying data, and not proof of performance. Response-level data feeds scores that investors and procurement teams can compare across thousands of companies, and the questionnaire's annual revision keeps disclosure requirements moving with regulation. Non-responders receive an automatic F, making silence itself a visible signal. Using this framework does not by itself verify data accuracy, legal compliance or sustainability performance.
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