Transparency to Transformation: How CDP disclosure can help you in your journey to environmental leadership in 2021 and beyond

The CDP 2021 Disclosure Workshop Series took place throughout May and June. The workshops ranged from multi-stakeholder thought-leadership panels to capacity-building sessions led by CDP's technical experts. They spanned multiple countries and engaged thousands of stakeholders who understand the power and scale of collaboration needed to solve urgent environmental issues at a global and regional scale.

Through our regional disclosure workshops, we provided valuable support, updates, thought leadership and networking, tailored to your region, enabling you to make the most of the disclosure process and take more effective environmental action.

CDP also held a series of globally relevant, topical Capacity Building Webinars designed to improve understanding of CDP disclosure and build capacity for best practice environmental action. CDP experts explored both foundational and cutting-edge environmental topics.

Missed these events? Don't worry, recordings of these events are available to access by clicking the links below.

You can still register for our upcoming CDP Live events, scroll down to see more.

CDP Hong Kong and SE Asia Workshop

Monday 3rd May - Friday 7th May

Beginner Disclosure Workshop | Recording available at the link below |

This webinar provides an overview of the resources and options available to support companies with their first CDP disclosure, a live demo on how to use CDP's Online Response System andtips for responding to the CDP questionnaires. You will also hear from Nic Bishop, Head of Sustainability & Environmental Innovation and Hyrine Munga PHD, Environmental Specialist – Carbon from Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation,an experienced responding company with 10 years of experience with CDP disclosure.

Climate Change Disclosure Workshop | Recording available at the link below |

This webinar is for existing responders to CDP's climate change questionnaire and will focus on year-on-year changes to our questionnaires and scoring methodology in 2021.

Forests Disclosure Workshop | Recording available at the link below |

This webinar highlights forests commodity risks companies are facing and the growing need for corporate forests data. It will provide a training for companies looking to understand 2021 Forest questionnaire, the reporting guidance, and changes made to the questions.

Water Security Disclosure Workshop | Recording available at the link below |

This webinar highlights the main water risks facing businesses, the growing need for corporate water data, and the importance of CDP Water Security disclosure. The session is designed for companies looking to understand to topic of water security disclosure, and changes to the water security questions in 2021.

CDP India Workshop

Monday 10th May - Friday 17th May

Climate Change Disclosure Workshop | Recording available at the link below |

Water Security and Forests Disclosure Workshop | Recording available at the link below |

Scoring Methodology and 2021 Changes Workshop | Recording available at the link below |

Disclosing to CDP: Benefits and How to Disclose Workshop | Recording available at the link below |

Commit to Action (CTA) Initiatives Workshop | Recording available at the link below |

India’s private and public sector climate ambition has gained ground, despite the devastating impact of COVID-19. Even though an increasing number of companies are beginning to take effective climate action in line with a 1.5 future, a lot more needs to be done to enable India’s transition to a zero-carbon, sustainable future. Environmental transparency is an increasing imperative for capital markets and customers and a growing priority for businesses – CDP India’s disclosure training workshop webinar series will offer insights into the 2021 questionnaires and scoring methodologies, why and how to disclose to CDP, and Commit to Action (CTA) initiatives, among other important topics.

CDP North America Workshop

Monday 10th May - Thursday 27th May | Recordings available at the link below |

Environmental ambition has not faltered throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, 2020 saw a rapid rise in ambition by the private and public sectors to limit warming to 1.5°C – with a record number of investors, companies and governments pledging to set science-based GHG reduction targets, protect precious water bodies, end deforestation and reverse decades of environmental injustice. As these players align their business strategies behind the demands of science, what must be done to transform this ambition into action?

At our flagship North America Workshop, we’ll dive into the topic of ambition for 1.5°C, hear key insights and updates in environmental disclosure, share best practices and find invaluable networking opportunities with peers across the sustainability field. Join us and discover your next step in the transition to a sustainable economy that works for people and planet.

CDP Europe Workshop

Thursday 20th May | Recording available at the link below |

CDP Japan Workshop

Thursday 8th July | 2:00 PM JST | 10:30 AM IST | 1:00 PM HKT |

The detailed explanation of the scoring methodology of Climate Change, Water Security and Forests for those who want to check if their draft response is aligning to the scoring methodology in advance of submitting it.

Also, CDP Japan provides supplier support recorded webinars on 開示サポート - CDP.

CDP UK & WW Workshop: Transparency to Transformation.

Wednesday 26th May | Recording available at the link below |

The COP26 conference in Glasgow in late 2021 will be a pivotal moment in the fight against the climate and ecological emergency. This event aims to bring together corporations, investors, purchasers, and local authorities to discuss their role in driving action on climate change, deforestation and water security both at home and abroad. Participants will be able to learn about initiatives and policy developments that are relevant to their sustainability strategies.

CDP China Workshop

Session One: Journey from Disclosure to Management

Wednesday 9th June | 2.00pm - 3.15pm GMT+8 (China Standard Time)

This session is an introduction to CDP climate change, forests and water security questionnaire, and an overview of CDP’s scoring methodology and resources, including how to advance from basic disclosure to actions and performance. The information covered will be of value to those actively involved in CDP disclosure on behalf of responding organizations. We will walk through key modules and thresholds along the company journey per theme and deep dive on quantitative metrics and targets

Session Two: Towards Sustainable Forest Supply Chain- the Role of Certifications

Wednesday 16th June | 10:00am – 11:30am GMT+8 (China Standard Time)

This session is an introduction to CDP forests questionnaire, and an overview of CDP’s scoring methodology and resources, including how to advance from basic disclosure to actions and performance. This session will also invite experts from third party certification themes on soft commodities including FSC on timber, RSPO on palm oil and RTRS on soybean, to share the role of certification towards sustainable supply chain. The CDP forest responding organizations are highly welcomed to join.

CDP Latin America Workshop

Monday 3rd May | Recording available at the link below* |

CDP Latin America will be hosting a series of webinars in Portuguese and Spanish covering disclosure to CDP in 2021.

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Why disclose on cattle? From risk management to halting deforestation

Tuesday 4th May | Recording available at the link below |

Learn the insights on cattle disclosure from CDP's forest team. Through CDP data you will learn how to improve reporting and generate quality information for your company.

Introduction to Water Security Disclosure in 2021

Tuesday 6th May | Recording available at the link below |

Join us for an introduction to the 2021 CDP Water Security Questionnaire. This webinar will introduce you to the process and benefits of CDP disclosure, explain the questionnaire by breaking down key components, and give you an overview of the resources available to support your response. There will be approximately 45 minutes of content with 15 minutes of Q&A.

Journey from Disclosure to Leadership

Tuesday 11th May | Recording available at link below |

This session is an introduction to CDP and an overview of CDP’s scoring methodology and resources, including how to advance along the journey to environmental best practice. The information covered will be of value to those actively involved in CDP disclosure on behalf of responding organizations. We will offer break out rooms to discuss key thresholds along the company journey per theme and deep dive break out rooms on targets and verification/renewable energy procurement (TBD).

Aiming for A – the City Climate Journey – How cities can lead on climate-related disclosure

Tuesday 11th May | Recording available at link below |

Disclosure helps local governments identify the areas where they can make most progress in driving climate and environmental action. Using insights from disclosing cities and our partners, this roundtable lays out what leadership and best practice looks like for cities across key topics relevant to North American Cities, and points to the tools and resources necessary to achieve this.

SBTs for a 1.5C aligned world

Wednesday 12th May | Recording available at link below |

An introduction to science-based targets, the SBTi criteria, commitment, process, and work on net-zero.

How is CDP Data Used in the Marketplace?

Wednesday 12th May | Recording available at link below |

This session will provide a high-level overview of CDP data, with potential to briefly reference new data products, such as Temperature Ratings or a Supply Chain data product. The session will then go into a panel discussion featuring representatives from different stakeholder groups (corporates, purchasers, investors) to talk about how they use CDP data to achieve their sustainability goals (e.g. SBTs, portfolio decarbonization, scope 3 reduction).

Capacity Building to Financial Institutions to Measure and Disclose Financed Emissions and Enhance Understanding of Impact on Climate

Thursday 13th May | Recording available at the link below |

This session is aimed at financial institutions to help them better understand their environmental impact and exposure to carbon-intensive industries. The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) has published a Global Accounting Standard that details the process and methods for measuring financed emissions – step one in the process to decarbonize portfolios. CDP provides the disclosure mechanisms to report these Scope 3 emissions – step two. Due to the confusion and crowding of this space, PCAF and CDP are working to create clearer linkages in the process to reduce emissions among financial institutions. This session will go in depth into the PCAF Global Accounting Standard and how a financial institution can implement this accounting in conjunction with CDP annual disclosure. We will be discussing the long-term outcomes of accounting and disclosure, touching on the implications towards target-setting.

Pathway to Ambitious Targets Through Supplier Engagement

Thursday 13th May | Recording available at link below |

Environmental action in supply chains is crucial to driving forward ambitious sustainability targets. This session will provide an initial overview of 1.5-aligned Science-Based Targets, and why effective supply chain engagement is critical to set and achieve them. Two CDP Supply Chain members will share how their supplier engagement efforts progressed over time to support their own ambitious 1.5 target setting and tracking.

Introduction to Setting a Science Based Target as a Financial Institution

Monday 17th May | Recording available at link below |

This event will focus on the new SBTi framework for Financial Institutions. This new framework allows financial institutions – including banks, investors, insurance companies, pension funds and others – to set science-based targets to align their lending and investment activities with the Paris Agreement. Financial institutions are increasingly recognizing the extent of climate risks and their impact on every market sector. Investment and lending activities must be urgently reviewed to avoid the worst effects of catastrophic climate change and fund a climate-secure, zero-carbon future. This webinar will serve as an introduction to the framework and how investors can go about achieving net-zero.

Resilience and Opportunity in the Sustainable Food Transition

Monday 17th May | Recording available at link below |

Experts worldwide are calling for a food system transformation within the next decade if we are to feed a growing population sustainably and meet global climate and environmental goals. The corporate food value chain has a critical role to play in this transition that also offers immense opportunity to build resilience into business strategies for present and future environmental and health threats.

This session will open with an introduction to CDP’s Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, detailing the business and environmental case for a food systems transformation and the menu of actions that have been identified for the corporate food value chain. Three panelists will then each highlight some of the best practices identified:

•How to plan your food transition strategy will highlight some of the most impactful strategies for improving corporate sustainability and resilience, such as comprehensive target setting that address a myriad of risks and impacts to companies – for example, water pollution targets as a method to address water risks while also improving farm performance.

•Implementing traceability schemes in your supply chain, particularly for forest-risk commodities, will be a forum for companies to discuss challenges and gaps in implementing traceability systems

•Driving good agriculture practices in your value chain will showcase beneficial outcomes from engaging with smallholders to implement good agricultural practices and will highlight best practice engagement tools such as financial incentivization

During the breakout session, attendees will have an opportunity to contribute to a virtual “whiteboard” which we will use to collect feedback on gaps and obstacles companies are facing in this transition. This will be used to inform our questionnaire development and engagement methods.

Pollution deep dive: transformative corporate action for a water-secure, low-carbon world

Tuesday 18th May | Recording available at the link below |

Businesses must be ready to face the shocks and stressors posed by the degradation of nature and a changing climate. COVID-19 has provided a glimpse into a global economy decimated by crisis - transformation is needed to create a resilient, sustainable and equitable economy. CDP’s latest Global Water Report, A Wave of Change, highlights how water stewardship must be integral to business strategies to reduce GHG emissions and, more holistically, increase resilience. Ambitious targets and transformational business models will be required. This session will provide a deep dive into targets focused on water quality, including corporate case studies and the connections between eliminating water pollution and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The current use, storage and distribution of water and the lack of wastewater treatment contributes 10% of global GHG emissions collectively, making it key to meeting the Paris Agreement. In the last year, companies have made progress on water use, with nearly two thirds of companies reducing or maintaining water withdrawals, thanks to the implementation of measures to reuse and save water. However, the analysis finds overall business action on water pollution is severely lacking, with just 4.4% of companies making progress against pollution reduction targets. Join us to hear from peers taking bold action to address the water pollution risk while considering water and climate action holistically.

Better Together – How Cities and Corporates Can Engage in Meaningful Collaborations

Tuesday 18th May | Recording available at the link below |

With the growing need for environmental action and sustainable infrastructure, public and private sector engagement have become more important. This session will facilitate discussions between the public sector and corporations around collaborative action. Topics include how corporations view collaborative action, how barriers to private participation can be addressed, and how social and racial equity plays an important role in successful collaborations.

How the WWF Water Risk Filter will help you assess and disclose corporate water risk information in CDP

Wednesday 19th May | Recording available at link below |

Join CDP and WWF to hear about how the Water Risk Filter tool can help companies to Explore, Assess, Value, and Respond to water risks across their operations and supply chain.

Laureen Missaire - Senior Project Officer for Water Security

Laureen is responsible for providing insights to drive progress on businesses’ action towards water security. She is working with key stakeholders to deliver significant changes in the corporate management of water. Prior to this, she worked in CDP Supply Chain team on supporting disclosure and produced analytics products for members. Laureen holds an MSc in Sustainability Science and Policy from Maastricht University (Netherlands) and focused on business transformation for sustainability.

Ariane Laporte-Bisquit - WWF Water Risk Filter Project Manager

Ariane is responsible for overseeing the ongoing development and project management of the WWF Water Risk Filter tool. She leads engagement with investors and corporate users of the tool to drive greater awareness and action on corporate water risks.

Scaling Multi-Stakeholder Actions to Reach Zero-Deforestation Commitments

Wednesday 19th May | Recording available at the link below |

All pathways to a 1.5°C future assume a halt in deforestation and significant forest restoration. Despite global commitments made in 2014 to halt deforestation by 2020, 10 million hectares have been lost since 2015 with agricultural production and trade being key drivers. A paradigm shift is needed. This session will bring together three perspectives: investor, corporate and subnational government to discuss a collaborative path to support and incentivize action towards a forest-positive world by 2030.

Changes to CDP's 2021 questionnaires and scoring methodologies

Thursday 20th May | Recording available at link below* |

Join experts from CDP's reporter services team to learn about the changes made to CDP's questionnaires and scoring methodologies in 2021.

Célia Knipper, Account Manager, Reporter Services

Célia serves as an account manager for CDP's Reporter Services team. She helps companies to conduct better disclosures across climate, water, and forests, and is involved with continued development of best practice reporting and corporate disclosure via CDP. She has a background in business, and is passionate about increasing transparency in the corporate sector.

Anya Chodosh, Account Manager, Reporter Services

Anya advises leading companies across sectors to improve their environmental performance and disclosures to CDP’s climate, water and forests questionnaires. She contributes to the development of CDP data tools to provide insight into best practice and deliver the business case for action. Anya has a background in sustainability consulting and holds an MSc in International Sustainability Management from ESCP School of Business.

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Closing the Gap in TCFD Reporting: Assessing Your Climate-Related Risks through Scenario Analysis to Meet Investor Expectations

Tuesday 25th May | Recording available at the link below |

Companies are recognizing the importance of identifying financial impacts driven by underlying climate-related risks. Incorporating climate-related scenario analysis that explore potential futures will ensure companies' business strategies are more resilient. Investors are looking to companies to quantify the risks associated with climate change and plan for a more resilient future. You will gain an understanding of CDP’s alignment with the recommendations set by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), how to use your CDP disclosure to make informed financial decisions, hear from a corporate speaker discussing their risk assessment process, and gain insight into resources and tools designed to enable the assessment of climate-related risk impacts and future planning.

Transparency to Transformation: A Chain Reaction

Tuesday 25 May | Recording available at the link below |

This session will cover key findings from the 2020 CDP Global Supply Chain report, including why environmental risks are material to business, the domino effect of financial risks in the supply chain , and the importance of decarbonizing supply chains to meet ambitious climate goals. This discussion will also include a panel of speakers who will speak to how they were able to improve transparency by increasing supplier disclosure and set supplier related sustainability targets.

Moving beyond climate: environmental disclosure in the mainstream report

Wednesday 26th May | Recording available at the link below |

The importance of climate-related disclosure is well established, with the likes of the TCFD driving this agenda forward. There is a growing recognition that disclosure should reflect the interconnected nature of climate and broader environmental issues, including those related to water, landuse and ecosystems. CDSB has been developing application guidance to the CDSB Framework to help companies connect this information and produce decision-useful environmental disclosure in the mainstream report.

Technical Session Planning for a 1.5 Future – How Cities are Setting Science-Based Targets

Wednesday 26th May | Recording available at the link below |

Cities are one of the most important actors in the Race to Zero. This event will delve into what cities can do to aim for net zero with a session devoted to cities that want to set a science-based target for climate. The session will showcase success stories of cities in the Race to Zero as well as present, resources, and guidance available to those wishing to join the Race to Zero that will help them in their journey.

Evolution of CDP

Thursday 27th May | Recording here |

Evolution of CDP to date and where CDP is headed. This session will help disclosing organizations understand how CDP is evolving alongside the trends in broader environmental disclosure. Join us to learn about exciting developments planned for 2022 and beyond.

CDP & WRI: How to assess exposure to water risk using WRI’s Aqueduct tool

Wednesday 2nd June | Recording available at the link below |

Join CDP and WRI to learn about how to use the Aqueduct tool to inform your corporate water management.

Leah Schleifer - Research And Engagement Associate

Leah Schleifer is a Research and Engagement Associate on WRI’s Water Program. She researches the linkages between water, climate change, energy, and cities, as well as the inclusion of water in policy decisions and planning. She works with the Aqueduct team, leading engagement with the platform’s users, including companies, governments, and academics. If you use Aqueduct, and you’d like to have your organization’s story included on its website, please email her!

Leah was previously a Communications Specialist for the Water Program, where she devised outreach strategies and helped launch projects including the Aqueduct Update, Parched Power, and Integrating Green and Gray: Creating Next Generation Infrastructure. Prior to this, she was an intern on WRI’s US Climate team and has interned at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Energy. Leah holds a Masters in Public Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Policy, both from the University of Maryland in College Park.

Laureen Missaire - Senior Project Officer for Water Security

Laureen is responsible for providing insights to drive progress on businesses’ action towards water security. She is working with key stakeholders to deliver significant changes in the corporate management of water. Prior to this, she worked in CDP Supply Chain team on supporting disclosure and produced analytics products for members. Laureen holds an MSc in Sustainability Science and Policy from Maastricht University (Netherlands) and focused on business transformation for sustainability.

SME Disclosure and Action Workshop

Wednesday 16th June | Recording available at the link below |

This disclosure and action webinar is tailored for SMEs. It will provide an introduction into disclosure at CDP for SMEs, including accessing the minimum tier questionnaire. Combined with that, we will be talking through how SMEs are demonstrating leadership in the run up to CoP26 as well as disclosure tools and resources available to SMEs.

Sonya Bhonsle - Global Head of Value Chains & Regional Director Corporations at CDP

Sonya leads all of CDPs corporate activity in the UK and Worldwide region. She also leads CDP’s work on value chains including CDP’s supply chain program which enables major multinationals and governments to achieve sustainable supply chains, influencing trillions of annual procurement spend. Sonya has over 17 years of environmental experience, both in the public and private sector. Over the last few years she has specialised experience on Scope 3, setting and meeting scope 3 targets (including science-based targets), as well as setting and meeting water security and deforestation related supply chain goals.

Seán Mallon - Climate Change Specialist, WWF-UK

Seán is a Climate Change Specialist at WWF-UK where he has been working with many of their corporate partnerships on their decarbonisation strategies. He trained originally as a climatologist and has spent his career working with businesses to help reduce their impact on the environment. He has recently been focusing his attention on scope 3 emissions and how we can influence change on a mass scale in order to achieve lasting positive impact for our planet.

CDP Live: Starting your TCFD journey through CDP

Tuesday 8th June | Recording available at the link below |

This session provides an overview of the TCFD and its global relevance in today’s reporting landscape. Participants will gain an understanding of CDP’s alignment with the TCFD recommendations and how CDP disclosure helps companies translate this into their annual reporting. CDSB will be present to engage with participants and offer expert guidance and best practices on aligning with the TCFD recommendations.

CDP Live: Top tips for submitting your questionnaire

Tuesday 13th July | Recording available at the link below |

CDP Live: Road to Glasgow - How you can get involved at COP26 and why

Tuesday 17th August | 11:00 AM BST | 12:00 PM CEST | 6:00 PM HKT |

CDP Live: Scoring 2021

Tuesday 16th November | 11:00 AM GMT | 1:00 PM CET | 7:00 PM HKT |

Looking to disclose to CDP and take action following the workshop series? CDP offers disclosure support services via our reporter services program and can also help you to engage with your suppliers and reduce your scope 3 emissions via our supply chain program.

CDP also works closely with a broad range of accredited solutions providers globally who can help you take action beyond disclosure – by verifying your emissions, advising on procurement of renewable energy, putting in place a sustainability strategy and ambitious environmental targets, streamlining collection of data via environmental software and much more.

CDP recently ran a series of 30-minute bitesize webinars with our gold accredited solutions providers on a range of sustainability topics, the recordings of which are here.