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Companies can disclose in response to a request from an investor, a customer, or both. This page will cover the basics of the information request and show some of the guidance that is available. A full suite of support, guidance documents and webinars can be accessed through your dashboard when you log in and activate your questionnaire(s).

You can begin by reading our guide 'Using CDP's Online Response System (ORS)' to learn how to register, activate questionnaires, use the ORS, and submit a response.

Respond to an investor request

Investors can request information from companies through CDP's climate change, water and forests questionnaires. Take a look at the latest information requests to see what questions you will be asked to respond to this year.

Climate change information request

Climate change questionnaire for companies disclosing to this year's investor request.

Water information request

Water questionnaire for companies disclosing to this year's investor request.

Forests information request

Forests questionnaire for companies disclosing to this year's investor request.

CDP provides guidance that explains each question in detail and describes what information to provide, the required format, and where to find tools or further information to construct your answer.

Start disclosing and get further detailed guidance documentation on your dashboard.

Climate change program guidance

Climate change questionnaire guidance for companies responding to this year's information request.

Water program guidance

Water questionnaire guidance for companies responding to this year's information request.

Forests program guidance

Forests questionnaire guidance for companies responding to this year's information request.

Respond to a customer request

Customers can request information from companies through CDP's climate change and water questionnaires. Take a look at the latest information requests to see what questions you will be asked to respond to this year.

Supply chain - climate change request

Climate change questionnaire for companies disclosing to this year's supply chain request.

SME climate change request

Climate change questionnaire for SME companies disclosing to this year's supply chain request.

Supply chain - forests request

Forests questionnaire for companies disclosing to this year's supply chain request.

Supply chain - water request

Water questionnaire for companies disclosing to this year's supply chain request.

CDP provides guidance that explains each question in detail and describes what information to provide, the required format, and where to find tools or further information to construct your answer.

Start disclosing and get further detailed guidance documentation on your dashboard.

Supply chain - climate change guidance

Supply chain climate change questionnaire guidance for companies responding to this year's information request.

Supply chain module guidance

Supply chain module guidance for companies responding to this year's information request.

Supply chain - forests guidance

Supply chain forests questionnaire guidance for companies responding to this year's information request.

Supply chain – water guidance

Supply chain water questionnaire guidance for companies responding to this year's information request.

Respond to both an investor and customer request

If you have been asked to respond to both an investor and customer request you can use the document below to guide you through the process, making sure you don't have to work too hard. All the questionnaires and guidance for responding to an investor and responding to a customer can be found above.

Guidance on how to respond

Guidance on how to activate and submit responses to an investor and a customer

CDP scoring methodologies

CDP uses the scoring methodology to incentivize companies to measure and manage environmental impacts through participation in CDP’s climate change, water, forests and supply chain programs. Each of CDP’s questionnaires (Climate change, Water and Forests) has an individual scoring methodology.

Maintaining CDP’s reputation as an independent and unbiased provider of high quality information is of paramount importance. Read our policy on conflicts of interest for more information.

The scoring of CDPs questionnaires is conducted by accredited scoring partners trained by CDP. CDP’s internal scoring team coordinate and collate all scores and run data quality checks and quality assurance processes to ensure that scoring standards are aligned between samples and scoring partners.