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Guidance for companies
Companies can disclose in response to a request from an investor, a customer, or both. This page covers the basics of the information request and shows some of the guidance that is available. CDP's full suite of guidance materials and recorded webinars can be accessed from the guidance tool after you sign in. View instructions on how to use CDP’s disclosure platform, including the guidance tool.
Online Response System now open for 2023
The Online Response System (ORS) is now open for 2023 corporate disclosure. Activate your questionnaire(s) using the “Get Started” button in the relevant theme block on your dashboard.
The deadline for companies to submit their questionnaires in order to be eligible for scoring is July 26, 2023.
Investors and customers can request information from companies through CDP's climate change, forests, and water security questionnaires. Take a look at the latest questionnaires to see what questions you will be asked to respond to.
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.
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Preview of questionnaire for SMEs requested to disclose as part of the 2023 Banks and Private Markets Programs only.
Provides an overview of biofuels and their impacts to support disclosure.
Technical FAQs on the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities and integration of its criteria into CDP questionnaires and scoring.
Guidance on the methodologies used to calculate portfolio impact metrics – for banks, asset owners, asset managers and insurers.
An overview of concepts related to deforestation free and natural ecosystem conversion free (DCF) supply chains.
Technical FAQs and mapping against the Ellen MacArthur's Foundation's Global Commitment.
Signposts the categories of Scope 3 emissions that companies should be measuring and taking action to mitigate.
Guidance on how organizations disclosing through CDP can demonstrate that they have a credible climate transition plan.
An introduction to the TCFD, why CDP has committed to aligning its platform, and how to disclose the TCFD’s recommendations.
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CDP scoring methodologies 2023
CDP uses the scoring methodologies to incentivize companies to measure and manage environmental impacts through participation in CDP's climate change, forests, and water security questionnaires. Each of CDP’s questionnaires 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.
Climate change
Full version scoring methodology for companies disclosing to the 2023 climate request.
Forests
Full version scoring methodology for companies disclosing to the 2023 forests request.
Water security
Full version scoring methodology for companies disclosing to the 2023 water security request.
This document indicates where the 2023 climate change scoring methodology differs from the 2022 methodology
This document indicates where the 2023 forests methodology differs from the 2022 methodology
This document indicates where the 2023 water security methodology differs from the 2022 methodology
A guide to the climate change scoring categories and the weightings that will be applied to these categories per sector.
A guide to the forests scoring categories and the weightings that will be applied to these categories per sector.
A guide to the water security scoring categories and the weightings that will be applied to these categories per sector.
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