Accredited solutions providers
Climate change, deforestation, and water security are global problems which require global solutions. It is only through collaboration and collective action that we will achieve a low-carbon economy. That is why CDP partners with accredited solutions providers in the environmental sector to deliver benefits to those disclosing.
Here are the accredited solutions providers in your region. A list of all CDP's accredited solutions providers is available to view here
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Gold climate change consultancy
After scoring over 20,000 CDP submissions and conducting over 1,200 review calls with companies about their CDP performance, ADEC Innovations (formerly FirstCarbon Solutions) is regarded as one of the leading experts in the functional requirements of the CDP Climate Change and Water questionnaires. Seamlessly combining subject matter expertise with state-of-the-art software and data management services, ADEC develops solutions and creates opportunities that help streamline corporate sustainability, improve performance and get companies out of spreadsheets and into saving resources like water, energy, manpower and, of course, time and money.
The EcoAct Group partners with businesses, organisations and governments to offer the widest range of best-in-class solutions to help our clients effectively tackle the challenges of climate change. With more than 12 years’ experience developing and implementing climate and carbon strategies and solutions at an international level, the EcoAct Group helps executives to transform their business models and make climate action a driver of performance.
Schneider Electric, provides sustainability guidance, support and assistance to some of the world's best known companies. Our ability to deliver the strategy, technology, and implementation services needed to drive successful sustainability programs truly sets us apart and provides a proven formula for success. As a global specialist in sustainability and energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric recommends and implements economically and environmentally viable solutions for customers across a multitude of industries. Our international reach allows us to manage programs for clients across more than 300,000 sites representing more than $30 billion in carbon and energy spend with a consistent focus on clients’ bottom line results.
Global data provider
CDP is working with leading research houses that benefit from full access to the CDP database for the purposes of ESG and climate data research and the production of analytical reports.
Bloomberg provides high quality data, analytics, business news and financial information.
CDP is working extensively with Bloomberg to integrate information from CDP data on the Bloomberg platform. The data, which includes information regarding a company's carbon footprint, energy usage and climate change strategies, enables investors to more easily assess the financial risks posed by climate change to companies worldwide.
In addition to helping investors analyze the potential regulatory risks firms face as a result of their carbon emissions, the service also provides companies with more tools for participating in emissions trading markets.
Gold data providers
In 2014, QUICK established an ESG research center, and started its activities by providing ESG information originated by UK firm, EIRIS. In February 2015, QUICK launched a service, providing peer group analysis and advisory services based on ESG/CDP information and globally accessible financial information. Our customers for this line of business are pension funds, institutional investors, corporate IR, CSR, public relations, planning departments and environmental improvement divisions.
Through partnership with CDP, QUICK contributes to the promotion of socially conscious companies and to strengthening the relationships with their stakeholders.
QUICK is integrating CDP data into our services to meet today’s requirements of the investment community.
STOXX Ltd. is a global index provider, currently calculating a global, comprehensive index family of over 7,500 strictly rules-based and transparent indices. Best known for the leading European equity indices EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 50 and STOXX Europe 600, STOXX Ltd. maintains and calculates the STOXX Global index family which consists of total market, broad and blue-chip indices for the regions Americas, Europe, Asia/Pacific and sub-regions Latin America and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) as well as global markets. STOXX indices are licensed to more than 500 companies around the world as underlyings for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), futures and options, structured products and passively managed investment funds. Three of the top ETFs in Europe and approximately 25% of all assets under management are based on STOXX indices. STOXX Ltd. holds Europe's number one and the world's number two position in the derivatives segment.
By partnering with the CDP, Trucost is able to support organizations in measuring, reporting and reducing their environmental impacts – across their own operations, supply chains and investment portfolios.
Trucost can support organisations and their CDP submissions by:
Measuring operational GHG emissions
Validating existing GHG emissions data to ensure the submission is accurate
Providing an assurance statement that the data was reported in line with best practice
Comparing corporate performance to peers and sector
In addition Trucost can:
Measure the GHG and wider environmental impacts (including water, waste, metals and chemicals) from internal operations, supply chain and investment portfolios
Identify the most efficient opportunities to reduce environmental impacts
Silver data providers
Process outsourcing
After scoring over 20,000 CDP submissions and conducting over 1,200 review calls with companies about their CDP performance, ADEC Innovations (formerly FirstCarbon Solutions) is regarded as one of the leading experts in the functional requirements of the CDP Climate Change and Water questionnaires. Seamlessly combining subject matter expertise with state-of-the-art software and data management services, ADEC develops solutions and creates opportunities that help streamline corporate sustainability, improve performance and get companies out of spreadsheets and into saving resources like water, energy, manpower and, of course, time and money.
Gold renewable energy
We work with organizations to provide corporations that want to be leaders in sustainable energy the opportunity to procure, track, and generate new renewable power.
At 3Degrees, we make it possible for businesses and their customers to take urgent action on climate change. We are creative problem solvers, developing customized solutions to help our clients establish and meet their sustainability and GHG goals. Our solutions are as varied as our clients, catering to what works best for them, but all aim to increase the deployment of climate smart energy projects that strike the right balance among sustainability, cost, and risk. An award winning B Corp, we have experience in over 50 countries and have completed over 1400 MW of renewable energy transactions.
Gold Science-based targets
The services provided by these organizations can help companies looking to set and implement science-based targets.
Setting ambitious emissions reduction targets needs to be backed by a robust assessment of feasibility and we have developed our own tool that our clients use to assist with this assessment process. Our assessment process helps corporates and organisations gain buy-in to commit to SBTs by demonstrating the reputational benefits and the value of targets set with scientific rigour. We gather the data, tackle the challenges of Scope 3, and calculate accurate and achievable reduction targets following recognised approaches. We also support organisations through the SBTi process.
Gold Software
The tools and services provided by these organizations have undergone a market-based assessment, including customer feedback via references, and can offer valuable support to companies throughout the data gathering process.
Ecometrica is passionate about clear, correct, and meaningful environmental management that helps businesses meet their sustainability challenges, reduce costs, and increase performance. Ecometrica is the first CDP gold software partner to be accredited for CDP's water and forests programmes in addition to it's existing climate change accreditation.
The Ecometrica Platform brings together sustainability, environment, risk and business management with geospatial mapping and advanced modules to allow businesses, governments and organisations to make smarter decisions and build long-term value.
Named the best GHG accounting software in an independent review by the environmentalist, and with over 250 global clients, the Ecometrica Platform is one of the most widely-used and customisable sustainability management software services in the world. It’s the only environmental software platform built and maintained by team of recognised climate change and geospatial analysts, who are also on hand to help every step of the way – and we have audit-ready output assurance from PwC for all our reporting outputs.
Schneider Electric, provides sustainability guidance, support and assistance to some of the world's best known companies. Our ability to deliver the strategy, technology, and implementation services needed to drive successful sustainability programs truly sets us apart and provides a proven formula for success. As a global specialist in sustainability and energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric recommends and implements economically and environmentally viable solutions for customers across a multitude of industries. Our international reach allows us to manage programs for clients across more than 300,000 sites representing more than $30 billion in carbon and energy spend with a consistent focus on clients’ bottom line results.
UL EHS Sustainability is a division of Underwriters Laboratories (‘UL’), the premier global independent safety science company that has championed progress for 120 years. In 2016, UL EHS Sustainability acquired cr360, a leader in Sustainability and EHS management software.
UL EHS Sustainability empowers organizations to protect the well-being of workers, reduce risk, improve productivity, enhance compliance, and drive measurable business improvement through its EHS, occupational health, environmental, supply chain, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility platforms. Thousands of organizations in over 20 major industries including manufacturing, healthcare, and construction & energy, trust UL’s tools to meet their expanding needs.
Silver software
Accuvio provides an Easy-to-Use Financial Grade Sustainability Reporting software solution which elegantly combines Complete Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 reporting with Energy Analytics, Supply Chain and Corporate Social Responsibility. Accredited by the GHGMI, SGS and CDP, Accuvio is optimised for global data acquisition from multiple data sources which supports streamlined reporting to CDP, tracking progress towards targets, third party verification and many other reporting initiatives.
After scoring over 20,000 CDP submissions and conducting over 1,200 review calls with companies about their CDP performance, ADEC Innovations (formerly FirstCarbon Solutions) is regarded as one of the leading experts in the functional requirements of the CDP Climate Change and Water questionnaires. Seamlessly combining subject matter expertise with state-of-the-art software and data management services, ADEC develops solutions and creates opportunities that help streamline corporate sustainability, improve performance and get companies out of spreadsheets and into saving resources like water, energy, manpower and, of course, time and money.
Enablon is one of the world’s leading providers of Sustainability Management Software. More than 250 global companies use Enablon to measure and manage their carbon, energy and environmental performance.
ENGIE Insight (formerly Ecova) partners with multi-site businesses that aim to thrive in a sustainable world. With accurate and comprehensive resource data – including energy, water, waste and telecom – ENGIE Insight applies technology and people expertise to lower costs, drive efficiencies and reduce environmental impact. Leading businesses, including 25%+ of the Fortune 500, turn to ENGIE Insight to drive their sustainable resource management initiatives forward.
Greenstone’s trusted, global enterprise level software is enabling clients in more than 100 countries to collect, manage, analyse and report their Environment, CSR, Health & Safety and Supply Chain information. Greenstone’s software has a suite of dedicated tools to streamline the CDP reporting process; including GHG Protocol aligned data collection, target dashboards and an initiatives savings module for calculating and analysing savings from projects.
thinkstep enables organizations worldwide to succeed sustainably. Their industry-leading environmental software, data and consulting services help businesses drive operational excellence, product innovation, brand value and regulatory compliance. The SoFi Software platform simplifies and streamlines sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions management, enabling transparent communication and operational excellence across organizations and supply chains. thinkstep's experts have implemented solutions for over 1,000 organizations in 25 sectors and helped them develop successful carbon and natural capital strategies across their corporate value chains (scope 1, 2 and 3). thinkstep became the first CDP Carbon Calculation Partner in 2008. Since 2013, thinkstep has been a CDP Software Partner, providing some of the world’s best sustainability content for benchmarking, best-practice sharing and impact assessment. Companies can use the SoFi Software to easily create their CDP reporting.
WayCarbon is a technology based company that works to solve sustainability challenges. With eleven years in the market, we have incorporated into our products significant expertise in climate change, environmental asset management and the development of strategies and business models based on eco-efficiency and the low carbon economy. We employ knowledge and technology to support our customers to overcome the challenges of a fast changing world.
Gold Verification
The verification services provided by these organizations can provide companies with third party certification, verification and assurance of climate or sustainability data. These services are accredited under internationally-recognized standards, including relevant ISO or ISAE standards and are accredited to perform certification under schemes such as the EU ETS and Western Climate Initiative.
Bureau Veritas, through its 45,000 employees in 140 countries, takes its 300,000+ clients beyond quality, health, safety, and environmental compliance.
Bureau Veritas provides verification and certification in energy and carbon, bringing detailed capability in strategy, footprinting, reduction and associated data management and carbon disclosure, across diverse industrial and commercial client operations.
As a proven sustainability assurance leader, their independent verification and certification is provided against a range of GHG standards, schemes and guidelines including ISO14064, GHG Protocol, CDP, EUETS, CDM/JI and PAS2050.
Bureau Veritas is actively involved in GHG working groups, including ETS national groups, Technical Committee for ISO 14064, CRC-WG and the IETA Verifiers group for the EUETS.
Become an accredited solutions provider
CDP invites leading environmental service providers to partner with us and become one of our accredited solutions providers. A partnership with CDP :
- Builds your profile and strengthens your reputation.
- Grants you access to CDP’s insights and extensive network. In 2018 over 7,000 companies and 750 cities, states and regions responded to CDP. Partners benefit from networking opportunities and are kept ahead of the curve with new developments at CDP.
- Helps us achieve our mission and increase our impact. Our partners’ services and expertise help companies disclosing to us to accelerate their journey towards environmental leadership.
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