Admin fee FAQ

Disclosers whose company is headquartered outside of North America, the UK, Western Europe, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan (China), Hong Kong (China), Australia, and New Zealand may be eligible for an essential level fee.

This contribution is aimed at small to medium sized enterprises and those with a limited budget.

Benefits:

• Report through CDP platform
• Use CDP's suite of tools (reporting frameworks and guidance)
• Communications opportunities by disclosing through CDP

Benefits:

• Report through CDP platform
• Use CDP suite of tools (reporting frameworks and guidance)
• Communications opportunities resulting from disclosing through CDP
• Pre-paid entry / priority registration to one regional CDP event, where applicable

Note for North American public authorities responding to the Public Authorities Questionnaire: The enhanced contribution option is not available for public authorities in 2022. If your public authority is interested in any of these services, please reach out to [email protected] to enquire about availability.

Benefits:

• Report through CDP platform
• Use CDP suite of tools (reporting frameworks and guidance)
• Communications opportunities resulting from disclosing through CDP
• ‘CDP Supporter’ badge for use in your company’s external communications
• Your company’s name listed as a CDP Supporter on CDP’s website
• Pre-paid/priority registration for 2 people and company recognition at regional CDP events where applicable
• Quote from CDP Director for use in your sustainability communications
• Increased access to 100 company responses of your choice
• A detailed CDP Benchmarking Report to compare your company with 10 peer companies of your choice
• A free 1-hour consultation with a CDP accredited solutions provider, if applicable
• Screening of your top 50 suppliers to understand environmental action in your supply chain

Please note some benefits may not be available in all CDP regions

The admin fee is the cost for disclosing through CDP and the associated benefits this brings at each fee level.

The admin fee is the fee for participating in CDP disclosure. Disclosers benefit from actionable insight and a trusted score that can be communicated to investors, stakeholders and customers alike.

The admin fee applies to:

• Companies responding to one or more of our investor requests on climate change, forests or water security:
• Public authorities responding to the Public Authorities Questionnaire

Fees are payable once annually regardless of how many questionnaires the responding organization discloses to (i.e. climate change, forests, water security, public authorities).

As a responding company, you are exempt from paying the admin fee if either:

1. Your Requesting Authorities are limited to Supply Chain Members, Banks Program Members, and/or the RE100 initiative (i.e. you did not receive an investor request from capital market signatories);
2. You have been requested to disclose by an investor, but are listed, incorporated or headquartered in one of the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine.

Fees are payable on a once annual basis regardless of how many questionnaires (i.e. climate change, forests, water security and/or public authorities) you choose to disclose to as a responding organization.

Disclosure provides a framework that helps companies build their understanding of environmental risks and identify possible gaps in organizational processes and strategies to tackle these. Disclosers benefit from actionable insight, the ability to benchmark against peers and a trusted score that can be communicated to investors, stakeholders and customers alike.

Find out more about the benefits of disclosure through CDP.

In 2023, 746 signatories with over US$136 trillion in assets are requesting information from over 18,500 companies while 280+ major purchasing companies requested environmental data from over 47,000 of their suppliers.

There is significant demand for the data CDP collects and this is growing. Stakeholders across capital markets, governments, corporates, non-profits, academics etc. use this data to make key decisions. By contributing their own data, companies gain access to the entire pool of powerful environmental data.

When submitting responses through CDP's online response system, companies can pay by credit card or generate an invoice to pay via their CDP dashboard (under the “Payments” block). Here you will have the option to choose the relevant admin fee.

Note, only the Main User for your company can raise an admin fee invoice. For more detailed instructions, please see our guidance document, How to process the admin fee.

The world has changed considerably since we first pioneered environmental disclosure over twenty years ago and CDP is extremely proud of the progress we’ve made together. Taking action requires investment from companies even when they face challenging economic conditions. While we face rising operational costs too, we remain committed to providing you with actionable insights and a trusted score that you can communicate to investors, stakeholders and customers

We review our pricing annually and have not increased disclosure prices globally since 2016. In light of sustained inflationary pressures, we will be increasing the admin fee for participating in the disclosure process by approximately 8% from 2023.

CDP prices are reviewed annually in line with the disclosure cycle.

In light of the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, CDP has decided to discontinue any commercial relationships with Russian and Belarusian businesses (e.g. disclosure admin fees). This includes withdrawing all existing sources of income from these countries such as Reporter Services and any charges associated with the disclosure amendments process.

CDP has also made the decision to waive disclosure admin fees for Ukrainian companies and disclosing entities.