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Investors can use CDP's data and award-winning analysis to understand risk, protect investments and seize opportunities. We gather the most reliable data from companies at the request of shareholders. This information is used to improve financial decision making and increase corporate engagement.


Climetrics: the missing link for investing

The world's first climate impact rating for investment funds adds a further tool that empowers investors to act.

How are investors engaging?

As more and more investors understand the risks that environmental issues pose they are seizing the opportunity to make smarter financial decisions.

Accelerating company action

Through CDP's Carbon Action initiative investors can drive carbon reduction and energy efficiency activities in companies and deliver a return on investment.

Sector research
CDP's award-winning sector research aims to provide investors with the best and most tailored environmental data in the market.
CDP’s Full GHG Emission Dataset.
Built using the most robust methods our new tool provides modelled and reported emissions covering over 3,500 companies.
Better Information, Better Investments
Case studies from global investors on how CDP data and services support smarter investment decision-making.
Why you? How does CDP help?
Global context What are the risks? Why you?
$5.5tn
estimated global market for low-carbon goods and services.
$135bn
per year in export trade of forest-risk commodities soy, palm oil, timber and cattle drives deforestation for land use.
$20bn
of damage was caused by flooding in Europe and Canada in 2013 and incidence of extreme weather events is rising.
$4tn
worth of assets will be at risk from climate change by 2030.
2/3
of global fossil fuel reserves are unburnable in a 2C scenario, which is not fully factored into companies' strategies or share prices.
"Climate risk is more complex and longer-term than most investment risks." - Mercer, 2015
Investors are in a unique position to drive market change.
Investors have a strong voice at both company and government level.
Investors can push companies to undertake cost-effective and value-enhancing carbon and energy-efficiency measures.
Accessing data Improving decision making What are the benefits?
CDP now holds the most comprehensive collection of primary corporate environmental data globally.
CDP enables investors to compare company performance year-on-year and see the impact of a company's policies.
Investors can access CDP data through its website, Bloomberg or Google Finance, providing investors easy access to high-quality data on environmental risks.
CDP's data analysis can be used for assessing peers within a sector and help guide discussions with companies about leaders and laggards.
CDP data enables investors to rank, score and compare companies, providing a basis for engagement on key issues.
CDP’s Carbon Action initiative capitalises on the potential of collective engagement to increase companies' carbon reduction and energy-efficiency activities.
"CDP’s global water data provides investors with critical information on how companies identify, manage and mitigate risks and opportunities related to water." - Jan Thompsen, NBIM
CDP provides access to modelled emissions data for the highest-emitting 1,325 companies worldwide.
"CDP has changed the way investors are able to understand the impact of climate change in their portfolio." - Anna Kearney, BNY Mellon

Latest report

Charged or static: Which European electric utilities are prepared for a low carbon transition?

1.3bn

14 major European utilities set to exceed carbon targets by 1.3 billion tonnes of CO2, equivalent to Japan’s entire annual CO2 emissions.

€14bn

€14 billion of earnings at risk across the 14 major European utilities from relatively low carbon price of €30.

25%

The global utilities sector as a whole is responsible for a quarter of emissions.

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