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Policy briefings and public comments

Through policy briefings distributed to a targeted audience, and by releasing public comments, CDP’s global policy engagement team supports the development of key climate and environmental legislation.

Shaping High-Quality Mandatory Disclosure: Taking Stock and Building Upon the TCFD Recommendations

Public consultation

CDP’s response to IOSCO consultation report on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Ratings and Data Products Providers

Public consultation

CDP's response to IOSCO consultation on sustainability-related disclosure

Policy briefing

Measuring Corporate Progress Towards Indonesia’s Sustainability Policies - July 2021 ******

Policy briefing

Insights from CDP Data to Assess Progress and Drive Action on the Sustainable Development Goals - July 2021*****

Policy briefing

CDP Europe comment on European Commission proposal for an initiative on sustainable corporate governance – April 2021

Policy briefing

How Green Are Biofuels? Understanding the Risks and Policy Landscape in Indonesia - April 2021*

Policy briefing

Sustainability Risks for Southeast Asian Banks: Implications for Policy Makers – March 2021**

Policy briefing

Forest Commodity Finance: Four immediate actions to support policy makers and regulators to understand and manage forest and climate change risk - March 2021***

Policy briefing

The EU’s Forest Footprint: Policy to Drive Corporate Action – February 2021

Policy briefing

The Time for Action is Now: Recommendations for policy makers to incentivize corporate climate action – November 2020

Policy briefing

Mobilizing corporate engagement at sub-national level: How companies are supporting sustainable development action plans in Indonesia – November 2020****

Policy briefing

China and Europe's opportunity to cooperate to halt global deforestation - February 2021

Policy briefing

Turning the Tide: Recommendations for policymakers on tackling corporate water pollution – August 2020

Policy briefing

Unlocking Nature's Potential: Forests related nature-based solutions are key in addressing climate change – May 2020

Public consultation

Sustainable corporate governance: Consultation on sustainable corporate governance with the aim of improving the EU regulatory framework on company law and corporate governance – October 2020

Public consultation

CDP Europe's comment on EU climate ambition for 2030 and for the design of certain climate and energy policies of the European Green Deal – July 2020

Public consultation

European Commission's Roadmap on the European Climate Law: CDP Europe's comment on the European climate law – February 2020

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Policy briefing

Forests and Sustainable Finance: The Role of China – March 2021*

Public consultation

Comment from CDP Europe on the proposal for a directive regulation or a European single access point for financial and non-financial information publicly disclosed by companies – March 2021

Policy briefing

CDP and the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance: outlining how CDP can help its stakeholders to deliver the EU's climate and environmental targets – April 2020

Public consultation

CDP Europe’s comment on the draft technical advice on minimum requirements for the EU climate-transition benchmarks – July 2019

Public consultation

CDP Europe’s comment on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on disclosures relating to sustainable investments and sustainability risks and amendment to Directive (EU) 2016/2341 – August 2018

Public consultation

CDP Europe on the European Commission’s Action Plan: ‘Financing Sustainable Growth’ – March 2018

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Policy briefing

Q&A: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): Comment from CDP Europe on what the CSRD means for companies - June 2021

Policy briefing

CDP disclosure and the TCFD recommendations: analyses examining to what extent companies are disclosing in line with the TCFD recommendations

Public consultation

CDP Europe’s contribution to Jean-Paul Gauzès’, EFRAG Board President, ad persona mandate to develop proposals for possible changes to the governance and funding of EFRAG – October 2020

Policy briefing

Accelerating Corporate Climate Action: The role of policy and regulation in accelerating corporate climate action – June 2020

Public consultation

Non-Financial Reporting Directive: Annex to CDP Europe’s response to the public consultation on the revision of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive - May 2020

Policy briefing

CDP data and insight to support European policy measures towards the Green Recovery from the Covid-19 crises – July 2020

Public consultation

CDP Europe input to Working Document of the Commission for Economic Policy “Public procurement package” (ECON-VI/030) – April 2018

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