Sustainable finance and regulatory engagement

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The financial system has a pivotal role to play in tackling climate change and environmental degradation. Its full potential must be harnessed to serve as an engine in the global economy’s transition towards a low carbon economy and sustainable development.

We work with governments, central banks and regulators, using CDP data and insights to shape ambitious policy on topics including mandatory environmental disclosure, taxonomies, carbon pricing and Covid-19 recovery.

Read CDP’s vision for a sustainable financial system

2° C

No major G7 stock indexes are currently on a 2°C pathway

4/7

4/7 indexes analysed are on dangerous temperature pathways of 3°C+

€4tn

€4tn mismatch between capital that has the ambition to be Paris-aligned, and the current available market for Paris-aligned corporate lending

$44tn

Half (US$44tn) of global GDP is dependent on nature

$4.5tr

US$2 – 4.5tr per year potential economic damage from biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation

$125tr

US$125 and 140 trillion total economic value of ecosystem services per year

Policy briefings and public consultations

Policy brief

Shaping a Sustainable Financial System: Future-proofing Global Finance for a Net-zero, Nature-positive World

Policy brief

Shaping High-quality Mandatory Disclosure:Shaping a Sustainable Financial System: Future-proofing Global Finance for a Net-zero, Nature-positive World

Policy brief

Forest and Sustainable Finance: The Role of China

Policy brief

CDP and the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance: Outlining how CDP can Help Companies, Investors, Cities, Regions and Policymakers to Deliver the EU's Climate and Environmental Targets

Public consultation

CDP's response to IOSCO consultation on sustainability-related disclosure - August 2021

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

Latest news

CDP comment on EU Taxonomy vote

7 July 2022: Yesterday's vote in the European parliament favouring the Commission's proposal to label gas and nuclear investments as sustainable risks the integrity of the EU’s sustainable finance action plan

IDX and CDP sign MOU to drive corporate enviromental reporting

5 July 2022: The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and CDP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further stimulate the growth of Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-aligned disclosure in Indonesia.

CDP comment on G7 final communique

29 June 2022: The G7’s commitment to achieve a fully or predominantly decarbonized power sector by 2035 is an extremely welcome outcome from this year’s summit.

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