CDP Expands Environmental Disclosure System to Include Ocean Data for the First Time
CDP’s 2026 disclosure cycle opens this month with the ocean joining climate, forests, water security, biodiversity and plastics as a new disclosure theme for companies
New metrics will provide valuable insight into companies’ ocean-related dependencies, risks, impacts, and opportunities
London, 05 June 2026: CDP, the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system, will enable companies to disclose ocean-related information for the first time in 2026.
Around 90% of global trade is transported on the world’s ocean, but decision makers still lack the data needed to understand their exposure to ocean-related risks and opportunities. CDP’s questionnaire will now help close that gap, bringing greater transparency to an issue that is critical to both economic resilience and ocean health.
This marks the latest evolution of the questionnaire, which has grown from covering climate change data, to now include forests, water security, biodiversity and plastics.
The new questions will cover target setting, supply chain engagement, and board-level oversight on ocean issues, to deliver data in the standardized, comparable format required by mainstream financial institutions to assess environmental performance and risk.
The new ocean metrics will provide insight into how companies are identifying, assessing and acting on their ocean-related dependencies, risks, impacts and opportunities, and will look at their influence on strategy and financial planning, as well as details of ocean-related environmental policies.
Oliver Tanqueray, CDP Head of Ocean, said:
“The ocean is fundamental to both planetary and economic health, yet decision makers still lack consistent data on ocean-related impacts and risks. By introducing ocean disclosure into CDP’s questionnaire, we’re helping to close that gap. Better data enables better decisions – for companies, investors and the ocean itself.”
In 2025, more than 23,100 companies, cities, states and regions disclosed environmental data through CDP. CDP’s 2026 Disclosure Cycle will open the week of 15th June. For more information, visit our 2026 Disclosure page.
Notes to Editors
For more information, or to arrange interviews, please contact:
Samika Meshram-Jasinski (samika.meshram@cdp.net)
George Bush (george.bush@cdp.net)
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