Admin fee FAQ

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 to 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
• If applicable, a free 1-hour consultation with a CDP accredited solutions provider
• 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 administration 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 rating that can be communicated to investors, stakeholders and customers alike.

The admin fee applies to

1. Companies responding to one or more of our investor requests on climate change, forests or water security:
2. Companies requested to disclose by the RE100 initiative and/or the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM);
3. Public authorities responding to the Public Authorities Questionnaire

A responding company is exempt from paying the administrative fee if:

1. Your only requesting Authorities are Supply Chain Members and / or Bank Program Members (and you have not been requested to respond by Investor Signatories the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative or the RE100 initiative).
2. It is investor-requested, but 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.
3. You are a first time discloser headquartered outside of North America, Europe and the UK.

Fees are payable on an annual basis and payable only once regardless of how many questionnaire themes (climate change, forests, water security, public authorities) the responding organization chooses to disclose to).

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

Click here to find out more about the benefits of disclosure through CDP.

In 2022, 680+ financial institutions requested nearly 10,400 companies to disclose environmental data through CDP, and 280+ major purchasing companies requested environmental data from over 47,000 of their suppliers.

There is a huge, ever-increasing demand for the data CDP collects and stakeholders across the whole market (capital markets, governments, corporates, non-profits and academics) are using this data for decision making.

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 will be able to pay via 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 form of administration fee.

Only the Main User for your company can raise the invoice for the administrative fee. For more detailed instructions, please see our guidance document: How to process the administrative 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 companies to make investment even when faced with challenging economic conditions. Our commitment to providing you with actionable insight and a trusted rating that you can communicate to investors, stakeholders and customers alike remains unwavering but, we too, are faced with rising operational costs.

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

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

In light of the invasion of Ukraine, in 2022, CDP decided to discontinue any commercial relationships with Russian and Belarusian businesses (e.g., disclosure administrative fees).

This includes a withdrawal of all existing sources of income from Russia and Belarus, including Reporter Services and any charges associated with the disclosure amendments process.

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