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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

Disclosing Nature's Potential: Corporate responses and the need for greater ambition

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

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

Policy briefing

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

Policy briefing

Shaping a Sustainable Financial System: Future-proofing global finance for a net-zero, nature-positive world

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

The Green Recovery at Risk: Corporate temperature pathways in Italy - October 2021

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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