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Get decisive data that is consistent, comparable and comprehensive across public and private markets.
The CDP Private Markets Pilot Program facilitates engagement, disclosures and data insights for private companies. This is delivered through a customized questionnaire and benchmarking solution tailored to private markets.
Investors can request disclosure from their portfolio of private companies as part of the program. Private companies can respond to a request and find further guidance.
As financial institutions assess and address their financed emissions, the lack of standardized disclosures and insights on environmental impacts presents a clear risk to their portfolios and broader climate transition strategies. While climate reporting among publicly traded companies has become increasingly mainstream, standardized disclosures are lagging for private companies.
Benefits for investors
- Meet requirements for reporting standardization and benchmarkable data in private markets.
- Streamline environmental responses from portfolio companies.
- Gain insights on environmental practices and impacts of portfolio companies.
- Get ahead of regulation and future policy mandates.
- Facilitate disclosures from portfolio companies, establish transparency and manage environmental performance.
Program features
TCFD-aligned disclosures
A cross-thematic questionnaire aligned with Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations.
Engagement & capacity building
Portfolio companies get capacity-building support through webinars, tailored guidance documents and a dedicated helpdesk.
Data outputs and insights
Standardized datasets on disclosures, modeled emissions and benchmarking analysis aggregated from 12,000+ private companies.
Please note, scores won't be available in 2023.
The CDP Private Markets Pilot represents an important step in helping narrow the gap of climate-related disclosure for private companies. We believe proper measurement and disclosure of climate-related risks and opportunities can help better prepare companies to manage the climate transition, while also enhancing their potential long-term sustainable value.Bridget Bartlett, Head of ESG, Beach Point Capital
Request disclosure as an investor
To participate in CDP’s Private Markets Pilot Program, please complete this form.
Respond to a request as a company
Once you receive this request to disclose, you should complete the following steps:
- Register for a CDP account, if you have not done so already.
- Link your account to your organization's existing CDP account by completing our 'Join an organization' form.
- Read our Private Markets guidance and FAQ.
- Complete the Private Markets Questionnaire when it opens on 16 October 2023. The deadline to complete this is 15 November 2023.
Important: In 2023, companies disclosing through CDP’s Private Markets’ Program will be presented with the CDP Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) questionnaire. Please note that the underlying questions/metrics remain consistent with the Private Markets Questionnaire from 2021 and 2022.
Latest webinars
News and case studies
Press release
CDP launched the first-ever standardized environmental disclosure platform for private markets in 2021, allowing investors with US$2.3 trillion of assets to demand standardized environmental data from private companies.
Case study
In May 2022, CDP collaborated with Bain & Company on a study that shows the public-private environmental transparency gap.
Case study
Nordic private companies are leading EU peers in environmental reporting, but are lagging amid regulation.
Resources
Knowledge base article
Understand how private companies can gain tangible business benefits from disclosing to CDP.
Knowledge base article
Understand CDP’s request for portfolio companies of private markets investors.
Methodology
To equip investors with credible emissions estimates, CDP’s private markets questionnaire facilitates standardized reporting of key data inputs relevant to model emissions.