This article is for disclosing companies and outlines the different types of Requesters that ask companies to disclose through CDP and an overview of what information is being asked to disclose. Information on why and how to disclose, as well as our question bank and available membership services can be found on our disclose data page.
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Who is requesting my environmental data via CDP?
Companies may receive one or more requests to provide information from:
- Capital Market signatories,
- Their customers (Supply Chain members),
- Their Banks (Corporate Banking or Sustainable Supply Chain Financing members).
- Private markets members,
- initiatives they have committed to, including RE100.
To view the requesting organizations and environmental issues relevant to your organization as a Discloser, you will need to sign in to the Portal.
Once signed in, navigate to your ‘Requests’ page by clicking ‘Requests’ in the left navigation panel or click on the ‘Requests’ tile on the homepage. You will then see a full list of requests for your organization. For further information on requests, please see our article on managing your CDP disclosure request.
Please visit our Letter to the Board page to view the full list of companies requested by CDP Capital Markets signatories.
To read more about the stakeholders who request company disclosure, how they use data, or for more information on how to become a requesting stakeholder, read our Capital Markets and Supply Chain pages.
What information am I being asked to disclose?
The environmental issues you will be assigned and the exact list of questions you are shown will depend on your Requesters, the environmental issues they are requesting you to disclose on, your company’s CDP-ACS activities and associated questionnaire sectors, your selected questionnaire (Full or SME), and your assessment of environmental risks.
During questionnaire onboarding you will be shown a list of questions, answers to which will determine:
- whether you will respond to the Full or SME questionnaire version,
- the environmental issues you will be disclosing information on (Climate Change, Forests, Water Security, Biodiversity, Plastics),
- your questionnaire sectors and the sector-specific questions relevant to your organization.
For example, an average disclosing company might expect to respond to the Full questionnaire, being requested to respond on Climate Change by 1-5 Requesters, with Biodiversity and Plastics questions also shown to them. They might expect their CDP-ACS activities to lead to two questionnaire sectors, leading to additional sector-specific questions and to Forests and/or Water questions being shown. Regardless of the questions relevant to you, you will only be required to respond to one questionnaire, with all questions integrated into the same submission. Please visit our questionnaire onboarding article for more information on the different steps required, and complete questionnaire onboarding for an overview of the sectors and environmental issues assigned to your organization.
You may also find the following articles helpful:
- Access the new CDP Portal as a Discloser
- Navigate CDP’s new Portal as a Discloser
- Managing your CDP disclosure requests
- Onboarding steps for disclosing companies
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