CDP A-List Jumps 70% to 877 Companies in 2025 Reporting Cycle

Environmental sustainability reporting platform CDP has reported that the number of companies receiving an A score in its 2025 reporting cycle jumped by over 70% to 877, while the number of companies awarded Triple A scores for top performance across climate, water and forests categories nearly tripled to 23. In total, 22,100 companies disclosed through CDP in 2025.

CDP's 2025 reporting cycle saw 751 companies awarded A scores for Climate, up 63% from 515 in 2024, while Water Security A-scorers nearly doubled from 133 to 263 and Forests A-scorers more than doubled to 55 from 26. Overall, 4% of scored companies received an A score on at least one metric in 2025, up from just over 2% in 2024. Total disclosers in 2025 numbered approximately 22,100, marginally below 2024's 22,777. The 640 investors representing $127 trillion in assets that called on companies to disclose through CDP's platform in 2025 underpin the continued institutional weight behind the disclosure system.

The sharp increase in A-list companies reflects both genuine improvement in sustainability disclosure quality and a maturing of corporate sustainability management systems among the largest global companies. For Indian companies, CDP A-list status provides a differentiating signal to international institutional investors who use CDP scores as a proxy for sustainability management capability. With SEBI's BRSR Core building demand for structured ESG data collection among Indian listed companies, alignment with CDP's disclosure categories provides a pathway to international comparability. Japan, France and Türkiye led by proportion of A-list companies at 12% each, followed by Portugal, Spain and Taiwan.

Companies receiving Triple A status in 2025 included Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Sekisui House and Daiwa House Industry from Japan, LVMH, L'Oréal, Kering and Danone from France, Metsä Board and Klabin from the Nordic and Latin American markets, and multiple Turkish and Austrian companies. CDP CEO Sherry Madera said markets are sending an unmistakable signal that clear, consistent environmental data is indispensable for sound decision-making and that the momentum behind disclosure shows organisations of every size and sector recognise the value of transparent environmental information for resilience, innovation and investment. The CDP A-list results are widely used by investors as a positive screening filter.

Key figure — 877 companies on the 2025 CDP A-List, up over 70%