CDP Closes 2023 Disclosure Cycle With Record Score-Eligible Responses

CDP is closing its 2023 disclosure cycle with a record increase in the number of companies eligible for environmental performance scores, reflecting growing corporate recognition of the value in formal sustainability disclosure. Companies achieving A-list status must demonstrate leadership across science-based targets, climate transition plans, water risk strategies, and deforestation reporting.

CDP's 2023 disclosure cycle has seen a significant increase in eligible responses compared to prior years, and new Accredited Solutions Provider ERM CVS — a Silver verification provider operating in over 40 countries as part of the ERM Group — has joined the network, offering specialist sustainability assurance services including second- and third-party verification, audit, and certification. ERM CVS supports organisations in building trust and credibility in their ESG reporting, with services widely recognised by large global organisations across sectors.

Renewing ASPs include Pulsora, a minority-owned global Gold software provider whose all-in-one platform automates sustainability measurement, reporting, and improvement for hundreds of leading organisations; TripleWin, a woman-owned US Silver consultancy specialising in carbon accounting, materiality assessment, and net-zero scenario planning for small and medium-cap enterprises; and Nossa Data, a UK-based woman-owned Silver software platform streamlining ESG disclosure across GRI, SASB, CDP, TCFD, and WDI frameworks. Emitwise, a global Gold software provider, uses machine learning to enhance Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon accounting accuracy for manufacturers.

As companies prepare for the next disclosure cycle, CDP's ASP programme provides structured pathways from initial reporting to A-list leadership. Renewing providers include Bullfrog Power (green energy solutions in Canada and the US), IBM Envizi (enterprise ESG data management), BrainFirm (climate risk and CDP reporting for Japanese companies), and ENERES (renewable electricity solutions in Japan). For companies across Asia including India, where mandatory sustainability disclosures are expanding, the breadth of available ASP expertise increasingly spans both technical carbon accounting and governance-level strategy development.

Key figure — Record increase in score-eligible responses in the 2023 CDP disclosure cycle