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CDP has released environmental performance scores for more than 22,700 companies following its 2024 disclosure cycle, with a significant increase in the number of responses eligible for scoring reflec…
12 Dec 2024
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 forma…
12 Dec 2024
Six hundred and eleven cities reported 2,508 climate projects seeking US$86 billion in investment through CDP-ICLEI Track in 2024, representing a 23% increase in total reported investment needs from U…
12 Dec 2024
Research from Terrascope and Olam Food Ingredients reveals that 75 to 91 percent of coffee's carbon footprint is generated before beans leave the farm. Climate change threatens to shrink suitable coff…
12 Dec 2024
Companies responding to CDP's water security questionnaire estimate an average of more than US$2 billion in water-related financial risks stemming from glacial melt, as glaciers worldwide shrink at ac…
12 Dec 2024
CDP has released results from its inaugural financial sector water disclosure questionnaire, drawing responses from 275 of 1,226 invited financial institutions. Respondents collectively represent a co…
12 Dec 2024
CDP has released a guide providing cities with an overview of available greenhouse gas emissions monitoring tools and datasets to assist in building city-wide emissions inventories. The resource is ai…
12 Dec 2024
A set of case studies from CDP's Forest Champions Programme shows how financial institutions including SMBC, Etica Funds, Green Century and Manulife Investment Management are using CDP forest data to …
12 Dec 2024
In 2024, nearly 25,000 companies representing two-thirds of global market capitalisation disclosed environmental performance data through CDP, with over 3,500 disclosing holistically across climate, d…
12 Dec 2024
The Science Based Targets Network's Freshwater Hub, co-led by CDP and WWF with Pacific Institute, World Resources Institute and The Nature Conservancy, has published technical guidance for companies s…
12 Dec 2024
Deforestation- and conversion-free status is becoming the central quantitative metric in corporate forest disclosure, enabling standardised evaluation of company progress against zero-deforestation co…
12 Dec 2024
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services estimates that one million species are now threatened with extinction, representing a fundamental degradation of th…
12 Dec 2024
As COP16 negotiations resume in Rome following an inconclusive summit in Cali, CDP is calling for stronger transparency commitments to ensure accountability under the Global Biodiversity Framework sig…
12 Dec 2024
Insufficient data exists to assess progress against 58% of environment-related Sustainable Development Goals at the global level, according to a joint analysis by CDP and GRI. Corporate environmental …
12 Dec 2024
Of the 21,000-plus companies that disclosed through CDP in 2023, fewer than 400 — representing less than 2% — earned placement on the CDP A List for environmental leadership. A List members from North…
12 Dec 2024
Nearly half of the world's 500 largest companies now factor an internal carbon price into their business plans, according to CDP research. The number of companies using or planning to use internal car…
12 Dec 2024
Over 1,100 cities across 102 countries have disclosed more than 5,600 unique climate projects through the CDP-ICLEI Track platform, representing US$166 billion in investment opportunities. The data, s…
12 Dec 2024
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market found that eight carbon crediting methodologies used for renewable energy projects fail to meet its additionality requirements, meaning credits fr…
11 Nov 2024
Vibhuti Garg, Director for South Asia at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, leads the organisation's work on energy pricing, subsidy reform, clean energy financing, and market …
11 Nov 2024
The UAE pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions 47% from 2019 levels by 2035, becoming the first major emitter to submit updated Nationally Determined Contributions before the February 2025 deadline. …
9 Nov 2024
Google agreed to purchase 50,000 metric tons of carbon removal credits by 2030 from Brazilian startup Mombak, its first nature-based carbon project in South America. The deal reflects intensifying cor…
23 Sept 2024
India received $386 billion in funding commitments from states, developers, manufacturers and financial institutions to reach its 500 GW renewable energy target by 2030. Reliance Industries pledged 10…
18 Sept 2024
Apple's Product Environmental Report shows a 30% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for iPhone 16 Pro models versus a no-clean-electricity scenario, driven by low-carbon electricity and r…
17 Sept 2024
Deloitte's 2024 CxO Sustainability Report found 85% of surveyed executives increased sustainability investments, up from 75% the prior year, with technology cited as a core enabler. The rising spend s…
15 Sept 2024
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