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- Climate & Nature
Internal Carbon Pricing Adoption Rises 80% Among Global Companies
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…
- Climate & Nature
CDP A List Companies Showcase Six Climate Leadership Benchmarks for 2023
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…
- Climate & Nature
Data Gaps Impede Progress on Nature-Related Sustainable Development Goals
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 …
- Sustainable Finance
Carbon Credits Serve as Supplementary Tool on Net-Zero Pathways
The Science Based Targets initiative's Net-Zero Standard, released in October 2021, clarifies how companies can use carbon credits as a complement to — not a substitute for — deep emissions reductions…
- Standards & Frameworks
TNFD Framework Sets New Direction for Corporate Nature Disclosure Beyond Climate
The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures published its recommended disclosure framework in September 2023, providing companies with a structured approach to assess and report impacts acr…
- Sustainable Finance
Asia Pacific Cities Seek US$8.2 Billion to Finance Climate Infrastructure Projects
Cities across the Asia Pacific region disclosed 277 climate infrastructure projects worth US$18.4 billion in 2023, seeking US$8.2 billion in investment through CDP-ICLEI Track. The region, responsible…
- Climate & Nature
COP16 Rome Talks Resume With Biodiversity Finance and Monitoring Framework Unresolved
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…
- Climate & Nature
IPBES Warns One Million Species Face Extinction as Biodiversity Crisis Deepens
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…
- Climate & Nature
Deforestation-Free Commodity Reporting Becomes Baseline for Forest Disclosure Credibility
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…
- Climate & Nature
SBTN Freshwater Hub Partners Publish Science-Based Targets Guidance for Corporate Water Management
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…
- Regulations
94 Percent of Investors Use ESG Ratings Monthly as Regulatory Scrutiny Grows
CDP reports that 94 percent of investors use ESG ratings and data products at least once a month, as regulators across multiple jurisdictions move to introduce codes of conduct and regulatory framewor…
- Climate & Nature
Nearly 25,000 Companies Disclose to CDP in 2024, Setting New Transparency Record
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…
- Climate & Nature
Financial Institutions Use CDP Forest Data to Drive Deforestation Engagement
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 …
- Climate & Nature
CDP Publishes Guide to GHG Emissions Monitoring Tools for City Inventories
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…
- Standards & Frameworks
PCAF and CDP Align Data Quality Systems to Streamline Financed Emissions Reporting
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials and CDP have co-authored a joint paper on data quality in financed emissions measurement, part of an initiative to align their respective scoring syste…
- Standards & Frameworks
BASF Flags Volume and Complexity as Key Challenges in ESRS Implementation
Chemical giant BASF, one of Europe's largest industrial companies, is navigating the European Sustainability Reporting Standards ahead of mandatory compliance, citing the sheer volume of quantitative …
- Climate & Nature
CDP Publishes First Financial Sector Water Disclosure Findings
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…
- Climate & Nature
Companies Estimate Over US$2 Billion in Financial Risks From Glacier Melt Alone
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…
- Climate & Nature
Climate Week NYC 2023 Highlights Six-Year Window to Halve Global Emissions
Climate Week New York City 2023 reinforced that the world has a six-year window to halve global emissions and begin restoring nature, with speakers including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stre…
- Climate & Nature
CDP Welcomes Gravity Climate and Sunhat to Accredited Solutions Provider Network
CDP has added two new Accredited Solutions Providers — Gravity Climate in the United States and Sunhat in the DACH region — and renewed partnerships with eight existing providers including NTT DATA an…
- Sustainable Finance
Lab Alumni Highlight Guarantees, Standardisation, and Local Capacity as Climate Finance Priorities
Three alumni of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance shared lessons from scaling innovative instruments at the Lab's 2024 New York Climate Week Summit panel. Key themes included the need for …
- Sustainable Finance
ICVCM Embeds Gender Equity Requirements in Core Carbon Principles
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has integrated gender equality as a specific criterion within its Core Carbon Principles, requiring all CCP-eligible and CCP-approved credits to u…
- Sustainable Finance
COP29 Nations Commit to Triple Climate Finance to $300 Billion Annually
Nations at COP29 committed to triple annual climate finance to $300 billion a year by 2035 for developing countries, alongside a goal from all public and private actors to mobilise $1.3 trillion a yea…
- Sustainable Finance
Lab Summit Identifies Simplicity, Guarantees, and Local Capacity as Climate Finance Priorities
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance convened over 100 climate finance practitioners at its 10th Anniversary Summit during New York Climate Week 2024 to identify strategies for accelerating i…