Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

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Introduction

CDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts.
The world’s economy looks to CDP as the gold standard of environmental reporting with the richest and most comprehensive dataset on corporate and city action.
Over the past 20 years CDP have created a system that has resulted in unparalleled engagement on environmental issues worldwide.
CDP was established as the ‘Carbon Disclosure Project’ in 2000, asking companies to disclose their climate impact. Since then, CDP have broadened the scope of environmental disclosure, to incorporate deforestation and water security, while also building our reach to support cities, states and regions. By shortening our name to ‘CDP’ (in 2013) have been able to both preserve the global brand we were known for and address the necessity of understanding wider environmental impact.
CDP launched a new strategy that expanded our horizons further still to cover all planetary boundaries. CDP ambition continues to grow, expanding to new areas such as biodiversity, plastics and oceans, and recognising the interconnectedness of nature and earth’s systems (CDP, 2024).

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