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GUIDANCE FOR COMPANIES

Companies can disclose through CDP in response to a formal request to disclose
from an authority, or volunteer to disclose without such a request.




The CDP Portal and response window is now open for disclosers. You can prepare
to disclose by browsing key information and supporting materials below –
including the CDP full corporate and SME questionnaires and guidance – and
visiting our 2024 disclosure hub.
Not yet registered? Register to disclose or to be added to a registered
organization with no active users.





DISCLOSURE 2024 MATERIALS

Corporates
CDP Full Corporate Questionnaire and Reporting Guidance

View the full corporate questionnaire and reporting guidance for 2024. Static
PDF versions are available (English and translated) – see below*.

CDP Full Corporate Questionnaire Overview

Learn more about the structure of the full corporate questionnaire, the
environmental issues covered, the sectoral approach, and more (PDF).

Mapping IFRS-S2 to CDP Questionnaire

A summary of connections between the 2024 CDP full questionnaire and the IFRS S2
standard (PDF).

CDP Question-level Changes & Map 2024

A mapping of changes to CDP’s disclosure framework from 2023 to 2024 datapoints
(XLSX file).

CDP Corporate Questionnaire Glossary

A summary of the terms used throughout the full corporate questionnaire (PDF).

CDP Version Control Tables for Corporate Questionnaires and Scoring
Methodologies

Details of revisions made to the CDP corporate questionnaires, reporting
guidance and scoring methodologies following its initial publication. This
document will be periodically updated if further revisions are made (PDF).

* You can download a static PDF copy of CDP's 2024 full corporate questionnaire
and reporting guidance to your device:

 * English: modules 1 to 6, module 7, modules 8 to 13
 * Japanese
 * Chinese
 * Spanish
 * Portuguese

Please note, translated versions are temporary, machine translated and produced
documents.

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
CDP SME Corporate Questionnaire and Reporting Guidance

View the SME corporate questionnaire and reporting guidance for 2024. Please
select 'corporates' on the first screen to view SME guidance. Static PDF
versions are available (English and translated) – see below**.

CDP SME Questionnaire Overview

Learn more about the structure of the SME questionnaire, the environmental
issues covered, as well as high-level guidance for disclosers to facilitate
consistent and accurate reporting (PDF).

CDP SME Question-level Map 2024

A map of CDP's 2024 SME questionnaire against the 2024 full corporate
questionnaire and 2023 SME questionnaire, which was available to organizations
disclosing through CDP’s Private Markets Program (XLSX file).

** You can download a static PDF copy of CDP's 2024 SME questionnaire and
guidance to your device:

 * English
 * Japanese
 * Chinese
 * Spanish
 * Portuguese

Please note, translated versions are temporary, machine translated and produced
documents.





KEY CDP TECHNICAL MATERIALS

CDP Technical Note – Biofuels

An overview of biofuels and their impacts to support disclosure (PDF).

CDP Technical Note – EU Taxonomy

Technical FAQs on the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities and integration of
its criteria into CDP questionnaires and scoring (PDF).

CDP Technical Note – Portfolio Climate Change Impact Metrics for Financial
Services Companies

Guidance on the methodologies used to calculate portfolio impact metrics – for
banks, asset owners, asset managers and insurers (PDF).

CDP Technical Note – Reporting Progress on Deforestation- and Conversion-Free
Value Chains

An overview of concepts related to deforestation free and natural ecosystem
conversion free (DCF) supply chains (PDF).

CDP Technical Note – Plastics Disclosure

Technical FAQs and mapping against the Ellen MacArthur's Foundation's Global
Commitment (PDF).

CDP Technical Note – Relevance of Scope 3 Categories by Sector

This document signposts the categories of Scope 3 emissions that companies
should be measuring and taking action to mitigate (PDF).

CDP Technical Note – Reporting on Climate Transition Plans

Guidance on how organizations disclosing through CDP can demonstrate that they
have a credible climate transition plan (PDF).

CDP Technical Note – Financial Services Transition Plans and Net Zero
Commitments

Guidance on how investors, banks, and insurers can disclose against their net
zero commitments and demonstrate that they have credible climate transition
plans (PDF).

Note, this is currently being updated to reflect questionnaire changes in 2024.

CDP Technical Note – Reporting Commodity Volumes

Guidance on reporting commodity volumes in the disclosure of forests-related
data to CDP (PDF).


SCORING





SCORING INTRODUCTIONS

CDP Full Corporate Questionnaire Scoring Introduction
Get an overview of the scoring process before disclosing through CDP's full
corporate questionnaire in 2024 (PDF file).
CDP SME Questionnaire Scoring Introduction
Get an overview of the scoring process before disclosing through CDP's SME
questionnaire in 2024 (PDF file).


SCORING METHODOLOGIES

CDP Full Corporate Scoring Methodology
View the 2024 full corporate scoring methodology, for the environmental issue(s)
you are disclosing on.
CDP SME Corporate Scoring Methodology
View the SME 2024 corporate scoring methodology, for the environmental issue(s)
you are disclosing on. Note, please select 'corporates' on the first screen to
view SME guidance.


SCORING CHANGES

CDP Scoring Changes 2024
A summary of the changes to the scoring methodology that have occurred at a
module level of the CDP full corporate questionnaire in 2024 (XLSX file).


ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

An outline of the essential criteria applied to companies responding to the 2024
full corporate questionnaire, across environmental issues.

CDP Climate Change Scoring Essential Criteria
Published on June 14, 2024 (PDF)
CDP Forests Scoring Essential Criteria
Published on June 14, 2024 (PDF)
CDP Water Security Scoring Essential Criteria
Published on June 14, 2024 (PDF)


CATEGORY MAPPING

An outline of the scoring categories and their question level mapping that will
be applied to companies responding to the full corporate questionnaire – across
environmental issues – and SME questionnaire in 2024.

CDP Full Corporate Climate Change Scoring Category Mapping
Published on June 14, 2024 (XLSX file)
CDP Full Corporate Forests Scoring Category Mapping
Published on June 14, 2024 (XLSX file)
CDP Full Corporate Water Security Scoring Category Mapping
Published on June 14, 2024 (XLSX file)
CDP SME Climate Change Scoring Category Mapping
Published on 28 June, 2024 (XLSX file)


CATEGORY WEIGHTINGS

An outline of the weightings that will be applied to the scoring categories for
companies responding to the full corporate questionnaire – across environmental
issues – and SME questionnaire in 2024

CDP Full Corporate Climate Change Scoring Category Weightings
Published on June 14, 2024 (PDF)
CDP Full Corporate Forests Scoring Category Weightings
Published on June 14, 2024 (PDF)
CDP Full Corporate Water Security Scoring Category Weightings
Published on June 14, 2024 (PDF)
CDP SME Climate Change Scoring Category Weightings
Published on June 28, 2024 (PDF)


CLIMATE VERIFICATION FAQ

CDP Climate Verification FAQ Document

Further information on accepted verification standards (PDF).

Previous cycle materials (2023)

You can find all CDP materials from previous cycles in the CDP Guidance Tool.

 * Questionnaire: climate change, forests, water security

 * Questionnaire changes (2022 to 2023): climate change, forests, water security

 * Reporting guidance: climate change, forests, water security

 * Full scoring methodologies: climate change, forests, water security

 * Scoring introduction: climate change, forests and water security

 * Minimum scoring methodologies: climate change, forests, water security

 * Scoring methodology change documents (2022 to 2023): climate change, forests,
   water security

 * Scoring categories and weighting documents: climate change, forests, water
   security

 * Supplier engagement rating: introduction, methodology

 * SME questionnaire and reporting guidance: preview of questionnaire for SMEs
   requested to disclose as part of the 2023 Sustainable Finance and Banks
   program only.




Further resources
Verification
Companies disclosing to CDP must verify their environmental data in order to
receive an A score. Find a verification provider, view verification standards,
and more.
Comparative analysis report
Compare your performance with peers and find key insights quickly and easily,
with CDP's custom report.




You can provide feedback on CDP's questionnaires, guidance, and scoring
methodology via the online General Feedback Form.




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 * - Essential criteria
 * - Category mapping
 * - Category weightings
 * - Climate verification FAQ
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