CDP is the global disclosure system through which companies report climate (and water and forests) data, requested by investors and by customers through the CDP Supply Chain programme. Responses are scored from A to D- and the score is visible to the institutions that asked — making CDP simultaneously a disclosure, a rating and a customer-relationship document.
Why CDP matters now.
CDP requests arrive from your largest customers and investors — and the score your response earns is published back to them. A D or C sits in procurement files next to competitors' Bs and As, quietly repricing your relationship.
What it changes commercially.
A managed CDP response converts a compliance chore into visible credibility: a public band that satisfies customer thresholds, climate disclosure that doubles as the IFRS S2 / TCFD backbone, and — through Supply Chain programme responses — a direct input into the scorecards your buyers actually use.
The standards we build to.
How the engagement runs.
- 01 — Map the pointsQuestion-level analysis of your last response (or first questionnaire) against the scoring methodology.
- 02 — Close the gapsGovernance, risk, target and data improvements sequenced by score impact.
- 03 — Draft & fileThe full response drafted, evidenced and submitted inside the window.
- 04 — CompoundVerification and target milestones planned so each cycle starts higher.
What you take away.
- Score-driver gap analysisQuestion-level mapping of where points are won and lost.
- Disclosure buildGovernance, risk, target and emissions content engineered to scoring criteria.
- Managed submissionThe full questionnaire drafted, evidenced and filed to deadline.
- Score progression roadmapSequenced improvements toward Management and Leadership bands.
- Investor & customer narrativeThe disclosure reused for the stakeholders who requested it.
What success looks like.
- A public score that meets customer and investor thresholds
- One climate backbone serving CDP, IFRS S2 and TCFD
- Verified data and credible targets that compound annually
- No more questionnaire-season fire drill
Industries that use this most.
per cycle is a realistic, repeatable rate of CDP score improvement for most companies.
CDP: the questions buyers ask first.
Four ascending levels — Disclosure, Awareness, Management, Leadership — mapping to D through A. Points come from completeness, governance quality, risk processes, verified emissions data and credible targets. Leadership bands additionally require third-party verification and science-based targets.
Most supply-chain programmes treat B / Management band as the credibility threshold; A-list suppliers get preferential treatment in some programmes. The practical target is the band your largest requesting customer benchmarks against — we establish that first.
CDP's climate questionnaire is aligned to the TCFD structure that IFRS S2 absorbed — governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets. A well-built CDP response and an IFRS S2 disclosure draw on the same backbone, which is why we build the content once.
Materially. Validated science-based targets score directly in the targets module and unlock Leadership-level points unavailable otherwise. Verification of emissions data has a similar effect.
The questionnaire window runs annually, typically opening in spring with a mid-year deadline. Score-improving work — governance, verification, targets — has to be in place before the window opens, so the realistic project starts two to three quarters earlier.
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