The financial system has a pivotal role to play in tackling climate change and environmental degradation. Its full potential must be harnessed to serve as an engine in the global economy’s transition towards a low carbon economy and sustainable development.
We work with governments, central banks and regulators, using CDP data and insights to shape ambitious policy on topics including mandatory environmental disclosure, taxonomies, carbon pricing and Covid-19 recovery.
Shaping a Sustainable Financial System: Future-proofing Global Finance for a Net-zero, Nature-positive World
Shaping High-quality Mandatory Disclosure:Shaping a Sustainable Financial System: Future-proofing Global Finance for a Net-zero, Nature-positive World
Forest and Sustainable Finance: The Role of China
CDP and the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance: Outlining how CDP can Help Companies, Investors, Cities, Regions and Policymakers to Deliver the EU's Climate and Environmental Targets
CDP's response to IOSCO consultation on sustainability-related disclosure - August 2021
Sustainable corporate governance: Consultation on sustainable corporate governance with the aim of improving the EU regulatory framework on company law and corporate governance - October 2020
7 July 2022: Yesterday's vote in the European parliament favouring the Commission's proposal to label gas and nuclear investments as sustainable risks the integrity of the EU’s sustainable finance action plan
5 July 2022: The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and CDP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further stimulate the growth of Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-aligned disclosure in Indonesia.
29 June 2022: The G7’s commitment to achieve a fully or predominantly decarbonized power sector by 2035 is an extremely welcome outcome from this year’s summit.