Why disclose environmental data?

CDP disclosure serves as a one-stop shop for understanding and disclosing according to relevant market and regulatory demands, supporting organizations on their path to compliance. Disclosure of environmental data is essential to make critical decisions and build resilience as well as to drive and track progress towards organizational and global goals.

With impacts from climate change and nature loss already here, every organization must be guided by data to understand the risks they face – and act if they are to thrive.

Join the companies, cities, and states and regions already reporting and raising their ambition to be more sustainable and profitable, by addressing environmental issues. Start learning about the benefits of disclosing environmental data for different entities, below.

• Disclosure data can accelerate rapid change among supply chains. One in every 10 companies now includes climate related requirements in supplier contracts. Three hundred and forty of the largest global multinationals are engaging their suppliers to disclose quality data through CDP's Supply Chain program.

• Disclosing companies are prepared for regulation demands, from transition plans and deforestation to supply chain duties. Reporting this key environmental data is now mandatory in many major and emerging markets. Meanwhile CDP is making compliance easier than ever before by harmonizing the latest frameworks and standards in one place with our streamlined questionnaire.

• Track your journey on local action and progress by reporting your climate change mitigation and adaptation risks, plans, actions and impact in a transparent manner for your communities, businesses and the wider world. In 2023, over 1,100 cities globally reported to CDP-ICLEI Track, gaining unparalleled insight on their progress towards climate leadership.

• Report simultaneously to multiple key climate initiatives. These include ICLEI, C40, WWF One Planet City Challenge and and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy. You can also measure your progress against UN-backed climate campaigns such as Race to Zero. CDP-ICLEI Track streamlines your reporting experience through one questionnaire.

• CDP facilitates the exchange of best practices between states and regions and all stakeholders including cities, investors and companies. All data is uploaded to our Open Data Portal so you can compare and benchmark progress over time.

• Disclosed data is used by the UNFCCC’s Global Climate Action Portal, which recognizes climate actions and commitments made by actors around the globe.

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