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April 30 update: Our scoring methodologies are now available on our Disclosure Hub where you can also learn about the minimal changes to this year’s corporate and SME questionnaires, see key dates, and more. Requesters can now begin to create their Request lists in the CDP Portal.
Questionnaire and guidance 2025
Our focus on stability and core functionality delivery underpins the rationale for minimal changes to the questionnaire and scoring methodology in 2025 – as well as improved support available through detailed guidance and training for account managers.
Disclosers can prepare for the disclosure cycle by downloading PDF versions of our questionnaire and reporting guidance for 2025, below. Translated versions of these documents will be available in May.
Companies
Questionnaire and guidance for those responding to the CDP Full Corporate questionnaire in 2025
Questionnaire and guidance - modules 1 to 6
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Questionnaire and guidance for those responding to the CDP SME Corporate questionnaire in 2025
Cities, States and Regions
CDP-ICLEI Track questionnaire and guidance for those responding to either the CDP Cities questionnaire or States & Regions questionnaire in 2025
Disclose across all themes
CDP runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system, evolving our questionnaire and forging powerful partnerships to ensure disclosed data goes further and faster.
CDP’s single corporate questionnaire empowers companies to better assess the full extent of the environmental risks, impacts and opportunities in their operations, supply chain, product and service offerings, and financial decisions, and to understand how environmental relationships are connected. Since its introduction last year, almost two-thirds of companies are now disclosing nature-related information beyond climate, an increase of 21%.
All corporate disclosers now have the option to disclose on biodiversity and plastics, giving every organization the opportunity to report across all issues required by capital markets or regulators.
Climate Change
Improving corporate awareness through measurement and disclosure is essential to the effective management of carbon and climate change risk.
Water Security
The world faces a water crisis impacting the stability of the global economy – a major financial risk to companies that also serves as a significant opportunity.
Forests
CDP provides companies, financial institutions, states and regions with opportunities to measure and manage their forest-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities.
Plastics
Companies and capital markets can measure their plastic-related impact to better manage risks and opportunities, and transparently disclose the total weight and raw material content of their plastic products.
Biodiversity
Companies and capital markets can measure their biodiversity-related dependencies to better manage their impact, risks and opportunities.
Disclosure 2025
Disclosure cycle 2025
Find the latest information, key dates and guidance for the 2025 disclosure cycle.
Why disclose?
Disclosing through CDP puts the right data in the hands of those who can make changes the planet and economy need.
Corporate Disclosure Key Changes for 2025
If you disclosed last year, you can review the changes we've made to enhance this year's disclosure cycle.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Learn more about CDP, disclosure, scoring, and more.