Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT)
Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform

CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project)

Summary

CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, was established as an international non-profit organization in 2000 and built information disclosure platform of environmental performance data related to climate change, water security and forest in collaboration with investors.

Every year, CDP sends questionnaires on climate change, water security and forest respectively to high-impact sample companies, analyzes/evaluates these answers and publish the results on its website. Investors utilize the results for engagement with companies, investment process and risk management.

As for the CDP questionnaire on climate change after 2018, it has been updated according to TCFD’s recommendations on climate-related financial disclosure. The main change is to add questions related to climate-related scenario analysis in business strategy.

Opportunities for Companies

By answering CDP questionnaires on climate change, companies can provide climate-related financial information to investors on their needs.

It also enables companies to deliver a message such as their resilience against climate change widely.

Recommended Action for Companies

To answer the CDP questionnaires on climate change

The current situation on the responses to the CDP questionnaires on climate change.

According to CDP Climate Change Report 2017, among 1,839 companies selected as a high-impact sample, 1,073 companies responded to the CDP questionnaires on climate change.

Useful link

Document Preparer Contents
① CDP Climate Change 2019 Questionnaire
(https://guidance.cdp.net/en/tags?cid=8&ctype=theme&gettags=0&idtype=ThemeID&incchild=1µsite=0&otype=Questionnaire&page=1&tgprompt=TG-124%2CTG-127%2CTG-125)		 CDP It provides the questionnaire on climate change for each sector in 2019.
② CDP Climate Change 2019 Reporting Guidance
(https://guidance.cdp.net/en/tags?cid=8&ctype=theme&gettags=0&idtype=ThemeID&incchild=1µsite=0&otype=Guidance&page=1&tgprompt=TG-124%2CTG-127%2CTG-125)		 CDP It provides the guidance to respond the questionnaire on climate change for each sector in 2019.