CDP Worldwide (Europe) gGmbH

Introduction

CDP Worldwide (Europe) gGmbH’s three-year programme of work aims to strengthen and enhance EU climate and biodiversity policies, guide the transition to a circular economy, build capacity related to energy efficiency, and support the EU’s 2030 and 2050 climate commitments and adaptation strategy.

Objectives

The programme will achieve its goals through the following key activities:

1. Direct Engagement
   Engaging with companies, investors, cities, and regions to encourage them to disclose information about their environmental performance on issues including nature, biodiversity, and planetary boundaries.

2. Investor Support
   Supporting investors by conducting sector and portfolio analyses, assessing a range of environmental indicators across their portfolios, creating exclusion and divestment criteria, informing broker recommendations, and designing new financial products.

3. Data Collection
   Conducting surveys through complex questionnaires and collecting the latest and most relevant data through our electronic disclosure platform.

4. Methodology Refinement
   Refining our scoring methodology to incorporate new features, ensuring better comparability of data, sound data quality checks, and tracking progress against a benchmark necessary for a transition to a 1.5ºC, nature-positive world.

5. Data Analysis
   Analyzing key data points and releasing scores that rank the disclosing companies and cities according to their performance and commitments.

6. Annual Reporting
   Publishing annual reports with scores and key findings, such as European and global trends in disclosure, environmental impacts, and corporate commitments to climate action, as well as sectoral analysis.

7. Dissemination
   Disseminating our analyses among investors, companies, policymakers, public sector organizations, government bodies, academics, and the general public.

Target Groups

The programme is focused on three target groups:

• Policy makers and officials
• Companies and investors
• Cities and public procurement departments

Communication and Outreach

Communication and outreach to media and stakeholders, such as NGOs, research institutions, and the global public, are cross-cutting objectives of the programme.