Seven Tips for Your CDP Climate Change Response
Tips Every required question in the questionnaire is scored for Disclosure, which means that unanswered questions will receive a score of zero out of the maximum number of points available for that question or set of questions. Furthermore, if you aren’t awarded Disclosure points for a question, you won’t be eligible to receive points in […]
What Is the TCFD and Why Is It Important?
he Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, better known as the TCFD, is an initiative launched in December 2015 by the FSB (Financial Stability Board), an international body founded, with support from G20 members, to promote international financial stability. The purpose of the TCFD is “to help identify the information needed by investors, lenders, and […]
What Are SBTs and Why Does Your Company Need One?
cience-based targets (SBTs) are corporate climate goals aligned with the latest scientific consensus and the Paris Agreement on climate change. In place of arbitrary goals such as “25% less emissions by 2025,” SBTs provide a meaningful and comprehensible rationale: What will it take to achieve the Paris target, and what is the “fair” contribution my […]
Navigating the CDP Climate Change Questionnaire
CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, is an international nonprofit that provides a platform for companies to disclose, measure and manage their environmental data. CDP works with investors, companies, cities, governments, and policymakers to drive transparency and action on environmental impacts. Their primary tools for this process are three annual questionnaires: climate change, […]
Best Practice Session: Legally compliant and attractive climate reporting – a paradox?
As every year, Sustainserv had the privilege to lead a practice session at the annual reporting symposium of the Center for Corporate Reporting. This year we took up the topic ‘Legally compliant and attractive climate reporting – a paradox?’. In it, we summarized the key requirements for climate reporting in Switzerland and the EU and […]
First year of non-financial reporting in accordance with the Swiss Code of Obligations – and now?
The nervousness of companies was clearly noticeable in the run-up to the new CO regulations. Many companies found it difficult to report on the risks of their business activities in accordance with the legal requirements, instead of just highlighting positive, image-enhancing measures and successes around sustainability. Following the publication of reports on the past financial […]
Tips to Maximize Your 2024 CDP Response
As many of us and you are elbows deep in CDP submissions currently, it is now abundantly clear that CDP has revamped its disclosure platform and reporting process for corporations and organizations. While CDP’s efforts are well-intentioned, the new platform and format present some challenges that require different strategies in order to maximize your scores. […]
2025 CDP Outlook: From Adapting to Advancing
In 2024, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) released a revised reporting framework for corporations to disclose their climate and energy related strategies and metrics. These revisions posed challenges for many companies, who not only had to adapt to a changed questionnaire that required new disclosures but also adjust their well-honed answers to the newly formulated […]
