CDP

Investors holding $29tr in assets demand 1,600 firms set science-based climate goals

Investment

Investors holding $29tr in assets demand 1,600 firms set science-based climate goals

Major group of investors targets 1,600 'high impact' companies around the world with calls for them to align their business with climate science

clock 29 September 2021 • 4 min read
Most firms in G20 countries failing to set science-based climate targets, research finds

Management

Most firms in G20 countries failing to set science-based climate targets, research finds

Only 20 per cent of climate targets set by companies in the G20 are science-based, according to Science-Based Targets initiative

clock 23 September 2021 • 3 min read
Mind the gap: Why ESG reporting at private companies is essential for achieving net zero

Investment

Mind the gap: Why ESG reporting at private companies is essential for achieving net zero

Investors are calling on their private portfolio companies to start disclosing their environmental footprint, warning that a huge transparency gap between listed entities and private companies could derail decarbonisation efforts

clock 08 September 2021 • 6 min read
'Water watch': Apparel, finance, and fossil fuels ranked as most water-intensive and polluting sectors

Risk

'Water watch': Apparel, finance, and fossil fuels ranked as most water-intensive and polluting sectors

CDP publishes its first ever Water Impact Index in bid to improve investor understanding of water-related risks

clock 25 August 2021 • 3 min read

Energy

'Woefully inadequate': Report warns global oil and gas industry set to thwart chances of a 1.5C world

World Benchmarking Alliance warns that the global oil and gas industry is on track to smash through the carbon budgets that would prevent global average temperature increases spiralling above 1.5C

clock 22 July 2021 • 4 min read

Investment

CDP: Record number of investors with $17tr in assets call on corporates to disclose environmental data

Netflix and the Alibaba Group are among companies urged to disclose their environmental data by fast-growing coalition of investors

clock 22 June 2021 • 3 min read

Supply chain

Industry Tracker: How a new research house plans to put the spotlight on net zero risks for heavy industry

Cement, steel, chemicals, capital goods, tech, and consumer sectors are all set to face fresh scrutiny from a new think tank launched by leading figures from CDP, Carbon Tracker, and Planet Tracker

clock 26 May 2021 • 4 min read

Climate change

Hundreds of climate-threatened cities lack adaptation plans, CDP warns

Up to 400 million people could be living in cities with no plan to combat growing threat from floods, storms and heatwaves by 2030, CDP finds

clock 12 May 2021 • 3 min read

Management

New UK Business Group Alliance for Net Zero formed in bid to accelerate 'Race to Zero'

Coalition formally launches to mark six month countdown to crucial COP26 Climate Summit

clock 29 April 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

'On top of providing green finance, the finance sector must become green': Why the world's financiers must sharpen their climate reporting

First ever analysis of financed emissions of global asset managers, owners, insurers and banks from CDP reveals financial players are systematically underestimating their exposure to climate risk

clock 28 April 2021 • 7 min read