CDP

'Red flag': How electricity and car firms are still set to accelerate past the 1.5C climate threshold

Energy

'Red flag': How electricity and car firms are still set to accelerate past the 1.5C climate threshold

Largest study of its kind shows almost all the world's most influential power utility and automotive firms are still a long way from being on a 'climate-safe' decarbonisation pathway

clock 24 November 2021 • 6 min read
CDP: Tiny fraction of $27tr global investment funds aligned with Paris Agreement

Investment

CDP: Tiny fraction of $27tr global investment funds aligned with Paris Agreement

Non-profit decries 'catastrophic' investment data which shows less than one per cent of global fund assets are currently in line with below 2C of warming

clock 27 October 2021 • 2 min read
Net Zero Festival: Net zero or not zero? How to deliver credible targets

Net Zero Now

Net Zero Festival: Net zero or not zero? How to deliver credible targets

VIDEO: Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare, ShareAction CEO Catherine Howarth, CDP CEO Paul Simpson, and Nomad Foods CEO Stefan Descheemaeker discuss how to avoid greenwash at the Net Zero Festival

clock 11 October 2021 • 1 min read
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