Highlights from a busy year at CDP

2023 was a challenging year for the environment, but at CDP we also saw some progress. Amid record-breaking temperatures, a record-breaking 23,000+ companies disclosed their environmental data through CDP.

Three years into the decade of action, there’s still a long way to go, but in 2023, we took some big steps. Here are some highlights from a busy year at CDP.

?? CDP in 2023

• We welcomed our new CEO, Sherry Madera , who brought with her a unique mix of experience from business, finance and diplomacy.
• 23,000+ companies (up 24% from 2022), representing two-thirds of global market capitalization, disclosed environmental data through CDP.
• Over 1,100 cities, states and regions also disclosed through CDP-ICLEI Track. 119 cities made the 2023 A List , including cities in Indonesia, Turkey, and for the first time, Vietnam – indicating that climate action is becoming mainstream.
• Our award-nominated Corporate Environmental Action Tracker launched, making more CDP data accessible to all.
• 3,000+ companies disclosed on plastics for the first time, and at INC-3 , we put mandatory disclosure in a global plastics treaty on the agenda.
• Our pioneering disclosure of landscape and jurisdictional approaches increased by 900%, helping enable public and private sector collaboration in reducing deforestation.
• We played a prominent role during the UN 2023 Water Conference , holding governments and financial institutions to account on water security.
• We announced new partnerships and alignments with EFRAG , ISSB and TNFD , improving the quality and quantity of corporate disclosure through CDP.

?? Explore CDP data

In 2023, CDP's coverage expanded across regions, markets, and the key environmental themes of climate change, forests, water security, biodiversity[HF1]?, and now, plastics.

For transparency and insight into the evolving landscape of environmental disclosure, we’ve made more of our data accessible and interactive. Here are three data highlights:

?? CDP 2023 disclosure data factsheet : the state and trends of disclosure in 2023.

?? Corporate Environmental Action Tracker : making aggregated data available to track corporate disclosure and action, disclosed by nearly 10,000 companies.

??? Accelerating Climate Finance in Cities: A Global Snapshot of Opportunities and Needs : 636 cities disclosed climate-related projects worth US$146 billion – see where investment is needed to accelerate action.

?? Get ready for 2024

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