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The Biodiversity Plan, agreed at COP15 in 2022, requires governments, organizations and financial institutions to start their biodiversity disclosure journey.    Biodiversity disclosure is fundamental to its implementation:    💡 Disclosing organizations better understand how they depend on and impact nature  🪙 The data improves investors’ ability to price-in nature-related risks and opportunities This year, we’ve integrated our questionnaire, meaning we’re inviting all companies to report biodiversity data for the first time. Our questionnaire is dynamic so companies will be presented with questions that are relevant to them, without duplication, alongside our incorporated guidance. This will provide policymakers, investors, lenders, and procurement teams with even more and better biodiversity data. Disclose today: https://lnkd.in/eJBRan9S

Africa is vital to the global value chain, and the increased transparency and action on environmental impacts will unlock huge benefits. Explore the data behind the South African companies that disclosed publicly through CDP in 2023: https://lnkd.in/evrywytf Brundtland Consulting

📢 Upstream Scope 3 emissions are 26 times higher than Scopes 1 and 2. CDP has partnered with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) for the third annual supply chain report. BCG's Diana Dimitrova sat down with CDP's Sonya Bhonsle and James Chamberlayne to discuss key findings: - Upstream Scope 3 emissions are not necessarily increasing. - More companies are reporting on their upstream Scope 3 emissions, assessing those emissions better, and highlighting the scale of the upstream challenge. The report uncovers crucial insights and provides actionable strategies for corporations to advance their action and ambition on Scope 3 emissions. Read the full report for more: https://on.bcg.com/3S4VfWT

📣🌱 This is our window to secure a #NaturePositive economy for all by 2030. With less than 100 days until #COP16, Business for Nature coalition has published a business statement outlining five high-level policy recommendations for governments to accelerate the implementation of the #Biodiversity Plan to drive corporate #Nature action. CDP was delighted to support Business for Nature to develop these recommendations, with robust environmental disclosure at their heart. The statement, endorsed by 130 businesses and financial institutions with combined revenues of $1.1 trillion, calls on governments to adopt policies to: 🌎 Make sure business and financial actors protect nature and restore degraded ecosystems 🌎 Ensure sustainable resource use and management to reduce negative environmental impacts 🌎 Value and embed nature in decision-making and disclosure 🌎 Align all financial flows to transition to a nature-positive, net zero and equitable economy 🌎 Adopt or strengthen ambitious global agreements to address key nature loss challenges It’s time for governments to create an enabling regulatory framework and put nature at the heart of decision making.

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) account for around 90% of global business. That’s why this year we've introduced a dedicated questionnaire for SMEs, making it easier for them to understand where to focus attention, build capacity and generate the data they need to act. Find out more: https://ow.ly/2CmH50SBcRh

This year we've made some changes to our corporate questionnaire. We want to empower organizations to better assess the environmental risks, impacts and opportunities in line with incoming regulation.   Organizations reporting on more than one environmental theme this year will now use a single questionnaire rather than three individual questionnaires. CDP's corporate questionnaire is made up of 450 questions, and it’s dynamic, so it presents only relevant questions, without duplication, alongside our incorporated guidance.   Our questionnaire is designed to create the data needed to act. We ask the right questions to ensure that capital markets, procurement teams and the data ecosystem have decision-useful environmental data.   Learn more about the changes we've made this year: https://lnkd.in/eJBRan9S

Although Africa’s contribution to greenhouse gases is relatively low historically, it is vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather. Explore our 2023 snapshot of South African companies to find out how they are taking action: https://lnkd.in/evrywytf Brundtland Consulting

Closing the green financing gap is key to safeguarding our economy - and 1 in 10 companies across Europe & UK now gain more than half their revenue from low carbon products. Still, one-third report concerns accessing capital. CDP Director of Thought Leadership Sue Armstrong Brown joined Oliver Wyman and industry experts during London Climate Action Week to discuss how this data from the CDP Europe Report 2023 illuminates solutions. Watch a quick recap below.

🚀 As a partner of the Science Based Targets Network, we're pleased to announce the main 2024 release of new and updated guidance for companies to set science-based targets for nature, informed by SBTN’s trail-blazing cohort of pilot companies. 🎉 This guidance enhances the feasibility and practicality of SBTN’s methods while maintaining ambition and scientific rigor. New resources to improve accessibility and drive action have also been introduced, including a comprehensive corporate manual that serves as an entry-point into the technical guidance. SBTN’s target validation pilot has highlighted key benefits of target-setting and reinforced that SBTN is closing a critical gap in corporate sustainability: 🌟 Increases ambition and drives science-based action on nature  🤝 Provides credibility and a common language to advance engagement with stakeholders  🧭 Acts as a trusted compass for companies to get to the right solutions Stay tuned for more updates from SBTN in September, where they'll share key outcomes and lessons learned to pave the way for the next generation of targets. Explore the latest updates and resources:  https://lnkd.in/gSzA6Yb9  #SBTN #ScienceBasedTargets #ForNature #NaturePositive

🌍83% of cities are already facing significant climate hazards such as extreme heat and flooding. Latest CDP data shows that: ➡️Over half of cities report flooding (58%) and extreme heat (54%) as hazards, making them the worst climate hazards facing urban areas. ➡️Around 2/3 of cities expect hazards to become more intense and frequent. The disclosure of environmental data by cities, states and regions is critical to ensuring global action and accountability on environmental action. We need more, and better, disclosure as data is essential to build an accurate picture of progress and develop robust plans for adaption and mitigation. Disclose through CDP-ICLEI Track today: https://ow.ly/4SEy50Syw3m