FAQs

General disclosure information

Companies, cities, states and regions disclose their environmental information through the CDP Portal.

In 2026, CDP’s annual disclosure cycle opens in June for four months, closing in October. This serves as a window of opportunity for companies, cities, states, and regions to demonstrate their environmental progress over the past year and achieve a score in the process.

Learn more about how to disclose including a summary of the key steps and latest disclosure and scoring materials. You can also find the latest updates and resources for the 2026 disclosure cycle on our Hub page.

Stakeholders are increasingly requesting environmental data through CDP. These Requesters include capital markets, large purchasing organizations who are Supply Chain members, Banks program members, and membership/initiatives such as RE100.

Requesters use this data to inform decisions and drive environmental action.

Requested organizations can see which entities have asked them to disclose their environmental data in the CDP Portal.

Learn more about requesting data and disclosure.

Cities disclosing through CDP-ICLEI Track can report simultaneously to multiple global climate initiatives that request city data:

  • CDP

  • ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

  • C40 Cities

  • The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

  • Race to Resilience

  • Race to Zero

  • European Environment Agency*

  • NetZeroCities*

  • FairFuture*

  • Union of Baltic Cities*

*Europe only

CDP-ICLEI Track is the world’s leading climate reporting platform and progress accountability mechanism for local governments. Reporting and sharing data with Requesters can help cities understand their impact, take action, and get access to capacity-building opportunities and relevant support networks.

Learn more about requesting data and disclosure.

Note, this is not relevant to Japan.

States and Regions disclosing through CDP can report simultaneously to multiple global climate initiatives requesting their data:

  • CDP

  • Climate Group

  • Regions4

  • 州长气候与森林工作组

  • 奔向韧性

  • 奔向零碳

  • 欧盟环境署*

  • 净零城市*

  • FairFuture*

*Europe only

CDP is the world’s leading climate reporting platform and progress accountability mechanism for states and regions. Reporting and sharing data with Requesters can help states and regions understand their impact, take action, and get access to capacity-building opportunities and relevant support networks.

Learn more about requesting data and disclosure.

Companies disclose data on the impact of their business activities on environmental issues or themes such as climate change, deforestation and water security. Companies can do this through CDP's streamlined corporate questionnaire or SME questionnaire, depending on which is most relevant to them.

Organizations disclosing through both the full and SME corporate questionnaires can confirm whether they intend to disclose on environmental issues such as forests and water security. Whether you are asked to disclose because of a Requester or following CDP’s Industry Impact Classification or your own self-assessment, you can either accept or decline to respond. Learn more about intention to submit and opt-ins in 2026, in our signposting document.

Questionnaires are made up of modules such as:

  • Governance;

  • Business Strategy; and

  • Environmental Performance.

Some modules are sector-specific, some are issue-specific, and some are integrated, or multi-issue.

If a Self-Selected Company (SSC) meets the eligibility for the SME questionnaire based on the revenue and headcount they enter in the questionnaire setup, they can choose between the SME and full corporate questionnaire. SSCs can also select whether they intend to disclose on forests and/or water in the questionnaire setup.

You can explore our questionnaire, guidance and scoring methodologies for the 2026 cycle and export these in a PDF format, from the CDP Portal. Note, our questionnaire and guidance will be published during the week of April 20, while our scoring methodology will be published during the week of 27 April.

The CDP Cities and States and Regions questionnaires request qualitative and quantitative environmental data for the following themes: 

  • Governance;

  • Climate hazards, Adaptation;

  • Jurisdiction-wide emissions; 

  • Community-wide emissions;

  • Emissions reduction, Opportunities;

  • Energy, Buildings, Transport;

  • Urban planning;

  • Forests (selected states and regions only);

  • Food, Waste; and 

  • Water security.

 

You can explore our questionnaire, guidance and scoring methodologies for the 2026 cycle and export these in a PDF format from the CDP Portal. Note, our questionnaire and guidance will be published during the week of April 20, while our scoring methodology will be published during the week of 27 April.

All companies are asked to respond to climate change questions.

All companies responding to the full corporate questionnaire are asked supplementary questions on plastics and biodiversity.

Companies are only asked to respond to forests and water datapoints if at least one of the following conditions is met for forests and/or water security respectively:

  • Request: you have been asked to disclose by a requester (eg a Capital Markets Signatory member, a Supply Chain member, a Banks program member etc.).

  • Industry Impact Classification: the environmental impact of your CDP Activity Classification System (CDP-ACS) activities on forests and/or water, as established by the CDP Industry Impact Classification. Note, this is not applicable to organizations responding to the SME questionnaire.

  • Self-assessment: based on whether you have indicated that you have identified substantive forests- and/or water-related issues in your questionnaire setup. Note, this is not applicable to organizations responding to the SME questionnaire.

  • Opt-in: if none of the above conditions are met but your organization chooses to disclose on forests and/or water security.

Please note that organizations that have received the CDP Letter to the Board can review their initial assessment of environmental issues they have been requested to disclose on (note, this initial environmental issue assignment is subject to change).

Additionally, if you have been requested to disclose by a Supply Chain member, Banks program member or Private Markets program member, your requester may request you to respond to a specific environmental issue. Organizations are welcome to volunteer to disclose on environmental issues, whether or not they have been requested to do so.

The streamlined corporate questionnaire doesn’t mean that all companies have to provide datapoints on all environmental issues.

Questions on water and forests will continue to be presented to companies based on how relevant these issues are to their business and activities. The relevance of these questions is assessed using the CDP-ACS methodology, following the same process CDP has used to determine requests to large public companies for the last decade.

There is no minimum amount of data that cities need to report and the response is completely voluntary at all stages. However, if your city is committed to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy or a C40 city, certain requirements should be met.

In order to pass the lowest scoring band of ‘disclosure’ according to CDP's scoring methodology, you must provide a fairly complete response to the CDP Cities questionnaire. You can explore and download our scoring methodology and guidance from the CDP Portal (note, our scoring methodology will be published during the week of April 27).

CDP provides a wealth of guidance and support to all organizations, from experienced global corporates to small cities just starting out on their disclosure journey. Organizations can view the entire question bank, glossaries, and scoring methodologies that explain what we ask and why.

   

Guidance and materials

You can explore our questionnaire, guidance and scoring methodologies for the 2026 cycle and export these in a PDF format, from the CDP Portal. Note, our questionnaire and guidance will be published on the week of April 20, while our scoring methodology will be published on the week of 27 April. You can find further disclosure and scoring materials on our How to Disclose page.

   

Disclosure Hub

For key dates in the cycle, the latest information and resources, visit our Disclosure Hub.

   

Help Center (knowledge articles and raising a case)

From start to submission, our dedicated Help Center provides detailed answers on every step of the disclosure process. The library of knowledge articles available on the Help Center covers specific steps in the disclosure process.

Disclosers and Requesters can raise a case with our support team on the Help Center too, if they cannot find the answer to their query within our articles. Please note, our team receive high volumes of cases during the disclosure cycle.

   

CDP Reporter Services

CDP’s Reporter Services program offers several benefits to disclosing companies. These include:

  • High-level feedback on your CDP score (Score Feedback Calls);

  • A gap analysis of your last CDP response against CDP's updated guidance and scoring methodology (Gap Analysis Calls); and

  • A Final Review of your draft response prior to the submission deadline.

Additionally, Reporter Services members have access to enhanced data products such as a Comparative Analysis Report to compare performance against 10 companies of your choosing on key environmental data points, as well as access to full corporate responses of selected companies within their own sector.

Note, Score Feedback Calls and Gap Analysis Calls are available to all companies in 2026 – not just Reporter Services members – although availability for non-members may be limited. Meanwhile, Disclosers paying the enhanced admin fee can access one Comparative Analysis Report for any environmental theme of their choosing.

   

Additionally, you can:

To support scalable, high-quality environmental disclosure, organizations will have the option to use AI to upload relevant data from unstructured documents – such as annual reports and sustainability materials – when disclosing through CDP. This new feature within the CDP questionnaire can then suggest responses to key questions, which Disclosers can review, edit, or ignore.

This feature has been developed in partnership with Briink, a specialist AI provider for ESG and climate disclosure, with the needs of our customers at heart to remove complexity and free up time. It is part of our work to streamline the disclosure experience, and we look forward to making continued improvements.

The feature is being introduced in a phased approach (as of June 2026), to allow us to test and improve this, so not all organizations will be able to use it immediately (note, all corporate Disclosers should have access in 2026).

We will provide more information about the feature and update organizations when it is available to them. If you have any questions, please reach out to your CDP point of contact or visit the CDP Help Center.

Learn more about this feature in our dedicated knowledge article on the Help Center.

Environmental disclosure enables organizations to uncover data and insights that offer immediate value, while building long-term resilience. In 2025, over 23,000 organizations – representing nearly two thirds of global market capitalization – including over 1,000 cities, states, and regions, disclosed their environmental data through CDP.

Disclosure can uncover significant, untapped opportunities. CDP research found that a group of 280 A List environmental leaders realized a total of US$218 billion in environmental opportunities across climate change, water security, and forests.

For local governments, building resilience through disclosure surfaces benefits such as improved food security, increased social inclusion, and job creation en route to tackling wider societal issues.

Learn more about the benefits of disclosing.

Yes, a company can volunteer or choose to disclose voluntarily as a Self-Selected Company (SSC) if they haven’t been requested to do so.

SSCs can also include Supply Chain-requested organizations that wish to respond to Capital Markets and/or to receive a public score.

The same policies for companies requested by Capital Markets Signatories apply to SSCs, namely:

  • SSCs must pay the admin fee to disclose;

  • SSCs’ responses will be made available to Capital Markets Signatories, which can be shared more widely with CDP Supply Chain members and other stakeholders (eg initiatives like RE100 and Net Zero Asset Managers) if they make them public; and

  • SSCs receive a score if they respond to the full corporate questionnaire and submit their response by the scoring deadline.

Organizations must register to disclose in order to disclose as a SSC.

Environmental campaigns and initiatives

Cities, states and regions can disclose through CDP as part of projects hosted by the following Requesters.

CDP Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) – Cities

The Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) is a platform to enhance collaboration between national and subnational governments. To date, 75+ countries have committed to strengthen cooperation between national and subnational actors in the design and implementation of national climate plans, and to improve access to climate finance at the subnational level.

CDP is proud to be a data partner to this initiative, providing data and insights that enable CHAMP-endorsing countries and partners to track key metrics from disclosing governments, including progress on multilevel coordination and investment gaps prohibiting achievement of national climate goals.

   

CDP Climate Finance – Cities

CDP provides data and insights to catalyze action for climate-resilient, sustainable, and equitable infrastructure projects globally. It bridges the gap between local and regional governments and potential investors by analyzing projects in climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience, then showcasing these to its network of partners, including policymakers, companies, and investors.

CDP better positions local and regional governments to access more robust technical assistance, funding, and financing opportunities for their climate projects. In particular, disclosing cities should pay attention to questions 2.5 ('What mechanisms are used by your jurisdiction to fund or access finance for climate-related actions?') and 10.2 ('Describe any climate-related projects within your jurisdiction for which you hope to attract financing.’).

carbonn Climate Registry (cCR)

The carbonn Climate Center provides services to local and regional governments tackling climate change and air pollution, guiding their step-by-step approach towards carbon neutrality, energy security, and improved air quality. The carbonn Center manages the carbonn Climate Registry (cCR), which tracks transparency, accountability and credibility, now as part of CDP-ICLEI Track.

   

ICLEI GreenClimateCities

The GreenClimateCities program is ICLEI’s global climate impact program. It offers tailored guidance to local and regional governments on integrated climate action (resilience, adaptation and mitigation), with the aim of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest. The GreenClimateCities process and guidance focuses on analysing, acting and accelerating climate action while also exploring access to finance and investment. The ICLEI Network is urged to report to GreenClimateCities questions.

   

100% Renewable Energy

The 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network supports the transition to a sustainable energy future in cities, towns and regions around the globe. It is linked to The Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform. Local and regional governments committed (or intending to commit) to 100% Renewable Energy (RE) in government operations and in their communities are invited to join.

   

EcoMobility Alliance

The EcoMobility Alliance is a network of ambitious cities – led by innovators and visionaries and supported by experts and businesses – that are committed to building a sustainable mobility future which is integrated, efficient, people-centred, and environmentally friendly.

   

ICLEI Ukrainian Cities: Climate Neutrality, Resilience and Recovery

This project will help enhance Ukrainian cities climate progress accountability. It will support cities engaged in the implementation of the ICLEI Ukraine Roadmap to develop their performance reports, as well as provide an opportunity to disclose climate environmental data (to attract finance for mitigation and adaptation priorities).

Ukrainian cities will also have the opportunity to engage with other projects that are associated with CDP-ICLEI Track, and gain the best knowledge available as part of the platform and reporting processes.

   

Transformative Actions Program (TAP)

ICLEI's global Transformative Actions Program (TAP) aims to catalyze and improve capital flows to cities, towns and regions to accelerate sustainable development. CDP helps local and regional governments identify and prepare priority sustainable infrastructure projects, building their capacity to transform these concepts into robust investment-ready projects.

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone, everywhere, can thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities.

CDP works alongside a broad coalition of representatives from labour, business, the youth climate movement and civil society, to support mayors to halve emissions by 2030 and help phase out fossil use while increasing urban climate resilience and equity.

Project name varies by city location (eg GCoM Latin America, GCoM South Asia)

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) is the largest alliance for city climate leadership, uniting a global coalition of more than 13,700 cities and local governments who share a long-term vision of supporting voluntary action to combat climate change and moving towards a resilient and low-emission society.

Focusing on three pillars (mitigation, adaptation, and increased access to secure, affordable, and sustainable energy), the GCoM supports implementation of ambitious, measurable, and locally relevant solutions.

CDP-ICLEI Track acts as an official reporting platform for GCoM. Please note that cities reporting to GCoM must report publicly.

Cities Race to Resilience

Race to Resilience is a global campaign launched in 2021 led by the Climate Change High Level Champions, aiming to deliver a step-change in global ambition for climate resilience, putting people and nature first in pursuit of a resilient world.

The goal is to catalyse action by non-state actors, to build the resilience of 4 billion people by 2030 from groups and communities most vulnerable to climate risks. CDP-ICLEI Track is the most frequently used platform for Race to Resilience cities. By completing the 2026 Cities Questionnaire, cities are able to report their progress against their Race to Resilience pledges.

Cities Race to Zero

CDP-ICLEI Track is the progress tracker for Race to Zero, a global campaign to rally non-state actors – businesses, cities, regions and investors – to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. It aims to achieve a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery that prevents future threats, creates decent jobs, and unlocks inclusive, sustainable growth.

Race to Zero members pledge to reach net-zero by 2050, set a science-based interim target, take immediate inclusive action to reduce emissions, and report progress annually. Cities who have joined the campaign must report publicly.

EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change

The Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change focuses on supporting EU regions, cities and local authorities in their efforts to build resilience against the impacts of climate change.

The Mission contributes to putting the EU’s adaptation strategy in practice by helping Mission Signatories to better understand the climate risks they are and will be confronted with in the future; develop their pathways to be better prepared and cope with the changing climate; and test and deploy on the ground innovative solutions needed to build resilience.

The Mission’s objective is to support by 2030 at least 150 European regions and communities towards climate resilience.

NetZeroCities - Mission Cities

NetZeroCities manages the EU Cities Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030” platform.

NetZeroCities supports the 112 European cities selected by the European Commission to join the EU Cities Mission in drastically reducing their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve climate neutrality by 2030, and to inspire other European Cities to follow suit.

NetZeroCities works as a service-oriented platform supported by highly experienced practitioners and researchers to help cities overcome the current structural, institutional, and cultural barriers they face in order to achieve climate neutrality.

Cities involved in the EU Cities Mission are encouraged to report their data on GHG emissions and co-benefits through one or both officially recognised reporting platforms (MyCovenant and CDP-ICLEI Track), with each offering a unique reporting experience.

The reported city data on climate actions is a critical component of monitoring and evaluation in order to meet the goal of 100 climate-neutral cities by 2030 and climate neutrality in the EU by 2050. Cities can measure, learn and innovate based on their own data as well as in a peer-to-peer context.

FairFuture – Cities

The FairFuture project (September 2025 to August 2029) is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action under the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change. It addresses the urgent challenge of unequal climate impacts and social justice gaps by placing vulnerable groups at the centre of adaptation strategies.

Through four demonstrator cities/regions (Hamburg, Thessaloniki, Val-de-Loire, Zagreb) and replication partners (Castilla y León, Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership, Vinnytsia), the project will co-develop, test, and scale inclusive adaptation measures. The vision is to build Resilience Action Labs as communities of practice, shifting from a narrative of vulnerability to one of active citizenship.

Objectives include empowering local and regional governments, innovating governance for equity, implementing fair adaptation solutions, and ensuring replication across Europe and the Mediterranean.

With strong policy links to the EU Green Deal, Climate Law and Adaptation Strategy, FairFuture is expected to contribute directly to the Mission’s 2030 target of supporting 150 local and regional authorities.

UBC Sustainable Cities Commission

The UBC is a network of cities in the Baltic Sea Region, bringing together member cities from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden, with associate members from Ukraine.

UBC member cities are part of a longstanding cooperation to support cities in turning climate and environmental data into action. UBC member cities are invited to disclose key information on emissions, climate risks, actions and targets using a structured and internationally recognised reporting framework.

Disclosing this data helps cities track progress over time, exchange results with peer cities across the Baltic Sea Region, and generate evidence to support local planning, policy development and funding. This contribution is used to inform the direction of the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission work while increasing the visibility and credibility of cities’ climate action at the regional and international level.

CDP Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) - States & Regions

The Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) is a platform to enhance collaboration between national and subnational governments. To date, 75+ countries have committed to strengthen cooperation between national and subnational actors in the design and implementation of national climate plans, and to improve access to climate finance at the subnational level.

CDP is proud to be a data partner to this initiative, providing data and insights that enable CHAMP-endorsing countries and partners to track key metrics from disclosing governments, including progress on multilevel coordination and investment gaps prohibiting achievement of national climate goals.

   

CDP Climate Finance - States & Regions

CDP provides data and insights to catalyze action for climate-resilient, sustainable, and equitable infrastructure projects globally. It bridges the gap between local and regional governments and potential investors by analyzing projects in climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience, then showcasing these to its network of partners, including policymakers, companies, and investors.

CDP better positions local and regional governments to access more robust technical assistance, funding, and financing opportunities for their climate projects. In particular, disclosing cities should pay attention to questions 2.5 ('What mechanisms are used by your jurisdiction to fund or access finance for climate-related actions?') and 10.2 ('Describe any climate-related projects within your jurisdiction for which you hope to attract financing.’).

Under2 Coalition

Climate Group is the Secretariat to the Under2 Coalition, which is the largest global network of states, regions, provinces and other subnational governments committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. Today, the coalition represents 183 individual states, regions, provinces and subnational governments along with several other national and subnational entities: a total of more than 270 actors, totalling more than 50% of global GDP.

The Under2 Coalition is a partner to the Race to Zero and supports individual states, regions, provinces, prefectures and other subnational ‘actors’ to join Race to Zero.

   

Regions Race to Zero

CDP is the progress tracker for the Race to Zero campaign. Race to Zero is a global campaign to rally non-state actors – businesses, cities, regions and investors – to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. It aims to achieve a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery that prevents future threats, creates decent jobs and unlocks inclusive, sustainable growth.

States and Regions can join Race to Zero on The Climate Group website.

RegionsAdapt

RegionsAdapt, an initiative led by Regions4 and a partner of the Race to Resilience campaign, is a global platform bringing together 80+ subnational governments committed to advancing climate adaptation. It supports states, provinces and regions across the full adaptation cycle, from assessing climate risks and vulnerabilities to planning and implementing actions, and monitoring and reporting progress.

By joining RegionsAdapt, governments benefit from tailored capacity-building, peer exchange, and opportunities to showcase leadership through international events, reports and global advocacy processes. Members also gain visibility within global climate initiatives and access to a strong network of regional peers.

Membership is free and easy. For more information, contact regionsadapt@regions4.org.

   

Regions Race to Resilience

Race to Resilience is a global campaign launched in 2021 led by the Climate Change High Level Champions, aiming to deliver a step-change in global ambition for climate resilience, putting people and nature first in pursuit of a resilient world.

The goal is to catalyze action by non-state actors to build the resilience of 4 billion people by 2030 from groups and communities most vulnerable to climate risks.

Within this campaign, RegionsAdapt serves as the official partner driving the participation of States & Regions, ensuring their contributions are recognised, supported and amplified. CDP is partnering with Regions4 to allow the RegionsAdapt initiative to track the progress for states and regions in this impactful campaign, providing greater visibility to publicly reported data.

To join the campaign, contact regionsadapt@regions4.org.

The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF-TF) is a subnational collaboration of 56 states and provinces working to protect tropical forests, reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and promote realistic pathways to forest-maintaining rural development.

CDP has been a partner of GCF-TF since 2019, participating as a panel facilitator, presenter and organizer of specific events to support annual GCF-TF events and communications. The collaboration between GCF-TF and CDP aims to empower sub-national jurisdictions as strategic disclosure entities to drive faster, positive and tangible impacts on forest and nature at scale, and facilitate private-public collaboration at a regional level.

EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change (States and Regions Questionnaire)

The Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change focuses on supporting EU regions, cities and local authorities in their efforts to build resilience against the impacts of climate change.

The Mission contributes to putting the EU’s adaptation strategy in practice by helping Mission Signatories to better understand the climate risks they are and will be confronted with in the future; develop their pathways to be better prepared and cope with the changing climate; and test and deploy on the ground innovative solutions needed to build resilience.

The Mission’s objective is to support by 2030 at least 150 European regions and communities towards climate resilience.

FairFuture – States & Regions

The FairFuture project (September 2025 to August 2029) is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action under the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change. It addresses the urgent challenge of unequal climate impacts and social justice gaps by placing vulnerable groups at the centre of adaptation strategies.

Through four demonstrator cities/regions (Hamburg, Thessaloniki, Val-de-Loire, Zagreb) and replication partners (Castilla y León, Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership, Vinnytsia), the project will codevelop, test, and scale inclusive adaptation measures. The vision is to build Resilience Action Labs as communities of practice, shifting from a narrative of vulnerability to one of active citizenship.

Objectives include empowering local and regional governments, innovating governance for equity, implementing fair adaptation solutions, and ensuring replication across Europe and the Mediterranean.

With strong policy links to the EU Green Deal, Climate Law, and Adaptation Strategy, Fair Future is expected to contribute directly to the Mission’s 2030 target of supporting 150 local and regional authorities.

NetZeroCities - Mission Cities (States and Regions Questionnaire)

NetZeroCities manages the EU Cities Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030” platform. NetZeroCities supports the 112 European cities selected by the European Commission to join the EU Cities Mission in drastically reducing their greenhouse gas emissions to achieve climate neutrality by 2030, and to inspire other European Cities to follow suit.

NetZeroCities works as a service-oriented platform supported by highly experienced practitioners and researchers to help cities overcome the current structural, institutional, and cultural barriers they face in order to achieve climate neutrality.

Cities involved in the EU Cities Mission are encouraged to report their data on GHG emissions and co benefits on one or both of the officially recognised Reporting Platforms, MyCovenant and CDP-ICLEI Track, with each offering a unique reporting experience.

The city data on climate actions as reported is a critical component of monitoring and evaluation to achieve 100 climate neutral cities by 2030, and climate neutrality in the EU by 2050, as cities can measure, learn and innovate based on their own data as well as in a peer to peer context.

Disclosure admin fee

Note, only companies pay the admin fee.

The CDP admin fee is the fee that companies pay in order to disclose through CDP. The following entities must pay the CDP admin fee:

  • Companies requested to disclose by CDP’s Capital Market Signatories;

  • Self-Selected Companies (ie companies who wish to disclose even if they have not been requested to do so); and

  • Public authorities.

Cities, states and regions don’t need to pay the admin fee*.

*Subject to change

This year, admin fees will increase by approximately 5% globally, reflecting inflationary pressures and rising operational costs. This ensures we can continue to invest in our tools, technology and expertise needed to provide reliable, high quality disclosure services.

We offer three fee options for Disclosers, with our enhanced fee option offering the most benefits:

   

1. Enhanced fee

CDP encourages all companies to consider choosing this enhanced fee tier. This option offers multiple benefits, including improved data access, priority registration to CDP regional events, and a tailored analysis report, comparing your disclosure against 10 peers.

Benefits (note, may vary by region so please check this with the relevant regional office):

  • Report through the CDP Portal

  • Use CDP's suite of tools, including disclosure frameworks and guidance

  • Enjoy communications opportunities resulting from disclosing through CDP

  • Receive a CDP Supporter badge to use in your organization’s external communications

  • Get your organization’s name listed as a CDP Supporter on CDP’s website

  • Receive a pre-paid/priority registration for two people and organization recognition at regional CDP events, where applicable

  • Receive a quote from a CDP Director to use in your sustainability communications

  • Get access to 100 x public company responses of your choice from 2026 of your choice

  • Receive one detailed Comparative Analysis Report to compare your company’s disclosure with 10 peer companies of your choice – enhanced admin fee payers can choose which environmental issue this report covers (either Climate, Forests, Water Security or Financial Services)

  • Receive a tailored introduction to a CDP Accredited Solutions Provider (ASP) to help you on your sustainability journey – CDP has built a trusted global network of ASPs, from consultancies and renewable energy experts to software providers and third-party verification companies, verifying their services through a comprehensive accreditation process

  • Get a screening of your top 50 suppliers to understand environmental action in your supply chain

   

2. Foundation fee

Benefits:

  • Report through the CDP Portal

  • Use CDP's suite of tools, including disclosure frameworks and guidance

  • Enjoy communications opportunities resulting from disclosing through CDP

  • Receive pre-paid entry/priority registration to one regional CDP event, where applicable

   

3. Essential fee

Benefits:

  • Report through CDP's Portal

  • Use CDP's suite of tools including reporting frameworks and guidance

  • Enjoy communications opportunities resulting from disclosing through CDP

Note, this fee option is only available to disclosing organizations headquartered outside of North America, the United Kingdom, Europe (including Türkiye), Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan (China), Hong Kong (China), Australia, New Zealand, Bermuda, Bahrain, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Guernsey. This option is aimed at small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and those with a limited budget.

Learn more about paying your admin fee as a discloser.

See the table below for all 2026 fees including changes to fees as outlined above, as a guide.

Organization headquarters

Enhanced fee

Foundation fee

Essential fee

UK

£5,985

£2,450

n/a

Europe (including Türkiye)

€7,200

€2,975

n/a

Japan

￥775,000

￥325,000

n/a

China

CN¥54,000

CN¥21,500

CN¥8,675

Brazil

R$14,400

R$10,000

R$6,700

Latin America (excluding Brazil)

US$2,575

US$1,840

US$1,175

India

US$7,050

US$2,850

US$1,175

North America

US$7,650

US$3,250

n/a

Southeast Asia, South Korea, Australia or New Zealand

US$7,650

US$3,250

n/a

Hong Kong and Taiwan (China)

US$7,650

US$3,250

n/a

Other countries

US$7,650

US$3,250

US$1,175

 

Fees are exclusive of any applicable local taxes. Some fee levels are not available in regions ('n/a'). 

 

All overseas territories match the grouping of the country that they are part of. 

 

The following countries and areas fall under CDP's definition for Europe for corporate disclosure, and are therefore subject to European admin fees:  

Åland Islands, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bouvet Island, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Réunion, Romania, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French Part), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan, Mayen Islands, Turkey, Sweden, Switzerland, and Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Disclosers are exempt from paying the admin fee if they have only been requested to disclose by: 

If an organization has been requested to disclose by one of these and CDP’s Capital Markets Signatories, they will need to pay the fee.

Organizations based in Ukraine are currently exempt from paying the admin fee.

If you have any questions regarding admin fee eligibility, please speak to your Account Manager or contact My Support via the Help Center.

If you have disclosed previously and haven’t been required to pay the admin fee on those occasions, you may need to do so this time if you have been requested to disclose by CDP’s Capital Markets Signatories as part of CDP’s Letter to the Board.

Global disclosure prices remained the same from 2016 until 2023 when we began reviewing our pricing annually. Any annual fee inflations are in line with current economic conditions and rising operational costs.

We kept prices unchanged in 2025 to align with our year of stability. However, admin fees enable us to invest in cutting-edge technology to help facilitate your disclosure. Learn more about how and why fees are changing in 2026, and what these fees will be, above.