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  • CDP says more stringent scoring methodology at heart of 'transformation'

    04 April 2023

    CDP is strengthening its process for scoring companies on sustainability aspects and introducing new forward-looking metrics, as part of a push to transform the influential disclosure project.

  • Legislation driving investors to address plastic pollution, says CDP

    03 April 2023

    Investors are increasingly ready to disclose information on plastic pollution in their portfolios, in part because of incoming legislation, according to CDP.

  • CDP: Time to debunk the myth that water is immaterial to financials

    09 May 2022

    A third of financials still fail to assess water risk, Cate Lamb tells Genevieve Redgrave

  • CDP: Finance among sectors most harmful to water resources

    25 August 2021

    Financial services are in the same "critical" category as fossil fuel suppliers in terms of their impact on water...

  • Water risk and investment opportunities briefing afternoon round-up

    13 July 2021

    Environmental Finance's 'Water Risk and Investment Opportunities' event included a half-day of presentations, a panel, and a live discussion group

  • Pictet: 'Integrate water risk into mainstream tools'

    08 July 2021

    Water risk has yet to be integrated into mainstream equity investment tools, according to Marc-Olivier Buffle...

  • Water webinar: With risk recognition rising, it's time to rethink resilience and adaptation

    01 September 2020

    Water risk is beginning to receive greater attention, but it is time to press companies to disclose as well as consider the future opportunities. Ahren Lester reports.

  • Water risk is accelerating cases of 'drying' or 'drowning' assets

    27 August 2020

    The announcement of 'stranded' assets created by rising water risk is growing, environmental not-for-profit CDP says, with examples of these 'drying' or 'drowning' assets accumulating rapidly, but awareness and disclosure remains lamentably low.

  • Companies becoming big spenders on water security

    07 November 2017

    Big corporates are investing in water security at record levels while some of them are starting to adopt internal water pricing policies, a report has found.

  • CDP and South Pole launch water scoring system for companies

    22 July 2015

    A system for assessing and comparing companies' water management practices is being launched by CDP – the non-profit formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project – and South Pole, an advisory company and project developer based in Switzerland.