CDP North America
For General Operating Support
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Amount$1,000,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/19/2019
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
This general operating grant will support the Carbon Disclosure Project in North America in its mission to focus investors, companies, and cities on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy. Some of the strategies to achieve its mission include increasing and strengthening disclosure of companies across all major economies; generating data-driven insights to drive action and a transition to a net-zero, sustainable economy; improving tracking of progress and accountability to further accelerate shifts in corporate behavior; and informing and supporting regulation and supervisory authorities in target geographies. The focus is on policy related to disclosure, governance, and market-based solutions to address climate risk and support the Paris Agreement.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.cdp.net
Address
127 West 26th Street, Suite 300, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
CDP’s mission is to focus investors, companies, and cities on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy. Some of the strategies include increasing and strengthening disclosure of companies across all major economies; generating data-driven insights to drive action and a transition to a net-zero, sustainable economy; improving progress and accountability tracking to further accelerate shifts in corporate behavior; and informing and supporting regulation and supervisory authorities in target geographies. The organization focuses on policy related to disclosure, governance, and market-based solutions to address climate risk and support the Paris agreement. (Substrategy: Multilateral)
for advancing SBTi to drive long term Chinese corporate and financial investors emissions reduction
CDP’s Net Zero Incubator is working to accelerate China’s industrial and financial sectors’ low-carbon actions. This project will be carried out in two phases, for the first six to eight months, CDP will undertake a scoping study with the Hong Kong stock exchange to assess barriers faced by publicly listed Chinese companies in setting science-based targets (SBT); identify levels of support companies are seeking; and determine the ideal structure, feasibility, and funding model for an effective net-zero incubator to facilitate significant emissions reductions by the Chinese targeted companies. Phase two the project will use the remaining four to six months to implement recommendations from phase one. (Substrategy: China National Policy)
for general operating support
This general operating grant will support the Carbon Disclosure Project in North America in its mission to focus investors, companies, and cities on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy. Some of the strategies to achieve its mission include increasing and strengthening disclosure of companies across all major economies; generating data-driven insights to drive action and a transition to a net-zero, sustainable economy; improving tracking of progress and accountability to further accelerate shifts in corporate behavior; and informing and supporting regulation and supervisory authorities in target geographies. The focus is on policy related to disclosure, governance, and market-based solutions to address climate risk and support the Paris Agreement.
