How to submit CDP supply chain if
also answering CDP water and/or
CDP climate change
When is this relevant to me?
Some companies will be asked to do multiple questionnaires for CDP, as requested by investors and customers. In this instance, your company may be asked to complete a combination of the following questionnaires:
CDP climate change and CDP supply chain (climate change questions only); CDP water and CDP supply chain (water questions only); or
CDP climate change, CDP water and CDP supply chain (climate change and/or water questions).
In these instances the questions in the CDP climate change questionnaire will be the same as the climate change questions in CDP supply chain. Likewise, the questions in the CDP water questionnaire will be the same as the water questions in CDP supply chain. These instructions are relevant to you if your questions overlap in this way.
When isn’t this relevant to me?
Some companies will be asked to do multiple questionnaires for CDP, as requested by investors and customers, but where the combination of questionnaires do not overlap with each other, then you can complete and submit the questionnaires in any order (although please note the different deadlines)
Examples of these combinations are:
CDP climate change and CDP supply chain (water only questions); or
CDP water and CDP supply chain (climate change only questions).
This is also not relevant if you have only been invited to CDP climate change OR CDP water OR CDP supply chain. Separate guidance is available for these on the guidance page www.cdp.net/guidance.
The difference between CDP supply chain and CDP climate change
(investor) questionnaires:
The CDP climate change (investor) questionnaire involves 15 questions regarding climate change, including a sign off section. The response is made available to the investor signatories.
The CDP supply chain climate change questionnaire includes the same 15 questions, including the sign off section, and 3 additional questions in the Supplier module that are specific to your supplier relationships. The response is made available to your customer(s).
The difference between CDP supply chain and CDP water (investor)
questionnaires:
The CDP water (investor) questionnaire involves 10 questions regarding water, including a sign off section. The response is made available to the investor signatories.
The CDP supply chain water questionnaire involves the same 10 questions, including the sign off section, and 3 additional questions in the Supplier water module that are specific to your supplier relationships. The response is made available to your customer(s).