CDP climate and water responses built on measured site data
CDP runs a global disclosure system through which companies report on climate change, water security and forests, usually at the request of investors or customers, and receive a score. Its questionnaire asks for energy use, Scope 1 and 2 emissions, water withdrawal, discharge and consumption by facility, risks and targets. Aqueduct supplies the measured site data behind those answers.
What CDP is and who discloses
CDP is a not-for-profit that runs a global environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states and regions. Companies respond each year, usually because investors or large customers request it through CDP's supply chain program. Responses cover climate change, water security and forests, and CDP scores them on a letter scale. In recent years CDP moved to a single integrated questionnaire and aligned it with the ISSB climate standard.
The climate questions ask for energy consumption, Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions, targets and progress, and governance and risk. The water questions ask for withdrawal, discharge and consumption, often at facility level, plus water risks, targets and governance. Scoring rewards complete, consistent and verified data. Questions and scoring change each cycle, so check the current CDP guidance before you respond.
CDP data requests and the evidence Aqueduct supplies
Aqueduct supplies measured energy and water data. Your sustainability team writes and submits the response.
| Requirement | Evidence needed | How Aqueduct supplies it |
|---|---|---|
| Energy consumption | Total energy by source, including renewable and non-renewable | Metered electricity, fuels and on-site solar by site, totaled for the reporting year |
| Scope 1 and 2 emissions | Emissions by scope, with Scope 2 location-based and market-based | Site fuel and electricity with the factors you choose; location-based factors shown, market instruments applied by your team |
| Emissions breakdown | Emissions by country, facility or activity | Site and sub-meter level data that rolls up by region and business unit in aQ Core |
| Water withdrawal | Volumes by source, often at facility level | Metered withdrawal from municipal, groundwater, surface and third-party sources in WaterGuard |
| Water discharge and consumption | Discharge by destination and treatment, and consumption | Discharge and treatment plant flows where metered, with consumption from the water balance |
| Targets and progress | Baseline year, target and progress | Weather-normalized baselines and verified reductions per site |
| Verification | Third-party verification of reported data | Traceable exports from meter to total for your verifier |
How to prepare a CDP climate and water response
Confirm boundary and requesters
List who requested disclosure and fix the organizational boundary, consistent with your other reports.
Identify the facilities that matter
Water questions focus on facilities with material water use or in water-stressed areas. Make sure those sites are metered.
Collect the year from meters
Pull energy and water by site from Aqueduct and fill any gaps from bills, flagged as such.
Calculate and reconcile
Apply emission factors, reconcile totals with your financial and ESG reports and document methods.
Verify and submit
Share traceable exports with your verifier, then answer the questionnaire from the verified data.
What stays with your sustainability team
A CDP response is a company disclosure. Aqueduct supplies measured inputs.
Risks and strategy
Governance, risk assessment, scenario analysis and strategy answers are written by your team.
Scope 3 and market instruments
Supply chain emissions and renewable energy certificates come from your procurement and supplier data.
The score
CDP scores the response. Aqueduct does not guarantee or influence a score.
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Common questions
CDP is a not-for-profit that runs a global environmental disclosure system. Companies report on climate change, water security and forests, often at the request of investors or customers, and receive a score.
CDP asks for water withdrawal, discharge and consumption, often by facility and by source, plus water risks and targets. Aqueduct supplies metered volumes by site and source.
Complete, consistent and verified data is rewarded in scoring. Metered data reduces estimates, shows facility detail and is easier to verify.
Aqueduct supplies metered electricity and location-based factors. Market-based figures depend on your contracts and certificates, which your team applies.
No. Your team answers and submits the questionnaire. Aqueduct supplies the measured energy and water data.
Yes. Suppliers that run Aqueduct at their own sites can report measured energy and water for those sites to customers.
Start with facilities that use the most water and those in water-stressed basins, since CDP asks for more detail there. Withdrawal by source at those sites usually matters more than sub-metering everywhere.
CDP has aligned its climate questions with the ISSB climate standard, IFRS S2, so data prepared for one can support the other. Check current CDP guidance for how the alignment applies in your reporting year.
See Aqueduct on your own facility.
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