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The 2025 CDP reporting cycle is upon us! With the disclosure portal opening from week commencing Monday 16 June, it’s time to get your sustainability reporting in order. 

For 25 years, CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) has been at the forefront of driving corporate sustainability action through data and transparency. 

While no ESG scoring system is perfect, CDP stands on a robust foundation, boasting the largest number of participating companies — over 22,700 in 2024 disclosing against the critical themes of climate, water, and forests. 

 

Beyond compliance: Driving tangible business value

 

CDP’s detailed questions and the resulting scores serve as a powerful business catalyst. Often capturing the attention and support of senior stakeholders, it fuels improved sustainability performance and reporting practices. But this isn’t about box ticking – it’s about fostering genuine progress that creates both business and stakeholder value. 

 

Looking Ahead: 2025 and beyond 

 

If you navigated the 2024 cycle, hopefully the challenges are behind you. Good news for 2025: the questionnaire remains stable with no new questions, though you can expect minor changes and necessary portal improvements. 

Despite questionnaire stability, CDP continually raises its assessment bar, so it’s still crucial to identify and integrate improvements into your response this year. 

The Plastics and Biodiversity modules remain unscored for 2025. However, it’s highly probable these modules will be scored from 2026. This presents a valuable opportunity now to gather the necessary data and insights throughout the year, ensuring you’re well-prepared for comprehensive responses in the next reporting cycle. 

 

CDP as a catalyst: Building your future-proof sustainability strategy 

 

CDP is more than annual reporting; it can be used as a foundational framework for best-in-class sustainability practices and true industry leadership. Many elements within the CDP questionnaire represent core sustainability principles, aligned with evolving legislative requirements, and are essential steps toward your organisation’s critical net-zero transition. 

 

At Morelli Consulting, we provide CDP support, helping you translate these requirements into actionable strategies that go beyond disclosure while optimising your score. We also offer:

 

• Climate and water scenario analysis – expertly modelling diverse scenarios, to help you identify, understand, and leverage risks and opportunities to safeguard long-term sustainability. 

• TCFD reporting alignment – aligning your CDP and TCFD disclosures through tailored support for seamless integration and robust reporting, regardless of starting point. 

• Strategic transition planning – defining meaningful transition plans that are pragmatic, impactful, and aligned to best practice. 
• Science-Based Targets (SBTi) support – helping you to develop realistic business-led emissions reduction targets, aligned to climate science, guiding you through every step and technical nuance for a smooth, successful validation. 

• Scope 3 emissions guidance – demystifying these carbon accounting complexities using actionable methodologies and improvement plans, and calculation support. 

 

Get in touch and leverage our CDP and broader sustainability expertise to future proof your business today.