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  • CDP disclosure cycle 2018
  • C0 Introduction
    • Introduction
      • C0.1
      • C0.2
      • C0.3
      • C0.4
      • C0.5
  • C1 Governance
    • Board oversight
      • C1.1
        • C1.1a
        • C1.1b
        • C1.1c
    • Below board-level responsibility
      • C1.2
        • C1.2a
    • Employee incentives
      • C1.3
        • C1.3a
  • C2 Risks and opportunities
    • Time horizons
      • C2.1
    • Management processes
      • C2.2
        • C2.2a
        • C2.2b
        • C2.2c
        • C2.2d
        • C2.2e
    • Risk disclosure
      • C2.3
        • C2.3a
        • C2.3b
    • Opportunity disclosure
      • C2.4
        • C2.4a
        • C2.4b
    • Business impact assessment
      • C2.5
    • Financial planning assessment
      • C2.6
  • C3 Business strategy
    • Business strategy
      • C3.1
        • C3.1a
        • C3.1c
        • C3.1d
        • C3.1f
        • C3.1g
  • C4 Targets and performance
    • Targets
      • C4.1
        • C4.1a
        • C4.1b
        • C4.1c
    • Other climate-related targets
      • C4.2
    • Emissions reduction initiatives
      • C4.3
        • C4.3a
        • C4.3b
        • C4.3c
        • C4.3d
    • Low-carbon products
      • C4.5
        • C4.5a
  • C5 Emissions methodology
    • Base year emissions
      • C5.1
    • Emissions methodology
      • C5.2
        • C5.2a
  • C6 Emissions data
    • Scope 1 emissions data
      • C6.1
    • Scope 2 emissions reporting
      • C6.2
    • Scope 2 emissions data
      • C6.3
    • Exclusions
      • C6.4
        • C6.4a
    • Scope 3 emissions data
      • C6.5
    • Emissions from biologically sequestered carbon
      • C6.7
        • C6.7a
    • Emissions intensities
      • C6.10
  • C7 Emissions breakdown
    • Scope 1 breakdown: GHGs
      • C7.1
        • C7.1a
    • Scope 1 breakdown: country/region
      • C7.2
    • Scope 1 breakdown: business breakdown
      • C7.3
        • C7.3a
        • C7.3b
        • C7.3c
    • Scope 2 breakdown: country/region
      • C7.5
    • Scope 2 breakdown: business breakdown
      • C7.6
        • C7.6a
        • C7.6b
        • C7.6c
    • Emissions performance
      • C7.9
        • C7.9a
        • C7.9b
  • C8 Energy
    • Energy spend
      • C8.1
    • Energy-related activities
      • C8.2
        • C8.2a
        • C8.2b
        • C8.2c
        • C8.2d
        • C8.2e
        • C8.2f
  • C9 Additional metrics
    • Other climate-related metrics
      • C9.1
  • C10 Verification
    • Verification
      • C10.1
        • C10.1a
        • C10.1b
    • Other verified data
      • C10.2
        • C10.2a
  • C11 Carbon pricing
    • Carbon pricing systems
      • C11.1
        • C11.1a
        • C11.1b
        • C11.1c
        • C11.1d
    • Project-based carbon credits
      • C11.2
        • C11.2a
    • Internal price on carbon
      • C11.3
        • C11.3a
  • C12 Engagement
    • Value chain engagement
      • C12.1
        • C12.1a
        • C12.1b
        • C12.1c
        • C12.1d
    • Public policy engagement
      • C12.3
        • C12.3a
        • C12.3b
        • C12.3c
        • C12.3d
        • C12.3e
        • C12.3f
        • C12.3g
    • Communications
      • C12.4
  • C13 Other land management
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    • Signoff
      • C14.1
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CDP Climate Change 2018 Scoring Methodology

  • CDP disclosure cycle 2018
  • C0 Introduction
    • Introduction
      • C0.1
      • C0.2
      • C0.3
      • C0.4
      • C0.5
  • C1 Governance
    • Board oversight
      • C1.1
        • C1.1a
        • C1.1b
        • C1.1c
    • Below board-level responsibility
      • C1.2
        • C1.2a
    • Employee incentives
      • C1.3
        • C1.3a
  • C2 Risks and opportunities
    • Time horizons
      • C2.1
    • Management processes
      • C2.2
        • C2.2a
        • C2.2b
        • C2.2c
        • C2.2d
        • C2.2e
    • Risk disclosure
      • C2.3
        • C2.3a
        • C2.3b
    • Opportunity disclosure
      • C2.4
        • C2.4a
        • C2.4b
    • Business impact assessment
      • C2.5
    • Financial planning assessment
      • C2.6
  • C3 Business strategy
    • Business strategy
      • C3.1
        • C3.1a
        • C3.1c
        • C3.1d
        • C3.1f
        • C3.1g
  • C4 Targets and performance
    • Targets
      • C4.1
        • C4.1a
        • C4.1b
        • C4.1c
    • Other climate-related targets
      • C4.2
    • Emissions reduction initiatives
      • C4.3
        • C4.3a
        • C4.3b
        • C4.3c
        • C4.3d
    • Low-carbon products
      • C4.5
        • C4.5a
  • C5 Emissions methodology
    • Base year emissions
      • C5.1
    • Emissions methodology
      • C5.2
        • C5.2a
  • C6 Emissions data
    • Scope 1 emissions data
      • C6.1
    • Scope 2 emissions reporting
      • C6.2
    • Scope 2 emissions data
      • C6.3
    • Exclusions
      • C6.4
        • C6.4a
    • Scope 3 emissions data
      • C6.5
    • Emissions from biologically sequestered carbon
      • C6.7
        • C6.7a
    • Emissions intensities
      • C6.10
  • C7 Emissions breakdown
    • Scope 1 breakdown: GHGs
      • C7.1
        • C7.1a
    • Scope 1 breakdown: country/region
      • C7.2
    • Scope 1 breakdown: business breakdown
      • C7.3
        • C7.3a
        • C7.3b
        • C7.3c
    • Scope 2 breakdown: country/region
      • C7.5
    • Scope 2 breakdown: business breakdown
      • C7.6
        • C7.6a
        • C7.6b
        • C7.6c
    • Emissions performance
      • C7.9
        • C7.9a
        • C7.9b
  • C8 Energy
    • Energy spend
      • C8.1
    • Energy-related activities
      • C8.2
        • C8.2a
        • C8.2b
        • C8.2c
        • C8.2d
        • C8.2e
        • C8.2f
  • C9 Additional metrics
    • Other climate-related metrics
      • C9.1
  • C10 Verification
    • Verification
      • C10.1
        • C10.1a
        • C10.1b
    • Other verified data
      • C10.2
        • C10.2a
  • C11 Carbon pricing
    • Carbon pricing systems
      • C11.1
        • C11.1a
        • C11.1b
        • C11.1c
        • C11.1d
    • Project-based carbon credits
      • C11.2
        • C11.2a
    • Internal price on carbon
      • C11.3
        • C11.3a
  • C12 Engagement
    • Value chain engagement
      • C12.1
        • C12.1a
        • C12.1b
        • C12.1c
        • C12.1d
    • Public policy engagement
      • C12.3
        • C12.3a
        • C12.3b
        • C12.3c
        • C12.3d
        • C12.3e
        • C12.3f
        • C12.3g
    • Communications
      • C12.4
  • C13 Other land management
  • C14 Signoff
    • Signoff
      • C14.1
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C2.4b

(C2.4a) Provide details of opportunities identified with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on your business.

Question dependencies

This question only appears if you select “Yes” in response to C2.4.

Response options

Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

Identifier Where in the value chain does the opportunity occur? Opportunity type Primary climate-related opportunity driver Type of financial impact driver Company-specific description Time horizon
Select from:

  • Opp1 - Opp100

Select from:

  • Direct operations
  • Supply Chain
  • Customer

Select from:

  • Resource efficiency
  • Energy source
  • Products and services
  • Markets
  • Resilience

See drop-down options below

See drop-down options below

Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]

Select from:

  • Current
  • Short-term
  • Medium-term
  • Long-term
LikelihoodMagnitude of impactPotential financial impactExplanation of financial impactStrategy to realize opportunityCost to realize opportunityComment

Select from:

  • Virtually certain
  • Very likely
  • Likely
  • More likely than not
  • About as likely as not
  • Unlikely
  • Very unlikely
  • Exceptionally unlikely
  • Unknown

Select from:

  • High
  • Medium-high
  • Medium
  • Medium-low
  • Low
  • Unknown

Numerical field [enter a number from 0 to 999,999,999,999 using up to 2 decimal places and no commas]

Text field [maximum 1,000 characters]

Text field [maximum 1,500 characters]

Numerical field [enter a number from 0 to 999,999,999,999 using up to 2 decimal places and no commas]

Text field [maximum 1,000 characters]

[Add Row]

Primary climate-related opportunity driver drop-down options (column 4)

Select one of the following options:

Resource efficiency
  • Use of more efficient modes of transport
  • Use of more efficient production and distribution processes
  • Use of recycling
  • Move to more efficient buildings
  • Reduced water usage and consumption
  • Other

Energy source

  • Use of lower-emission sources of energy
  • Use of supportive policy incentives
  • Use of new technologies
  • Participation in carbon market
  • Shift toward decentralized energy generation
  • Other
Products and services
  • Development and/or expansion of low emission goods and services
  • Development of climate adaptation and insurance risk solutions
  • Development of new products or services through R&D and innovation
  • Ability to diversify business activities
  • Shift in consumer preferences
  • Other

Markets

  • Access to new markets
  • Use of public-sector incentives
  • Access to new assets and locations needing insurance coverage
  • Other

Resilience

  • Participation in renewable energy programs and adoption of energy-efficiency measures
  • Resource substitutes/diversification
  • Other

Type of financial impact driver drop-down options (column 5)

Select one of the following options:

Resource efficiency
  • Reduced operating costs (e.g., through efficiency gains and cost reductions)
  • Increased production capacity, resulting in increased revenues
  • Increased value of fixed assets (e.g., highly rated energy-efficient buildings)
  • Benefits to workforce management and planning (e.g., improved health and safety, employee satisfaction resulting in lower costs)
  • Other, please specify

Energy source

  • Reduced operational costs (e.g., through use of lowest cost abatement)
  • Reduced exposure to future fossil fuel price increases
  • Reduced exposure to GHG emissions and therefore less sensitivity to changes in cost of carbon
  • Returns on investment in low-emission technology
  • Increased capital availability (e.g., as more investors favor lower-emissions producers)
  • Reputational benefits resulting in increased demand for goods/services
  • Other, please specify
Products and services
  • Increased revenue through demand for lower emissions products and services
  • Increased revenue through new solutions to adaptation needs (e.g., insurance risk transfer products and services)
  • Better competitive position to reflect shifting consumer preferences, resulting in increased revenues
  • Other, please specify

Markets

  • Increased revenues through access to new and emerging markets (e.g., partnerships with governments, development banks)
  • Increased diversification of financial assets (e.g., green bonds and infrastructure)
  • Other, please specify

Resilience

  • Increased market valuation through resilience planning (e.g., infrastructure, land, buildings)
  • Increased reliability of supply chain and ability to operate under various conditions
  • Increased revenue through new products and services related to ensuring resiliency
  • Other, please specify

C2.4a - Scoring criteria


Disclosure scoring criteria

The column 'Primary climate-related opportunity driver' must be completed for a row to be eligible for Disclosure points.

If three or more opportunities have been disclosed:

- Points will be awarded in proportion to the number of rows completed (or partially completed). Partially completed rows will not receive full points. A maximum of 12 points are available for this question.

If fewer than three opportunities have been disclosed:

- Points will be awarded in proportion to the number of rows completed (or partially completed). Partially completed rows will not receive full points. A maximum of 4 points are available per row.


Awareness scoring criteria

If three or more opportunities have been disclosed:

- Up to 12 points will be awarded in proportion to the number of complete rows (excluding column "Potential financial impact"), with any option except "Unknown" selected in columns "Time horizon", "Likelihood" and "Magnitude of impact"

If fewer than three opportunities have been disclosed:

- For each complete row with any option except "Unknown" selected in columns "Time horizon", "Likelihood" and "Magnitude of impact" - 4 points


Management scoring criteria

Full Awareness points must have been achieved in C2.2, C2.2a, C2.2b & CC2.2c to be eligible for Management points in this question. Points are awarded for up to three complete rows.

If:

- A company specific description in column "Company specific description" - 1 point
- The opportunity selected in column "Type of financial impact" is consistent and has clear rationale with the numerical figure in column "Potential financial impact" and text answer in column "Explanation of financial impact" - 1 point
- "Explanation of financial impact" explains how the financial impact was calculated, and clearly describes the potential impact - 1 point
-"Strategy to realise opportunity" describes an action that is being implemented - 1 point
- "Strategy to realise opportunity" an example or case study - 1 point


Leadership scoring criteria

0.5 Leadership points will be awarded for each row that is awarded full Management points (maximum of 1.5).


Point Allocation


Disclosure numerator
Disclosure denominator
Awareness numerator
Awareness denominator
Management numerator Management denominator Leadership numerator Leadership denominator
12 12 12 12 15 15 1.5 1.5

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