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| Version number | Release/Revision date | Revision summary |
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| 0.1 | Released: Dec 17, 2018 |
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| 0.2 | Released: Feb 15, 2019 |
Metals and mining and coal sectors
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| 0.3 | Revised: March 14, 2019 |
General questions
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| 0.4 | Revised: August 22, 2019 |
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CDP’s corporate questionnaire previews, reporting guidance, and scoring methodologies can be accessed by program (climate change, forests, and water security) from the guidance for companies page of CDP's website. You will be presented with three prompt screens that allow you to select the sectors and other details relevant to your organization. Questionnaires are valid for information requests from investors, as well as from customers that are members of CDP’s supply chain program. As there are sector-specific questions throughout the questionnaires, you might find that question numbers skip since not all questions will be applicable to your organization.
Responses to questionnaires are submitted via CDP's online response system (ORS), which is part of CDP's online disclosure platform. Please refer to Using CDP's Online Disclosure Platform for more detail. Note that while the questions themselves are the same in the questionnaire preview as they are in the ORS, the format may differ, particularly for drop-down options and tables.
For all CDP questionnaires, there are two versions: minimum and full. The minimum version contains identical but fewer questions, and no sector-specific questions or data points.
- Organizations disclosing to that questionnaire for the first time; OR
- Organizations not disclosing to that questionnaire for the first time, but with an annual revenue of less than EUR/US$250 million
Although any organizations meeting the above criteria may opt to complete a minimum version, they may not be eligible for scoring.
For more information on scoring eligibility and implications, please see Scoring Introduction.
For previous responders with an annual revenue of less than EUR/US$250 million, CDP reserves the right to remove the option of a minimum version questionnaire due to the organization’s potential or existing environmental impact.
Note that companies eligible to complete the minimum version of a questionnaire can choose to answer the full version if they consider this to provide greater benefit to their organization or stakeholders.
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For any disclosure-related enquiries, please contact [email protected]
Global demand for agricultural commodities is the primary driver of deforestation and forest degradation, as timber is extracted unsustainably and land is cleared for agricultural production. This represents major risks to businesses as forest risk commodities are the building blocks of millions of products traded globally and, thus, feature in the supply chains of numerous organizations.
Deforestation and forest degradation account for approximately 15% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Stopping deforestation and degradation of forests and other critical ecosystems are vital to significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the loss of natural capital, while preventing dangerous climate change and ensuring the long-term business supply of agricultural commodities.
CDP’s forests program acts on behalf of over 525 signatory investors, with US $96 trillion in assets, who wish to understand how organizations are addressing their exposure to forests-related risks. In 2018, 455 organizations responded to CDP’s forests questionnaire, which focuses on how organizations produce, source and use the four major agricultural commodities associated with deforestation: timber, cattle products, soy, and palm oil. There are ten modules, including the Signoff, plus a module presented only to organizations that supply goods or services to the member companies of CDP’s supply chain program. Note that Modules F10 to F17 are presented exclusively to companies from the metals & mining and coal sectors.
The table below provides further details on the forms of each commodity considered in the questionnaire.
| Forest risk commodity | Explanation |
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| Timber | this includes all solid timber as well as products made from processed wood fiber such as paper, cardboard and specialty fibers (e.g., viscose). It also includes timber products used for biomass. |
| Palm Oil | this includes crude palm oil, palm kernel oil, and all of its derivatives. Please note that palm oil used for biofuel production is also included in this category, if applicable. |
| Cattle Products | this includes all food products containing beef, all clothing, furniture and accessories that are made of leather, tallow, and all other products derived from cattle. Please note that tallow used for biofuel production is also included in this category, if applicable. |
| Soy | this includes all meal or oil containing soy and any derivatives that are obtained from soy. Please note that soy used for biofuel production is also included in this category, if applicable. |
CDP and its partners in the We Mean Business coalition have created a central platform for companies to take action on key climate issues. Hundreds of companies representing every economic sector and geography have taken action to date.
The leadership these companies demonstrated formed a critical part of the package of solutions reached in Paris at COP21 in 2015 and has continued to grow, now playing a critical role as the Paris Agreement moves from agreement to implementation. The We Mean Business “Take Action” platform gives companies a clear pathway for building the Paris Agreement into their business strategies and to future-proof growth, sending a strong signal that companies are making the transition to a low-carbon world and giving policy makers the confidence in raising their ambitions as governments prepare to ratchet up their national pledges in 2020.
One initiative companies can commit to on the We Mean Business platform is to remove commodity-driven deforestation from all supply chains by 2020. This commitment can be tracked in CDP’s forests questionnaire:
The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) is a voluntary initiative that brings together governments, companies, civil society and other stakeholders that work collaboratively towards halving the loss of natural forests by 2020 and ending it by 2030. CDP is one of the endorsers of the NYDF.
CDP is also part of the NYDF Progress Assessment Partners, an independent monitoring effort undertaken by a growing group of NGOs and research institutions that annually assess progress toward the NYDF.
CDP data is currently used to support the assessment of the NYDF Goal 2, which strives to eliminate deforestation from the production of agricultural commodities such as palm oil, soy, wood and cattle products by no later than 2020. CDP also plans to use disclosed data to contribute to the assessment of the NYDF Goal 3, which is focused on reducing forest loss linked to non-agricultural drivers.
CDP is part of AFi’s collaborative effort to help companies fulfill commitments for responsible agriculture and forestry supply chains. Developed in collaboration with a wide range of partners, the Accountability Framework provides a set of principles and guidelines designed to establish common definitions, norms, and best practices to help companies set, implement, monitor, and report on responsible supply chain commitments.
CDP has been working in collaboration with AFi to ensure further alignment with these definitions and guidelines in order to allow companies to more directly report on the principles set out in the Accountability Framework. At the moment, companies disclosing to CDP’s forests questionnaire will be able to report on key metrics established by AFi, e.g., their:
The questionnaire is stabilized for 2019 so there are no major changes. The forests questionnaire structure and content has been revised to improve the discloser’s experience, meet the requirements from data users, as well as to better align with other reporting frameworks, policy agendas and CDP’s water security and climate change questionnaires. In particular, to ensure alignment with the principles, definitions and guidelines set by the Accountability Framework initiative, small amendments have been implemented in the questionnaire and the key definitions have been revised.
A detailed document on forests changes from 2018 to 2019 is available on the website. Revisions to questions are also indicated by the “Change from 2018” below each question, either as ‘no change’, ‘minor change’, ‘modified question’, ‘new question’, or ‘modified guidance’.
“Minor change” indicates wording edits and revisions to drop-down options or a simple clarification, while a “modified question” indicates that a data request has been revised.
For 2019, companies responding to the forests questionnaire will have questions tailored to the sectors: coal, metals & mining and paper & forestry. The first two are new sectors, whereas the latter has been available since 2018. The rationale for developing a refined questionnaire for these sectors is outlined in the relevant sector introductions. Organizations with business activities outside of these sectors will receive a general questionnaire, as in previous years.
Each question number in the forests questionnaire begins with the letter F. Questions uniquely applicable for sectors are labeled using a two-letter abbreviation within the question number, as follows:
No change
This is an open text question with a limit of 5,000 characters.
Please note that when copying from another document to the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.
No change
Please complete the following table:
| Start date | End date |
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From: [DD/MM/YYYY] |
To: [DD/MM/YYYY] |
No change
Please complete the following table:
| Currency |
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Select from: [List of currencies] |
Modified question
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Stage of the value chain |
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| Timber |
Select all that apply:
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| Palm Oil* | |
| Cattle Products* | |
| Soy* | |
| Other – Rubber* | |
| Other |
* Not shown for companies from the paper & forestry sector
Your selection will affect the commodities shown in subsequent questions.
No change
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Produce/use/sell | Disclosing | Explanation if produce/use/sell but not disclosing |
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Timber |
Select from:
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Palm Oil* |
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Cattle Products* |
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Soy* |
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Other – Rubber* |
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Other |
* Not shown for companies from the paper & forestry sector
No change
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select “Yes” in response to F0.6.
No change
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Exclusion | Description of exclusion | Potential for forests-related risk | Please explain |
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Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add Row]
No change
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select “Yes” in response to F0.7.
No change
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Exclusion | Description of exclusion | Potential for forests-related risk | Please explain |
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Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add Row]
Minor change
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Core Principle 9: Reporting, disclosure, and claims
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the "Add Row" button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Activity | Form of commodity | Source | Country/Region of origin | % of procurement spend | Comment |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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Select all that apply:
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Select all that apply:
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Select all that apply: [List of countries/regions]
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Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add Row]
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* Cattle Products only
Timber:
Palm oil**:
| Cattle Products**:
Soy**:
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** Not shown for companies from the paper & forestry sector
This question only appears if you select one of the following as ‘Country/Region of origin’ in response to F1.1: Angola, Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Zambia.
Modified question
Modified guidance
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Core Principle 9: Reporting, disclosure, and claims
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Country/Region of origin | State/Region | Municipality | Please explain |
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Select from:
List created from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
List created from country/region selected in column 5 of F1.1*
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Select from:
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Select all that apply:
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add row]
* Only tropical countries with high deforestation risk will be shown.
No change
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 9: Reporting, disclosure, and claims
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | % of revenue dependent on commodity | Comment |
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 8: Monitoring and verification
Core Principle 9: Reporting, disclosure, and claims
Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Own and/or manage land? | Type of control | Description of type of control | Country/Region | Land type | Size (Hectares) |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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Select from:
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Text field [maximum 1,000 characters] |
Select from: [List of countries/regions] |
Select from:
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] |
| Do you have a system in place to monitor forests-related risks? | Type of monitoring system*** | Description of monitoring system | Recent infraction(s)? | Explanation of infraction**** |
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Select from:
| Select all that apply:
| Text field [maximum 1,000 characters] | Select from:
| Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] |
[Add Row]
*Not shown for Timber
**Only appears for companies from the paper & forestry sector
***Column only appears if you select 'Yes' in column 8
****Column only appears if you select 'Yes' in column 11
This question only appears if you select ‘Brazil’ in Column 5 (‘Country/Region of origin’) in response to F1.1.
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Core Principle 8: Monitoring and verification
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Do you collect data regarding compliance with the Brazilian Forest Code? | Please explain |
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes, from owned and/or managed land’ or ‘Yes, from both suppliers and owned/managed land’ in response to F1.4.
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 8: Monitoring and verification
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | KPIs and performance | Please explain |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities selected in F1.4 |
Select all that apply:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add Row]
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes, from suppliers’ or ‘Yes, from both suppliers and owned/managed land’ in response to F1.4.
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 8: Monitoring and verification
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | KPIs and performance | Number of suppliers | Please explain |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities selected in F1.4 |
Select all that apply:
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Numerical field [enter a range of 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] |
Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add Row]
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Core Principle 9: Reporting, disclosure, and claims
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Data availability/Disclosure |
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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This question only appears if you select ‘Consumption data available, disclosing’, ‘Production data available, disclosing’, or ‘Consumption and production data available, disclosing’ in response to F1.5.
Minor change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Core Principle 9: Reporting, disclosure, and claims
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Data type | Volume | Metric | Data coverage | Please explain |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities for which you selected ‘…disclosing’ in F1.5 |
Select from:
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] |
Select from:
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Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add Row]
This question only appears if you select ‘Data available, but not disclosing’ in response to F1.5.
No change
Core Principle 9: Reporting, disclosure, and claims
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Primary reason | Please explain |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities for which you selected ‘Data available, but not disclosing’ in F1.5 |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add Row]
This question only appears if you select ‘Data not available’ in response to F1.5.
No change
Core Principle 9: Reporting, disclosure, and claims
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Primary reason |
Please explain
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities for which you selected ‘Data not available’ in F1.5 |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add Row]
No change
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Sustainable source identified | Primary action to ensure supply | Please explain |
|---|---|---|---|
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
No change
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F1.7
Minor change
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 6: Remediation and access to remedy
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Impact driver type | Primary impact driver | Primary impact | Description of impact | Primary response | Total financial impact | Description of response |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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Select from:
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Select from:
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Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] |
Select from:
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] |
Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] |
[Add Row]
Physical:
Regulatory:
| Reputational and markets:
Technological:
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No change
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F2.1.
Minor change
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Value chain stage | Coverage | Risk assessment procedure | Frequency of assessment | How far into the future are risks considered? | Tools and methods used to identify and assess risks | Please explain |
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select all that apply:
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Select from:
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Select from:
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Select from:
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Select from:
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Select all that apply:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F2.1.
Minor change
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Please complete the following table:
| Issue | Relevance & inclusion | Please explain |
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Availability of forest risk commodities |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
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Quality of forest risk commodities |
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Impact of activity on the status of ecosystems and habitats |
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Regulation |
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Climate change |
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Loss of markets |
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Brand damage related to forest risk commodities |
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Corruption |
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Social impacts |
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Other, please specify |
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes' in response to F2.1.
No change
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Please complete the following table:
| Stakeholder | Relevance & inclusion | Please explain |
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Customers |
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
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Employees |
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Investors |
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Local communities |
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NGOs |
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Other forest risk commodity users/producers at a local level |
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Regulators |
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Suppliers |
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Other stakeholders, please specify |
This question only appears if you select ‘No, forests-related risks are not assessed' in response to F2.1.
No change
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Primary reason | Please explain |
|---|---|---|
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] |
Minor change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Risk identified? |
|---|---|
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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No change
This is an open text question with limit of 5,000 characters.
Please note that when copying from another document to the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in F3.1.
Modified question
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Type of risk | Geographical scale | Where in your value chain does the risk driver occur? | Primary risk driver | Primary potential impact | Company-specific description | Timeframe |
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Select from:
List created from forest risk commodities for which you selected 'Yes' in F3.1 |
Select from:
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Select from:
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Select all that apply:
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Select from:
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Select from:
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Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] |
Select from:
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| Magnitude of potential impact | Likelihood | Are you able to provide a potential financial impact figure? | Potential financial impact figure (currency)* | Potential financial impact figure - minimum (currency)** | Potential financial impact figure - maximum (currency)** |
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Select from:
| Select from:
| Select from:
| Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] |
| Explanation of financial impact | Primary response to risk | Description of response | Cost of response | Explanation of cost of response |
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Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] |
Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] |
Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] |
[Add Row]
*Only appears if you select ‘Yes, a single figure estimate’ in column 11 (Are you able to provide…?)
**Only appears if you select ‘Yes, an estimated range’ in column 11 (Are you able to provide…?)
Physical:
Regulatory:
| Reputational and markets:
Technological:
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This question only appears if you select 'No' in response to F3.1.
No change
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Primary reason | Please explain |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities for which you selected ‘No’ in F3.1 |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add Row]
No change
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Have you identified opportunities? |
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F3.2.
Modified question
Goal 15: Life on land
Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Type of opportunity | Where in your value chain does the opportunity occur? | Primary forests-related opportunity | Financial incentives | Company-specific description & strategy to realize opportunity | Estimated timeframe for realization |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities for which you selected ‘Yes’ in F3.2 |
Select from:
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Select all that apply:
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Select from:
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Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
Select from:
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| Magnitude of potential impact | Likelihood | Are you able to provide a potential financial impact figure? | Potential financial impact figure (currency)* | Potential financial impact figure – minimum (currency)** | Potential financial impact figure – maximum (currency)** | Explanation of financial impact figure |
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Select from:
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| Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] |
[Add Row]
*Only appears if you select ‘Yes, a single figure estimate’ in column 10 (Are you able to provide…?)
**Only appears if you select ‘Yes, an estimated range’ in column 10 (Are you able to provide…?)
Efficiency
Resilience
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Products & services
Other
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* Column only appears depending on drop-down selection in C4 (Primary forests-related opportunity)
** Only appears for companies from the paper & forestry sector
*** Only appears if an organization selects “Brazil” in C5 of F1.1
This question only appears if you select 'No' or 'Yes, we have identified opportunities but are unable to realize them' in response to F3.2.
No change
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Primary reason | Please explain |
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Auto-populated with those forest risk commodities for which you selected ‘No’ in F3.2 |
Select from:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle A: Supply chains are deforestation-free and protective of other natural ecosystems
Core Principle B1: Respect for the rights of indigenous people and local communities
Core Principle 1: Company systems and processes to drive effective implementation
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F4.1.
Minor change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle A: Supply chains are deforestation-free and protective of other natural ecosystems
Core Principle B1: Respect for the rights of indigenous people and local communities
Core Principle 1: Company systems and processes to drive effective implementation
Please complete the following table:
| Scope | Content | Please explain |
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Select from:
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Select all that apply:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F4.1.
Minor change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle A: Supply chains are deforestation-free and protective of other natural ecosystems
Core Principle B1: Respect for the rights of indigenous people and local communities
Core Principle 1: Company systems and processes to drive effective implementation
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Do you have a commodity specific sustainability policy? | Scope | Content | Please explain |
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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Select from:
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Select all that apply:
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Text field [maximum 2,400 charachters] |
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No change
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 1: Company systems and processes to drive effective implementation
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F4.2.
Minor change
Core Principle 1: Company systems and processes to drive effective implementation
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Position of individual | Please explain |
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[Add Row]
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F4.2.
No change
Core Principle 1: Company systems and processes to drive effective implementation
Please complete the following table:
| Frequency that forests-related issues are a scheduled agenda item | Governance mechanisms into which forests-related issues are integrated | Please explain |
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No change
Core Principle 1: Company systems and processes to drive effective implementation
Please complete the following table:
| Primary reason | Board level oversight of forests-related issues will be introduced in the next two years | Please explain |
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Minor change
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 1: Company systems and processes to drive effective implementation
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Name of the position(s) and/or committee(s) | Responsibility | Frequency of reporting to the board on forests-related issues | Please explain |
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No change
Goal 15: Life on land
Select from the following options:
This question only appears if you select ' Yes' in response to F4.4.
Minor change
Please complete the following table:
| Type of incentives | Who is entitled to benefit from these incentives? | Indicator for incentivized performance | Please explain |
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Monetary reward |
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Modified guidance
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Please complete the following table:
| Aspect of strategy | Are forests-related issues integrated? | Long-term time horizon (years) | Please explain |
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Long-term business objectives |
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Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle A: Supply chains are deforestation-free and protective of other natural ecosystems
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in response to F6.1.
Minor change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle A: Supply chains are deforestation-free and protective of other natural ecosystems
Core Principle 7: External relations, stakeholder engagement, and collective action
Select all that apply:
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in response to F6.1.
Modified question
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle A: Supply chains are deforestation-free and protective of other natural ecosystems
Core Principle B: Supply chains respect human rights
Core Principle C1: Scope
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Commodity coverage | Criteria | Operational coverage | % of total production/ consumption covered by commitment | Cutoff date | Commitment timeframe | Please explain |
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* Not shown for companies from the paper & forestry sector
Environmental
| Legal
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No change
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle C2: Verifiable actions and timebound targets
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in response to F6.2.
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle C2: Verifiable actions and timebound targets
Core Principle 9: Reporting, disclosure, and claims
Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Target reference number | Forest risk commodity | Form of commodity covered | Type of target | Coverage | Traceability point* | Third-party certification scheme |
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| Start year | Start figure | Target year | Target | % achieved | Please explain |
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[YYYY] | Select from:
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* Drop-down list for traceability point is only shown if `Traceability' is selected in the `Type of Target' column
Timber:
Palm Oil**:
| Cattle Products**:
Soy**:
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Timber:
Palm Oil**:
| Cattle Products**:
Soy**:
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** Not shown for companies from the paper & forestry sector
*** Column is only shown if `Third-party certification scheme' is selected in the previous `Type of Target' column
This question only appears if you select ‘No’ in response to F6.2.
No change
Core Principle C2: Verifiable actions and timebound targets
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Primary reason | Please explain |
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No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Do you have system(s) in place? |
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
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This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in response to F6.3.
Minor change
Modified guidance
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | % of total production/consumption volume traceable | Point to which commodity is traceable | Description of traceability system | Exclusions | Description of exclusion |
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* Not shown for Timber
** Not shown for Cattle Products
*** Shown for Timber only
†Shown for Palm Oil and Soy only
†† Shown for Cattle Products only
This question only appears if you select ‘No’ in response to F6.3.
No change
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Primary reason | Please explain |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities for which you selected ‘No’ in F6.3 |
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Modified question
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Core Principle 8: Monitoring and verification
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Do you specify any certification scheme? | Certification coverage | Third-party certification scheme
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% of total production/ consumption volume certified |
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| Form of commodity | Volume of production/consumption certified | Metric | Please explain |
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| Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Select from:
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Timber:
Palm Oil*:
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Cattle Products*:
Soy*:
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Timber:
Palm Oil*:
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Cattle Products*:
Soy*:
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* Not shown for companies from the paper & forestry sector
Minor change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 2: Risk assessment, supply chain mapping, and traceability
Core Principle 8: Monitoring and verification
Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Do you specify any sustainability standards? | Type of standard | Description of standard | % of total commodity volume covered by standard |
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| Do you have a system in place to monitor compliance with this standard? | Type(s) of monitoring system*** | % of suppliers in compliance with standards† | Please explain |
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| Select all that apply:
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*Only appears if you select ‘Production‘ in question F0.4.
**Only appears if you select ‘Processing‘, ‘Trading‘, ‘Manufacturing‘ or ‘Retailing’ in question F0.4.
***Column only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in column 6 (Do you have a system...?).
†Column only appears if you select ‘Procurement‘ in column 3 (Type of standard).
This question only appears if you select ‘Production‘, ‘Processing’ and/or ‘Trading’ in response to F0.4.
Modified question
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 3: Managing for supply chain compliance
Core Principle 7: External relations, stakeholder engagement, and collective action
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Are you working with smallholders? | Smallholders engagement approach* | Please explain |
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
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*Column only appears if you select ‘Yes, working with smallholders’ in column 2 (Are you working with smallholders?)
This question only appears if you select ‘Processing’, ‘Trading’, ‘Manufacturing’ and/or ‘Retailing’ in response to F0.4.
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 3: Managing for supply chain compliance
Core Principle 7: External relations, stakeholder engagement, and collective action
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Are you working with direct suppliers? | Supplier engagement approach | Please explain |
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
Select from:
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This question only appears if you select 'Manufacturing' and/or ‘Retailing’ in response to F0.4.
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 3: Managing for supply chain compliance
Core Principle 7: External relations, stakeholder engagement, and collective action
Please complete the following table:
| Forest risk commodity | Are you working beyond first tier? | Please explain |
|---|---|---|
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Auto-populated from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
No change
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Core Principle 7: External relations, stakeholder engagement, and collective action
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Do you participate in activities/initiatives? | Activities | Initiatives* | Please explain |
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General
| Cattle Products**
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** Not shown for companies from the paper & forestry sector
No change
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in response to F7.1.
No change
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 15: Life on land
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Linkage/tradeoff | Type of linkage/tradeoff | Description of linkage/tradeoff | Policy or action |
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Linkages
| Tradeoffs
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No change
Please complete the following table:
| Primary reason | Comment |
|---|---|
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No change
Core Principle 8: Monitoring and verification
Select one of the following options:
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in response to F8.1.
No change
Core Principle 8: Monitoring and verification
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Disclosure module | Data points verified | Verification standard | Please explain |
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Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Coverage | Primary barrier/challenge type | Comment |
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Select from: List created from forest risk commodities selected in F0.5 |
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Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Forest risk commodity | Coverage | Main measure | Comment |
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This is an open text question with a limit of 9,999 characters.
When copying from another document to the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.
No change
Please complete the following table:
| Job title | Corresponding job category |
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Companies should not consider their CDP response a means of complying with any regulatory requirement to share financially sensitive non-public information with the market. You may wish to consult with your financial, legal, and/or compliance departments for advice on your company’s general approach to the provision of forward-looking statements and information concerning risks.
CDP questionnaire copyright and licensed use
The copyright to CDP’s annual questionnaire/s is owned by CDP Worldwide, a registered charity number 1122330 and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England number 05013650. Any use of any part of the questionnaire, including the questions, must be licensed by CDP. Any unauthorized use is prohibited and CDP reserves the right to protect its copyright by all legal means necessary.
These terms apply if you are submitting a response to the CDP Forests Questionnaire 2019 to Investors. If you are also submitting a response to Supply Chain Members the Terms for responding to Supply Chain Members (2019 Forests), below, will also apply.
1.DEFINITIONS
Billing Company: means the organization determined in accordance with the table at the end of these terms.
CDP: means CDP Worldwide, a charitable company registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (registered charity no. 1122330 and a company number 05013650). References to “we”, “our” and “us” in these terms are references to CDP and the Billing Company.
Deadline: means 13 September 2019.
Fee: means the fee set out in the table at the end of these terms, which is exclusive of any applicable taxes.
Full version: means the version of the Questionnaire which contains all questions that are applicable to you.
Minimum version: means the version of the Questionnaire which contains a subset of the questions included in the Full Version.
Personal Data: means data which relates to an individual who can be identified from the data, such as a person’s name and job title.
Questionnaire: means the Full Version and the Minimum Version of the CDP Forests Questionnaire 2019.
Responding Company: means the company responding to the Questionnaire. References to “you” and “your” in these terms are references to the Responding Company.
2.PARTIES
The parties to these terms shall be CDP, the Billing Company (where the Billing Company is not CDP) and the Responding Company.
3.THESE TERMS
These are the terms that apply when you submit a response to our Questionnaire to Investors. If you do not agree to these terms, please contact us at [email protected] to discuss them with us.
4.RESPONDING TO OUR QUESTIONNAIRE
General. When responding to our Questionnaire, you will be given a choice as to whether your response can be made public or whether your response is non-public. We strongly encourage you to make your response public.
Deadline for responding. You must submit your response to us using our online response system by the Deadline for your response to be eligible for scoring and inclusion in any reports.
Public responses. If you agree that your response can be made public, we may use and make it available for all purposes that we decide (whether for a fee or otherwise), including, for example, making your responses available on our website, to our investor signatories and other third parties and scoring your response.
Non-public responses. If your response is non-public, we may use it only as follows:
(a) make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to our investor signatories (as listed on our website) either directly or through Bloomberg terminals, for any use within their organizations but not for publication unless any data from your response has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that it has the effect of being anonymized;
(b) make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to our group companies and affiliates (for example, CDP North America, Inc), our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners:
(i) to score your response; and
(ii) for any other use within their organizations but not for publication unless any data from your response has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that it has the effect of being anonymized.
Amending your response. You may amend a response that you have submitted at any time before the Deadline. After the Deadline has passed, certain amendments to your response can only be made by our staff and we may charge a fee for making them. Please note that any changes to your response after the Deadline may not be reflected in any score or in any report. Please email [email protected] for more information about amending your response.
Scoring of responses to the Full Version (of the Questionnaire). If you submit your response to the Full Version in English using our online response system:
(a) by the Deadline, your response will be scored;
(b) after the Deadline but on or before 30 September 2019 you can request an ‘On-Demand’ score for a fee. Please email [email protected] for more information on On-Demand scoring.
Please contact your local CDP office for information about scoring if you intend to submit your response in a language other than English.
Scoring of responses to the Minimum Version (of the Questionnaire). Responses to the Minimum Version will only be scored in certain circumstances. Please contact your local CDP office for further information.
Publication and use of scores. If you are responding to a CDP Forests Questionnaire for the first time or have received an On-Demand score, you may choose for your score to be “private” but in all other cases CDP may publish your score, and use and make it available for all purposes that we decide (whether for a fee or otherwise), regardless of whether your response is public or non-public. If you choose for your score to be “private”, unless you achieve an A grade in which case we may make your score public, we may only make it available to our group companies and affiliates (for example, CDP North America, Inc), our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners, in each case for any use within their organizations but not for publication. Note that if you also submit your response to Supply Chain Members it will also be available to any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond to the Questionnaire. For further details please see the Terms for responding to Supply Chain Members (2019 Forests).
5.FEE
Fee. We are a not-for-profit organization and charge certain companies an annual administrative fee to enable us to maintain the disclosure system. Unless you are exempt from paying the Fee, as set out below, if you are listed, incorporated or headquartered in a country/region that is listed in the next paragraph, you are required to pay the Fee plus any applicable taxes. The Fee is payable once regardless of how many responses (climate change, forests and water security) you submit in 2019. Please note that we may charge an additional fee if you want to amend your response after the Deadline or if you submit your response after the Deadline and you would like it to be scored.
Countries/regions where the Fee applies. A Responding Company will be required to pay the Fee if it is listed, incorporated or headquartered in any one of the following countries/regions:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the UK or the USA.
Exemptions from the Fee. A Responding Company is exempt from paying the Fee if:
(a) it falls within one of CDP’s investor samples and it has not submitted a response to CDP in the last three years; or
(b) it is responding only to CDP’s supply chain request.
Please note we will decide in our absolute discretion as to whether the Fee is payable or not and we will notify you before you submit your response. A full list of companies in our investor samples is available on our website.
Payment of the Fee. You must pay the Fee by credit or debit card or request an invoice via CDP’s online corporate dashboard, which must be paid within such time as set out in the invoice. Please note that you will not be able to submit your response unless you have paid the Fee, you have requested an invoice or you are exempt from paying the Fee.
6.RIGHTS IN THE RESPONSES
Ownership. All intellectual property rights in your response will be owned by you or your licensors.
License. You grant to us, or shall procure for us, a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, assignable, sub-licensable, royalty-free and global license to use your response and any copyright and data base rights in your response for the uses set out in these terms.
7.IMPORTANT REPRESENTATIONS
You confirm that:
(a) the person submitting the response to us is authorized by you to submit the response;
(b) you have obtained all necessary consents and permissions to submit the response to us; and
(c) the response that you submit:
(i) does not infringe the rights of any third party (including privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights);
(ii) does not defame any third party; and
(iii) does not include any Personal Data.
8.LIABILITY
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors; for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
We are not liable for business losses. Subject to these terms, CDP and the Billing Company have no liability to you in any circumstances for any loss of revenue, loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, loss of business opportunity, loss of goodwill, loss of reputation, loss of, damage to or corruption of data or software or any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
Exclusion of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP and the Billing Company have no liability to you in any circumstances arising from the content or submission of your response to us, our use of your response and/or the use of your response by any third parties.
Limitation of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP and the Billing Company’s total liability to you in all circumstances shall be limited to an amount equivalent to the Fee or to £625 if you are not required to pay the Fee.
9.GENERAL
We may transfer our rights to someone else. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organization.
Nobody else has any rights under these terms. These terms are between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.
Entire agreement. These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us unless you also choose to share your response with supply chain members, in which case you will also be subject to our Terms for responding to Supply Chain Members (2019 Forests).
Variation. CDP (acting on its own behalf and the Billing Company’s behalf, if applicable) reserves the right to change these terms at any time. Such changes shall be effective immediately or such other time as CDP elects. In the event of any materially adverse changes, you may request to withdraw your response within 30 days of us notifying you of the change.
If a court finds part of these terms illegal, the rest will continue in force. Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
Governing law and jurisdiction. These terms are governed by English law and you and us both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to resolve any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms or their subject matter or formation.
Language. If these terms are translated into any language other than English, the English language version will prevail.
10.AMOUNT OF FEE
| Location of Responding Company | Fee (exclusive of any applicable taxes) |
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Brazil |
BRL 3,560 |
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India |
INR 67,000 |
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Japan |
JPY 97,500 |
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UK |
GBP 625 |
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Europe (excluding UK) |
EUR 925 |
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Rest of the world |
USD 975 |
11.BILLING COMPANY
| Billing Company | Location of Responding Company |
|---|---|
CDP Worldwide | Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom |
CDP Worldwide (Europe) gGmbH | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland |
CDP North America, Inc | Canada, USA |
Carbon Disclosure Project (Latin America) | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru |
Carbon Disclosure Project India | India |
一般社団法人 CDP Worldwide-Japan | Japan |
If the Responding Company is located in a territory that is not listed in the table above, the Billing Company shall be CDP Worldwide.
These terms apply if you are submitting a response to the CDP Forests Questionnaire 2019 to Supply Chain Members. If you are also submitting a response to Investors the Terms for responding to Investors (2019 Forests), above, will also apply.
1.DEFINITIONS
CDP: means CDP Worldwide, a charitable company registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (registered charity no. 1122330 and a company number 05013650). References to “we”, “our” and “us” in these terms are references to CDP.
Deadline: means 13 September 2019.
Full version: means the version of the Questionnaire which contains all questions that are applicable to you.
Minimum version: means the version of the Questionnaire which contains a subset of the questions included in the Full Version.
Personal Data: means data which relates to an individual who can be identified by such data, such as a person’s name and job title.
Questionnaire: means the Full Version and the Minimum Version of the CDP Forests Questionnaire 2019.
Responding Company: means the company responding to the Questionnaire. References to “you” and “your” in these terms are references to the Responding Company.
Supply Chain Member: means an organization that is requesting data from its suppliers.
2.PARTIES
The parties to these terms shall be CDP and the Responding Company.
3.THESE TERMS
These are the terms that apply when you submit a response to our Questionnaire to Supply Chain Members. If you do not agree to these terms, please contact us at [email protected] to discuss them with us.
4.RESPONDING TO OUR QUESTIONNAIRE
General. When responding to our Questionnaire, you will be given a choice as to whether your response can be made public or whether your response is non-public. We strongly encourage you to make your response public, but in either case, we will not divulge the relationship between you and any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond other than to our group companies and affiliates (for example, CDP North America, Inc), our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners, all of which are obliged to keep such relationship confidential.
Deadline for responding. You must submit your response to us using our online response system by the Deadline for your response to be eligible for scoring and inclusion in any reports.
Public responses. If you agree that your response can be made public, we may use and make it available for all purposes that we decide (whether for a fee or otherwise), including, for example, making your responses available on our website, to our investor signatories and other third parties and scoring your response. Note that information you submit within the Supply Chain module (2019 Forests) will be treated as non-public (see below for details).
Non-public responses. If your response is non-public, we may use it only as follows:
(a) make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond to the Questionnaire for any use within their organization but not for publication unless any data from your response has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that it has the effect of being anonymized;
(b) make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to our group companies and affiliates, our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners:
(i) to score your response; and
(ii) for any other use within their organizations but not for publication unless any data from your response has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that it has the effect of being anonymized.
Supply Chain module (2019 Forests). Information you submit in response to the Supply Chain module (2019 Forests) (questions SF0, SF1, and SF2 of the Questionnaire) will be treated as non-public even if you choose to make your response public. Questions SF1.1, SF2.1, and SF2.2a ask you to select a Supply Chain Member using a drop-down menu in our online response system, and only the Supply Chain Member you select for each row will have access to the information in it. For all other questions in the Supply Chain module (2019 Forests) the information you submit will be accessible to any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond to the Questionnaire. All information you submit in the Supply Chain module (2019 Forests) will be accessible to CDP and to our group companies and affiliates, our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners, all of which are obliged to keep such information confidential.
Amending your response. You may amend a response that you have submitted at any time before the Deadline. After the Deadline has passed, certain amendments to your response can only be made by our staff and we may charge a fee. Please note that any changes that you make to your response after the Deadline may not be reflected in any score or in any report. Please email [email protected] for more information about amending your response.
Scoring of responses to the Full Version (of the Questionnaire). If you submit your response to the Full Version in English using our online response system:
(a) by the Deadline, your response will be scored;
(b) after the Deadline but on or before 30 September 2019 you can request an ‘On-Demand’ score for a fee. Please email [email protected] for more information on On-Demand scoring.
Please contact your local CDP office for information about scoring if you intend to submit your response in a language other than English.
Scoring of responses to the Minimum Version (of the Questionnaire). Responses to the Minimum Version will only be scored in certain circumstances. Please contact your local CDP office for further information.
Publication of scores. Unless you achieve an A grade, in which case we may make your score public, we may only make your score available to any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond to the Questionnaire, our group companies and affiliates (for example, CDP North America, Inc), our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners, in each case for any use within their organizations but not for publication.
5.RIGHTS IN THE RESPONSES
Ownership. All intellectual property rights in your response will be owned by you or your licensors.
License. You grant to us, or shall procure for us, a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, assignable, sub-licensable, royalty-free and global license to use your response and any copyright and data base rights in your response for the uses set out in these terms.
6.IMPORTANT REPRESENTATIONS
You confirm that:
(a) the person submitting the response to us is authorized by you to submit the response;
(b) you have obtained all necessary consents and permissions to submit the response to us; and
(c) the response that you submit:
(i) does not infringe the rights of any third party (including privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights);
(ii) does not defame any third party; and
(iii) does not include any Personal Data.
7.LIABILITY
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors; for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
We are not liable for business losses. Subject to these terms, CDP has no liability to you in any circumstances for any loss of revenue, loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, loss of business opportunity, loss of goodwill, loss of reputation, loss of, damage to or corruption of data or software or any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
Exclusion of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP has no liability to you in any circumstances arising from the content or submission of your response to us, our use of your response and/or the use of your response by any third parties.
Limitation of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP’s total liability to you in all circumstances shall be limited to £625.
8.GENERAL
We may transfer our rights to someone else. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organization.
Nobody else has any rights under these terms. These terms are between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.
Entire agreement. These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us, unless you also choose to share your response with investors in which case you will also be subject to our Terms for responding to Investors (2019 Forests).
Variation. CDP reserves the right to change these terms at any time. Such changes shall be effective immediately or such other time as CDP elects. In the event of any materially adverse changes, you may request to withdraw your response within 30 days of us notifying you of the change.
If a court finds part of these terms illegal, the rest will continue in force. Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
Governing law and jurisdiction. These terms are governed by English law and you and us both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to resolve any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms or their subject matter or formation.
Language. If these terms are translated into any language other than English, the English language version will prevail.
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