CDP Reporting Brochure

CDP reportingWHEREVER YOU ARE ON YOUR JOURNEY, IMS CONSULTING CAN HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCEAs an Accredited Provider of CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), IMS Consulting helps clients with their submissions, enabling them to improve their carbon disclosure performance, increase efficiency and reduce costs. Combining over 20 years of expertise in climate change and carbon with proven communications skills, IMS Consulting will help you understand and prioritise your impact and actions, formulating your submission accordingly.HOW WILL SUBMITTING TO CDP BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS?Companies that participate with the disclosure of key environmental data put themselves in a prime position to see a host of business benefits: • Increased transparency to your stakeholders• Identification of strategies for coping with climate change threats• Highlighting of key business opportunities• Ability to increase efficiency and reduce unnecessary costs.CDP represents 722 investors with assets of US$ 87 trillion and over 3,000 companies, including 82% of the world’s 500 largest businesses.IMPROVE YOUR CLIMATE DISCLOSURE PERFORMANCE WITH THE HELP OF IMS CONSULTING Are you submitting to CDP this year? Is it your first submission or one of many? Have you been going it alone and want some external support to improve your score? Have you had support from an external consultant but want to perform better?WHAT IS CDP?CDP is an international, not-for-profit organisation providing the only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information. For more information, go to www.cdp.netIMS Consulting specialises in providing expert advice and guidance to help organisations unlock their sustainability potential. If you’re interested in CDP, IMS Consulting can also help you to get more out of your sustainability communications, build two-way dialogue with your stakeholders and develop your sustainability strategy.CDP has evolved significantly since it first began, and whilst carbon and climate change remain central, the Water and Forests programs are also now recognised as key areas of focus. If you’re thinking of submitting to these programs, IMS Consulting can help. Whether you’re submitting to CDP for the first time this year or you have submitted in previous years and want to improve your score, take advantage of IMS Consulting’s free one hour consultation. We can critique your previous submission, provide guidance on how it could be improved, or simply discuss the benefits of submitting for your organisation.score of 91Bscore of 92Ascore of 95BCarillionIMS Consulting worked with Carillion on its CDP submission for the first time in 2013. Its score of 92A was a marked improvement from 2012, and enough to reclaim a place in the UK Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI).Morgan Sindall Group plcIn 2013, IMS Consulting supported Morgan Sindall Group with its CDP submission, resulting in a score of 91B. This retained its place in the UK CDLI – the first and only non-FTSE 350 company to achieve this.Skanska ABFor the fourth year running, IMS Consulting’s client Skanska AB achieved the highest position for a construction company in the CDP Nordic 260 Climate Change Report 2013. It also became the highest scoring Swedish company of any type. IMS CONSULTINGRoyal London Buildings, 42-46 Baldwin Street, Bristol BS1 1PN, United Kingdom+44 (0) 117 325 0612 twitter: @imsconsulting info@imsplc.comwww.imsplc.comGet in touch to find out how we can help:MEMBER OFMEMBER OF5We will then upload your responses to CDP following sign off. 4We will write your submission, providing narrative for each of the questions.3We draft responses to all questions, based on interviews, information provided by you and the recommended approach developed by IMS Consulting, to ensure your submission provides the most appropriate response, based on CDP’s scoring criteria.HOW IMS CONSULTING CAN HELP2Together we agree areas of improvement.1We will review your previous year’s submission, identify areas of weakness and conduct a health check with you, acting as a critical friend, not an auditor.