- Over 800 companies achieve top tier A List recognition with steady rise across climate, forests and water security
- Investors worth $127 trillion in assets seek disclosure insights
- Asia and Europe emerge as hubs of environmental leadership
- Cities in Global South consistently demonstrating transparency and action
London, 08 January 2026: CDP – the world’s only independent environmental disclosure platform – has revealed its 2025 ‘A List’, highlighting the sustained global demand for high-quality environmental data from companies, cities, states and regions.
In 2025, markets continued to signal the critical importance of reliable environmental information. 640 investors with $127 trillion in assets called on companies to disclose through CDP while over 270 major buyers requested environmental data from approximately 45,000 suppliers via CDP’s Supply Chain program. This demand reflects a widening recognition that transparent, decision-ready information is essential for managing risks and identifying Earth-positive opportunities.
Despite global headwinds, organisations headquartered across all regions, and from a wide range of sectors, responded. More than 23,100 companies, cities, states and regions disclosed environmental information through CDP in 2025, demonstrating the resilience of the disclosure system and its central role in steering business and investment strategies forward during uncertain times.
Among these disclosers, over 22,100 companies, representing more than half of global market capitalisation – including many of the world’s most influential firms – provided data through CDP. Nearly 20,000 companies were scored, giving investors, policymakers and stakeholders a unique view of environmental performance across the global economy.
Globally, 877 companies achieved a place on the 2025 Corporate ‘A List’, representing 4% of the companies scored, with 23 companies awarded the prestigious ‘Triple A’ for leadership across climate change, forests and water security. These organisations span all regions and sectors, representing the highest standard of transparency, ambition and action. Countries in Asia and Europe stand out as frontrunners, with the highest proportion of A List companies relative to the number of companies scored in each market (such as Japan (12%), Türkiye (12%) and Taiwan (China) (8%) in Asia, and France (12%), Portugal (9%) and Spain (9%) in Europe).
Since 2023, there has been steady growth in the number of A scores in climate (346 in 2023 to 751 in 2025), water security (101 in 2023 to 263 in 2025) and forests (30 in 2023 to 55 in 2025), reflecting a growing recognition by companies that climate and nature issues are deeply interconnected and must be addressed in parallel.
Sub-national governments also continued to strengthen their climate and nature governance through disclosure. More than 1,000 cities, states and regions, representing over one billion people, reported environmental information in 2025.
The Cities A List, and the States and Regions A List (now in its second year), illustrate how local governments are turning disclosure into action: identifying climate risks, shaping investment strategies, and deploying replicable, high-impact solutions that support resilient and sustainable economic development. In total, 122 cities, states and regions received an A score in 2025, accounting for 15% of all scored sub-national entities, which held steady from the previous year despite global headwinds. While the majority of local governments on the A List are in Europe and North America, there remains a consistent presence from the Global South, demonstrating that environmental transparency and action are engrained in many of the world’s urban areas and driving Earth-positive decisions.
Sherry Madera, CEO of CDP said, “Markets are sending an unmistakable signal: clear, consistent environmental data is indispensable for sound decision-making. The momentum behind disclosure in 2025 shows that organisations of every size and sector recognise the value of transparent information to strengthen resilience, support innovation and unlock investment. CDP’s A List reflects the leading examples of this ambition, but the real story lies in the global commitment to making environmental data visible and actionable. As investors, policymakers and companies rely ever more heavily on these insights, disclosure remains one of the most powerful drivers of Earth-positive progress.”
The depth and breadth of the data disclosed through CDP in 2025 provides companies, investors and policymakers with essential insights to guide effective Earth-positive action. From climate risk management to adaptation investment planning, CDP’s dataset remains the most comprehensive source of environmental information available globally.
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Notes to Editors:
640 investors with $127 trillion in assets asked CDP to collect the data they need in 2025, while 270+ major buyers requested approximately 45,000 suppliers to disclose through CDP’s Supply Chain program in 2025.
The 2025 A List, and the full methodology and criteria, is available here: Scores and A Lists – CDP
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About CDP:
CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system. As the founder of environmental reporting, we believe in transparency and the power of data to drive change. Partnering with leaders in enterprise, capital, policy and science, we surface the information needed to enable Earth-positive decisions. We helped more than 22,100 companies and over 1,000 cities, states and regions disclose their environmental impacts in 2025. Financial institutions with more than a quarter of the world’s institutional assets use CDP data to help inform investment and lending decisions. Aligned with the ISSB’s climate standard, IFRS S2, as its foundational baseline, CDP integrates best practice reporting standards and frameworks in one place. Our team is truly global, united by our shared desire to build a world where people, planet and profit are truly balanced. Visit CDP.net or follow us @CDP to find out more.
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