CDP is an international non-profit that runs an environmental disclosure system for climate change, water security and deforestation. Companies, cities, states and regions report environmental data through it, and investors, purchasers and other organisations use the datasets through data licences and membership programmes. The organisation also runs an AI-supported public platform for cities, states and regions. Its services are delivered online as a reporting and data system.
The legal entity is CDP Worldwide, a company limited by guarantee registered in England with its registered office in London, which is also a registered charity. The organisation is therefore based in the United Kingdom, outside the EU and EEA. The website announces a split into a non-profit CDP Foundation and a commercial entity called CDP. The sources consulted do not state where data is hosted, whether the platform complies with the GDPR or whether a data processing agreement is available, and they do not describe the platform as open source. A European organisation that reports to CDP or licenses its data should therefore check data residency and transfer terms directly.