CDP - Net Zero Alignment Dataset (NZAD)
Data category
Environmental dataThe data offers solutions for:
- Environmental impact analysis and insight
- Investment decisions and portfolio insight
- Transition plan assessments
- Transition risk
- Portfolio net-zero alignment Counterparty transition risk Temperature alignment scoring Transition credibility assessment Stewardship prioritisation Climate benchmarking Investment decision-making
Who are the data users?
- Corporates
- Financial institutions
- Government
- Investors
- Trustees
- consultants, data & analytics providers
What asset class does the data cover?
- Credit/loans
- Fixed income
- Listed equity
- Private equity
Brief description of the data offering
The Net Zero Alignment Dataset (NZAD) translates directly reported, board-signed environmental disclosures collected through CDP into comparable net-zero and temperature-alignment metrics. It enables users to assess whether companies have 1.5°C-aligned targets and transition plans, and evaluate the credibility, completeness and trajectory of those commitments.
NZAD uses target-based temperature alignment metrics to assess corporate emissions reduction targets across Scope 1, 2 and 3, producing temperature scores for operational and value-chain emissions over short, medium and long-term time horizons. Temperature pathways are derived from IPCC 1.5°C scenarios and recognised international energy and sectoral pathways.
The dataset also integrates transition plan disclosure indicators, enabling users to contextualise alignment results with reported governance, strategy and implementation data. For high-impact sectors, NZAD applies sector-specific intensity benchmarks using the Sectoral Decarbonisation Approach (SDA), allowing assessment of both ambition and performance against recognised decarbonisation pathways.
NZAD is a portfolio and counterparty alignment tool explicitly designed for asset managers, banks and private equity firms. It is issuer-based and derived from corporate disclosures rather than asset-level modelling.
Where and how do you source your data?
Data is sourced directly from thousands of company responses to CDP disclosures, structured using CDP’s standardised methodologies to ensure consistency, comparability and transparency across sectors, regions and reporting cycles. The dataset builds on validated corporate reporting rather than inferred or modelled inputs.
What is the cost for your data offering?
Prices start from GBP 70,000
Contacts
James Chamberlayne