CDP climate and water answers backed by facility meters
CDP runs the global environmental disclosure system that investors and customers ask companies to answer each year. Its climate and water modules ask for energy, Scope 1 and 2 and water withdrawal, discharge and consumption, down to the facility. Aqueduct meters those quantities per facility.
Who it applies to
Companies asked to disclose by investors or customers, plus cities, states and regions. Since 2024 CDP uses one integrated questionnaire. Organizations with more than 1,000 employees or revenue above US$250 million use the full version; smaller ones may use the SME version.
Climate change goes to every full-questionnaire discloser. Water security sits in module 9, with facility-level questions for sites facing substantive water risk.
Questions that need measured data
Question numbers from CDP's 2026 full corporate questionnaire. Your team answers and submits.
| Requirement | What it asks for | Data Aqueduct supplies |
|---|---|---|
| 7.6 and 7.7, Scope 1 and 2 | Gross global Scope 1 and Scope 2 in metric tons CO2e. | Fuel, gas and electricity per site, the activity data behind both. |
| 7.17.2 and 7.20.2, by facility | Scope 1 and 2 broken down by business facility. | Meters mapped to facilities in aQ Core. |
| 7.30.1, energy consumption | Total energy in MWh, with fuel, electricity, heat, steam and cooling detailed in follow-ups. | Monthly MWh by fuel and site. |
| 9.2.2, water totals | Water withdrawn, discharged and consumed, compared with the prior year. | Inlet and outlet meters in a site water balance. |
| 9.2.7 and 9.2.8, sources and destinations | Withdrawal by source and discharge by destination. | Sub-meters on municipal, borewell, tanker and recycled supply. |
| 9.3.1, facility water accounting | Water data for each facility with substantive water risk. | Per-facility balance with consumption and losses. |
Dates that matter
Final response deadline for the 2026 CDP cycle.
Source: CDPPotential water-risk impacts companies reported to CDP; only 426 of 8,500+ had an internal water price.
Source: CDP, 2025Related standards
Sources3 references cited on this page
sites in 21 countries run on Aqueduct.
and 9 clinics in one of India’s top hospital chains.
US airport running water intelligence on Aqueduct.
of commercial real estate under Aqueduct.
FMCG manufacturing campus.
operations run on Aqueduct.
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Common questions
Question 9.2 asks what proportion of each water aspect is regularly measured and monitored. A site that estimates withdrawal from pump hours or bills has to say so.
Yes, but it asks whether emissions and water data were verified, and measured figures with a clear method are easier to verify than estimates. Aqueduct marks each period as metered or filled, so your team can state how much was measured.
CDP says its questionnaire is strongly aligned with the ISSB climate disclosures, so the same data can serve both. The facility energy and Scope 1 and 2 quantities Aqueduct meters answer the climate questions and support an ISSB aligned report. See TCFD and ISSB S2.
Yes. Aqueduct reads a flow meter on each source, such as city supply, borewells and tanker fill points, so withdrawal by source comes from readings instead of pump hours. The same balance gives consumption as withdrawal minus discharge. See ESG reporting.
See Aqueduct on your own facility.
Bring a site, a utility bill or a question. We will show you where the loss is.