Our Purpose
To enable Irish businesses to become, and succeed, as responders, the CDP Ireland Network was created in 2014. It is led by a voluntary steering committee comprised of responding companies from across multiple sectors. The Network holds quarterly meetings, knowledge shares, training and the CDP Ireland Annual Report launch. These meetings and events are opportunities to share best practice and help members stay informed. It benefits from the direct participation of CDP Europe staff and is managed by Goodbody Clearstream with the support of the EPA and SEAI.
This is an active open network established to support the environmental disclosure and performance of Irish companies using the CDP framework and platform. It hosts an information portal at www.cdpirelandnetwork.net. It brings together diverse set of stakeholders, including corporates, investors, SMEs, service providers, public and private bodies, government and CDP to encourage companies and cities to measure, manage and disclose vital environmental information.
There is no membership fee and the review is supported by sponsorship. We promote all the CDP programs in Ireland, encouraging Irish companies to respond on Climate, Water, and Forests.
This is an active open network established to support the environmental disclosure and performance of Irish companies using the CDP framework and platform. It hosts an information portal at www.cdpirelandnetwork.net. It brings together diverse set of stakeholders, including corporates, investors, SMEs, service providers, public and private bodies, government and CDP to encourage companies and cities to measure, manage and disclose vital environmental information.
There is no membership fee and the review is supported by sponsorship. We promote all the CDP programs in Ireland, encouraging Irish companies to respond on Climate, Water, and Forests.
Steering Committee
With a database of almost 1,000 interested individuals, the network is managed by a steering committee, consisting of representatives from the Irish divisions of reporting companies, investor companies including NTMA, Goodbody, Davy and ILIM, and from public and private bodies with an interest in helping Irish based companies to address climate change and other environmental challenges.
CDP Ireland Network Steering Group
Our Chair and Vice-Chair serve for either 1 or 2 years; Deborah Meghen, NTMA, has been our Chairperson for 2024/2025, and Caoimhe Donnelly, CIE, has served as Vice Chair. Deborah has consistently been a passionate advocate for transparency and disclosure and was a key influence in choosing this year’s theme of Energy Security. We express our sincere thanks to Deborah for her stewardship and leadership over the past two years and we look forward to working with Caoimhe over the coming year as she takes on the role of Chair. Neil Menzies, Hibernia, will take up the role of Vice Chair.
The Annual Review
We publish this CDP Ireland Annual Review to showcase best practice in environmental performance, and we engage directly with the Investor and Responder communities to promote the benefits of CDP as the leading and most credible global platform for environmental disclosure. The review showcases a range of outreach activities to promote and raise awareness of climate change, such as sectoral knowledge shares and best practice workshops, conferences and events attended on behalf of CDP. We also represent CDP on industry and Government initiatives, and we organise local CDP marketing and online networks.
We have continued our participation in Climate Finance Week in November 2025, hosting an event entitled, CDP Focussing on Earth-Positive Strategies in Supply Chains. We were delighted to welcome a special guest Sherry Madera, CEO of CDP who discussed her vision for an Earth Positive world and how to enhance sustainability and transparency within corporate supply chains.
We continue our outreach to cooperate with other like-minded organisations. We are actively working with The Dublin Chamber of Commerce and other networks to share best practice. Supplier engagement is recognised as an essential action to reduce Scope 3 emissions.
In terms of capability building and training, we once again hosted our very successful annual CDP Reporter training in June 2025. Gregor Norris from CDP HQ, supported by Goodbody Clearstream delivered a very informative session for over 100 participants both experienced, as well as new responders.
In addition, we delivered an Advanced Responder training on how to improve your CDP score in July 2025. Stay tuned for our 2026 training programmes in June and July. We now have almost 1,000 contacts on our database, over 240 members on our LinkedIn group ‘CDP Ireland Network’ Please follow us for details on upcoming training and events.
We hosted a number of knowledge share events on topics such as EU Taxonomy, Nature disclosure and Energy Resilience. We continue with a programme of collaboration and outreach to like-minded organisations to accelerate Irelands low carbon transition, with this report and updates always available at www.CDPIrelandNetwork.net
Your input is always welcome, and we can be contacted at [email protected] or via our social media links above.
We have continued our participation in Climate Finance Week in November 2025, hosting an event entitled, CDP Focussing on Earth-Positive Strategies in Supply Chains. We were delighted to welcome a special guest Sherry Madera, CEO of CDP who discussed her vision for an Earth Positive world and how to enhance sustainability and transparency within corporate supply chains.
We continue our outreach to cooperate with other like-minded organisations. We are actively working with The Dublin Chamber of Commerce and other networks to share best practice. Supplier engagement is recognised as an essential action to reduce Scope 3 emissions.
In terms of capability building and training, we once again hosted our very successful annual CDP Reporter training in June 2025. Gregor Norris from CDP HQ, supported by Goodbody Clearstream delivered a very informative session for over 100 participants both experienced, as well as new responders.
In addition, we delivered an Advanced Responder training on how to improve your CDP score in July 2025. Stay tuned for our 2026 training programmes in June and July. We now have almost 1,000 contacts on our database, over 240 members on our LinkedIn group ‘CDP Ireland Network’ Please follow us for details on upcoming training and events.
We hosted a number of knowledge share events on topics such as EU Taxonomy, Nature disclosure and Energy Resilience. We continue with a programme of collaboration and outreach to like-minded organisations to accelerate Irelands low carbon transition, with this report and updates always available at www.CDPIrelandNetwork.net
Your input is always welcome, and we can be contacted at [email protected] or via our social media links above.
Commentary: A Changing Landscape
The title of last year’s report was ‘Resilience and Resolve: CDP Responders are Rising to the Challenge'. It described how Irish companies, despite the range of global challenges and apparent row-back on ESG ambition, continue to respond to the environmental challenge with action rather than rhetoric. While there continues to be high level of regulatory uncertainty around the mandatory disclosure of non-financial issues, CDP disclosure provides a consistent roadmap for companies seeking to demonstrate resilience and navigate through the maze of environmental performance. Quite simply, a good CDP score demonstrates to all stakeholders a clear maturity of approach by the disclosing companies to their material environmental issues. The last year has seen greater clarity of expectations on non-financial reporting with greater certainty on the Omnibus package with new proposals aimed at streamlining and simplifying sustainability reporting requirements outlined for EU businesses.
In light of these changes, CDP is ever more essential in providing a transparent and consistent global platform for disclosure and scoring environmental performance. While the 2024 disclosure cycle presented some technical issues for responders, 2025 was a year of consolidation and presented a more robust approach for companies reporting to CDP.
This year's CDP report continues to showcase the environmental performance and progress of participating Irish companies. Their scores are determined by CDP's transparent methodology, which assesses comprehensive disclosure of environmental impacts, risks, opportunities, governance, and actions. It also evaluates their awareness and management of environmental risks, alongside evidence of leadership and target setting in environmental best practice.
Much has changed in global politics and economics in the past year, but the diligent work of responding to environmental issues through improved business practices continues to be vital. This year’s review titled ‘Energy Security – managing what you measure’ seeks to send a message that in the face of global energy insecurity we must hold our resolve and be resilient. The negative impact of global fossil fuel supply chain disruption highlights the importance of climate transition to zero carbon renewable options. There has been much good progress on this topic, and CDP helps to evidence this.
Complemented by initiatives such as the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI), Net Zero initiatives, Task Force on Climate Related Disclosure (TCFD), EU Taxonomy and local initiatives such as BITCI’s Accelerate (the Business Pact for Climate and Nature), companies reporting to CDP now have a clearer pathway for the actions that need to be taken.
In light of these changes, CDP is ever more essential in providing a transparent and consistent global platform for disclosure and scoring environmental performance. While the 2024 disclosure cycle presented some technical issues for responders, 2025 was a year of consolidation and presented a more robust approach for companies reporting to CDP.
This year's CDP report continues to showcase the environmental performance and progress of participating Irish companies. Their scores are determined by CDP's transparent methodology, which assesses comprehensive disclosure of environmental impacts, risks, opportunities, governance, and actions. It also evaluates their awareness and management of environmental risks, alongside evidence of leadership and target setting in environmental best practice.
Much has changed in global politics and economics in the past year, but the diligent work of responding to environmental issues through improved business practices continues to be vital. This year’s review titled ‘Energy Security – managing what you measure’ seeks to send a message that in the face of global energy insecurity we must hold our resolve and be resilient. The negative impact of global fossil fuel supply chain disruption highlights the importance of climate transition to zero carbon renewable options. There has been much good progress on this topic, and CDP helps to evidence this.
Complemented by initiatives such as the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI), Net Zero initiatives, Task Force on Climate Related Disclosure (TCFD), EU Taxonomy and local initiatives such as BITCI’s Accelerate (the Business Pact for Climate and Nature), companies reporting to CDP now have a clearer pathway for the actions that need to be taken.