Transactions

Liberty Corporate Finance is delighted to announce they have advised the management team of CDP, the global environmental disclosure system on its investment by Permira, the global investment firm.

As part of the transaction, CDP will become two organisations working in close partnership: CDP Foundation, an independent charitable entity focused on advancing science-led environmental disclosure; and CDP, a standalone commercial business backed by Permira, which will continue to provide leading environmental data and disclosure services to companies worldwide. CDP Foundation will remain a shareholder in CDP, with board representation, and both organisations will continue to share their ambition to support trusted, science-led environmental disclosure.

For 25 years, CDP has been at the forefront of environmental disclosure. Today, its platform provides unique environmental data and insights for over 22,000 companies and is used by corporates, investors and financial institutions representing over a quarter of the world’s institutional assets, as well as public organisations globally. The new corporate structure is intended to sharpen organisational focus and provide investment while preserving CDP’s founding ambition.

Permira will support CDP’s strategic transformation and growth ambitions through a significant capital injection to drive investment in people, technology and innovation. This will include meaningful enhancements to the disclosure experience for corporates as well as material improvements to the insights drawn from the data to inform environmental risk and resiliency, investment decisions and sustainability strategy worldwide.