CDP Response Amendment Policy
Please note that for 2015, this policy will apply only to company climate change responses (including supply chain).
Amendments made with no charge
Based on a list of selected questions (see below), we will make certain amendments free of charge.
Chargeable amendment requests
Other amendments may be made, at our discretion, for a fee.
 Any requests for small edits will be made, but will be subject to a fee. For example, the substitution of a single
word or phrase that has no overall contextual impact or a typing error on the part of the user.
 Where we judge that an amendment request will alter the overall tone or context of a response, we reserve the
right to refuse to make those amendments:
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if this type of amendment request is made prior to the final extension date for the relevant sample, we will
make the amendment and will charge.
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if this type of amendment request is received after the final extension date, we will generally decline to make
the amendment as analysis and scoring will be underway.
Amendments that reflect changes in the company’s structure, policy or processes that came into effect after the
reporting period will not be made at any time. All these should be reflected or restated in the following year’s response.
With regards to verification/assurance, status selected in questions CC8.6, CC8.7 or 14.2 should not be amended
retrospectively. Verification statements attached to questions CC8.6a, CC8.6b, CC8.7a or CC14.2a may only be
amended where a company has mistakenly attached the wrong document.
Fee
 £150+VAT initial fee, including up to three changes
 £25+VAT for every additional edit requested
UK VAT is 20%.
Obligations
A turnaround of 5-10 business days from receipt of payment. Following your request you will be notified by email if a
fee is applicable, along with payment details. The amendment will not be made until payment is received.
Questions amended free of charge
Amendments to the questions listed below will be made free of charge where there is a significant difference. Please
note, this does not include typing errors and is limited to correcting errors in the data provided. Typing errors and
other questions may be amended, at our discretion, for a fee (see above). Please be aware that in the case of an
answer being in a table format, this therefore means that not all columns will be amended free of charge, only those
columns containing key data points.
Targets (miscalculation or input errors possible)
CC3.1a, CC3.1b, CC3.1c, CC3.1d
Cont/
Emission Reduction Initiatives (miscalculation or input errors possible)
CC3.3b Emissions reduction activities
Scope 1 and 2 Emissions (miscalculation or input errors possible)
CC7.1 Base year (miscalculation or input errors possible – companies will be able to re-state in subsequent
information requests though)
CC7.3 GWPs
CC7.4 Emissions factors
CC8.1 (input error possible, e.g. “Other” selected instead of one of the three consolidation approaches)
CC8.2 Total S1
CC8.3 Total S2
CC8.4 & CC8.4a Excluded sources list (may need to amend if a company has accidentally failed to report certain
exclusions)
CC8.5 Data accuracy (miscalculation possible and may need to amend if inadvertently excluded sources are now
being included)
CC8.6a, CC8.6b % of S1 that’s been verified (if S1 can be amended, then figure may also need to be adjusted)
CC8.7a % of S2 that’s been verified (if S2 can be amended, then figure may also need to be adjusted)
CC8.9 & CC8.9a bio-carbon emissions
CC9.1a emissions breakdown by country
CC9.2a - CC9.2e S1 – other emissions breakdowns
CC10.1a S2 emissions by country
CC10.2a - CC10.2d S2 – other emissions breakdowns
Energy (miscalculation or input errors possible)
CC11.1 % operational spend on energy
CC11.2 Consumed energy & fuel
CC11.3 Energy/fuel breakdown
CC11.4 Low carbon energy reported as part of S2
Emissions Performance (miscalculation or input errors possible)
CC12.1- CC12.4 Emissions performance
Emissions Trading (miscalculation or input errors possible)
CC13.1a Emissions trading table – period for which data is supplied, allowances allocated, allowances purchased,
verified emissions in metric tonnes CO2e
CC13.2a Carbon credits table – numbers of credits, number of credits – risk adjusted
Scope 3 (miscalculation or input errors possible)
CC14.1 Scope 3
CC14.2a % of S3 verified
CC14.3 & CC14.3a S3 emissions performance