[open-sustainability] Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

Tue Feb 5 17:22:04 UTC 2013

I would nominate the CDP Global 500 Reports - Its the biggest data set as
it goes back to 2003 (it was the original report) and of widest interest I
would think.

The particular data I am most interested in is the scope 1 and scope 2
emissions by company and sector, but there might be some value in the other
columns for others...

Is there a more automated way to do this, or does it have to be done by
hand?

Maya Forstater
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On 5 February 2013 17:12, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hmm.. we could set a project with Crowdcrafting to transcribe PDFs if we
> could identify an interesting set that we wanted to focus on:
>
> http://crowdcrafting.org/
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Maya Forstater <hiyamaya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It is high-time that the CDP data was made more open and accessible.
>>
>> I think the CDP has done a great job in getting a first round of carbon
>> disclosure over the past ten years, and making the case for mandatory
>> disclosure.
>>
>> Some of the data is not released because companies report it on that
>> condition, but even the data which is made public is made unusable because
>> it is locked into tables in the back of the annual CDP reports (pdfs...)
>> https://www.cdproject.net/en-US/Results/Pages/reports.aspx
>>
>> The CDP is perhaps constrained by a business model developed before the
>> idea of open data really took off.
>>
>> But I think as a first step the existing public data should be made
>> available in csv format for non-commercial and research purposes.
>>
>> I think that scraping the data from the pdfs and making it available on
>> that basis would probably be in line (just about) with their T&Cs:
>>
>> "You may retrieve and view content from our site, print off one copy of
>> individual pages, and may store these pages for research, your personal
>> use, or other non-commercial use provided that wherever you cite the data,
>> you credit “Carbon Disclosure Project” as the source. You may also use
>> content from our site in editorial content, provided that you credit
>> “Carbon Disclosure Project” as the source. You must not modify the paper or
>> digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any
>> way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio
>> sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text without
>> prior written permission from CDP."
>>
>> ...?
>>
>> But I don't have the technical nouse to do it. I have done a couple of
>> years by cutting and pasting, but I am sure there is a better way! - If
>> anyone wants help with this it would be a public service.
>>
>> More here:
>> http://hiyamaya.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/a-little-tweak-to-the-broken-carbon-dashboard/
>>
>> Maya Forstater
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>>
>>
>>
>> On 5 February 2013 16:59, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Indeed aware of this:
>>>
>>> https://www.cdproject.net/en-US/Pages/Terms-And-Conditions.aspx
>>>
>>> But (i) it isn't openly licensed, (ii) I understand that a lot of data
>>> goes through them which is not released...
>>>
>>> J.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Daniel Dietrich <
>>> daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just spotted this and thought sharing with those who didn't know this:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.cdproject.net/
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
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