[open-sustainability] Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

Thu Feb 7 18:12:57 UTC 2013

Hi all,

For what it's worth, amee ended up doing something similar to aggregate the
2009 CDP data. It's not particularly uptodate, but it might be a nice
starting point:

Here's the raw data:
https://github.com/AMEE/datasets/blob/master/business/benchmark/cdp/data.csv

Here's the documentation explaining the methodology:
https://github.com/AMEE/datasets/blob/master/business/benchmark/cdp/documentation.creole

Happy to chat tomorrow, or make introductions at amee if anyone is for
meeting up to take this further.

C

C

On 5 February 2013 17:56, Fırat Gelbal <firatgelbal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Maya,
>
> There are several ways to convert PDFs:
> http://helpmeinvestigate.posterous.com/7-ways-to-get-data-out-of-pdfs
>
> http://www.investintech.com/prod_a2e_pro.htm
>
> Although I don't have experience myself, I heard none of the methods is
> perfect. If you are not very lucky, there would be manual labor involved.
>
> Cheers..
>
> - firat
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Maya Forstater <hiyamaya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>> ****************************************************
>>>> Email:     maya at zadek.net
>>>> Phone:   +44 (0)1727 833 200
>>>> Mobile:   +44 (0) 7966676465
>>>> Skype:   Maya Forstater
>>>> Web:      www.hiyamaya.wordpress.com
>>>> Twitter:   MForstater
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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