CDP’s forests program acts on behalf of institutional investors, who use CDP data to engage with portfolio companies, inform investment decisions and catalyze change. In 2016, 365 investors with US$22 trillion in assets were signatories to the program. On behalf of these investors, this year we asked 821 global companies to provide information about how they are managing and mitigating the risk associated with the sourcing or production of the four commodities most responsible for deforestation – timber products, palm oil, soy and cattle products. In total, 201 companies responded to our 2016 investor-backed request, a 10% increase from last year.
