Carbon Disclosure Project goes straight to the source-Source 44 LLC of Solana Beach, Calif.
Source 44 is one of only five CDP-accredited consultancy partners in the U.S. who will be delivering the Response Check service. The new service will support the thousands of companies that report their climate change data through CDP.
“This program dramatically expands our relationship with CDP,” said Jess Kraus, Source 44 President and CEO. “I’m pleased to be able to leverage our team of carbon experts on behalf of CDP and their reporting companies -- some of the world’s biggest brands and leading firms.”
In CDP’s announcement, the organization stated that the new service, Response Check, is a high-level quality assurance service for CDP-responding companies that have completed their 2011 CDP response. Prior to final submission to CDP, an external quality check can now be performed by Source 44 to ensure the response is as complete as possible.
Source 44 COO Matt Thorn has led the company’s efforts with CDP, and sees the new program as an outstanding means of leveraging his company’s team of carbon disclosure expertise. “This new program,” Thorn said, “gives us the opportunity to not only leverage our team of sustainability analysts, but also our technology platform and database of sustainability information.”
The Response Check offering, which will be standard around the world, features a thorough review of a company’s final CDP response, followed by a collaborative feedback session by email and/or teleconference -- depending on individual company needs and requirements.
“The opportunity to partner with CDP in this program,” said Mike Fraser, Source 44 EVP and Chief Development Officer, “further cements Source 44 as a leader in this new and growing industry. Partnerships such as this are critical to our company’s further expansion and development, and provide us with the opportunity to expose Source 44’s expertise to some of the world’s largest and forward-thinking companies.”
As one of CDP’s accredited consultancy partners, the company has received proprietary training from the organization on the Response Check methodology and process. CDP explained that while the service does not guarantee a responding company a better disclosure or performance score, it does provide an additional set of “expert eyes” reviewing a response before final submission, with an emphasis on completeness rather than the quality of the content.
