The City of Burlington has been recognized by CDP (formerly named the Carbon Disclosure Project), the global environmental non-profit, for its leadership in transparency and action, securing a place on CDP’s respected ‘A’ List.
CDP operates the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system, with over 1,000 cities, states and regions reporting environmental data through CDP in 2025. Achieving an ‘A’ places Burlington among the leaders demonstrating comprehensive disclosure and meaningful progress towards environmental resilience. Burlington is one of seven cities in Canada and one of two in Ontario to receive an ‘A’ score in 2025.
To achieve an ‘A’ score, a city must meet a series of robust leadership criteria. This includes publicly disclosing environmental data through the CDP-ICLEI Track platform, maintaining a comprehensive city-wide emissions inventory, and publishing a credible climate action plan. Cities must also complete a full climate risk and vulnerability assessment and set a clear climate adaptation goal that outlines how they will address current and future climate hazards.
Many cities on the A List demonstrate additional leadership through actions such as securing formal political commitment from the mayor to advance climate ambition and deliver resilient, low-carbon development.
About the City of Burlington
Burlington has reported annually via CDP since 2021 earning a B, A, A-, A, and A respectively.
The CDP’s one-window reporting also allows the City to fulfill commitments to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM), a global collaboration between the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) Local Governments for Sustainability, the Global Covenant of Mayors Secretariat, and the International Urban Cooperation Project. The City joined GCoM in 2020 and received the mitigation and adaptation badges in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Check out our 2025: A Year in Review post for more information about what we’ve been up to.
About CDP
CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system. As the founder of environmental reporting, they believe in transparency and the power of data to drive change. Partnering with leaders in enterprise, capital, policy and science, they surface the information needed to enable Earth-positive decisions. They have helped more than 24,800 companies and almost 1,000 cities, states and regions disclose their environmental impacts.
Financial institutions with more than a quarter of the world’s institutional assets use CDP data to help inform investment and lending decisions. Aligned with the ISSB’s climate standard, IFRS S2, as its foundational baseline, CDP integrates best-practice reporting standards and frameworks in one place. Their global team is united by their shared desire to build a world where people, planet and profit are truly balanced. To view CDP’s full Cities, States and Regions A List please visit: cdp.net/en/data/scores.
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CDP was formerly an acronym for “Carbon Disclosure Project”, but the organization has recently changed their formal name solely to CDP. ICLEI is an acronym for “International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives.”
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