How will the NZDPU continue to evolve?

The CDSC oversees the ongoing development of the NZDPU and seeks input, ideas, and expertise from its Members, advisors, outreach to relevant stakeholders, and public consultation. It will also make use of existing work by international bodies and others and consult with those bodies where appropriate.

The NZDPU roadmap aims to integrate more data over time through collaborations and as climate disclosure standards and requirements evolve. Collaborations with third-party disclosure platforms and initiatives will help increase company coverage at scale, while limiting reporting burden for companies by avoiding redundant submission processes.

Informed by user feedback, enhancements will be made to the Utility’s existing features in future releases. The data model is designed to evolve to reflect new and updated standards and jurisdictional requirements.

Future phases of the NZDPU’s development will work to address previously recommended data fields, including companies’ financed emissions reduction targets, carbon credits and associated metadata, and incorporating solutions for sectoral classification that meet the needs of various users.

As the Utility develops, taking user feedback into account, the CDSC may consider whether to recommend the inclusion of additional climate transition-related data on the NZDPU Core Data Model, such as transition plan metrics.