CDP Corporate Environmental Action Tracker License

Background

This license agreement allows you to use the CDP Corporate Environmental Action Tracker to copy, distribute, create works and build upon the database, provided you:

1. use it for non-commercial purposes;
2. do not infringe the rights or restrict or inhibit the use by others of this site;
3. use the site lawfully; and
4. attribute CDP as the original owner of the database in any public use of the database, or works produced from the database, in the manner specified in the license. For any use or redistribution of the database, or works produced from it, you must make clear to others this license and keep intact any notices on the original database.

Please read the terms below before you start to use the database. By using this site, you acknowledge that you accept these terms of use and agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you are not permitted to use our site.

Agreed terms

The Licensor (as defined below) and you agree as follows:

1. Definitions

1.1 In this License the following terms have the following meanings:

Contents means the contents of this Database, which includes the information, independent works, or other material collected into the Database.

Database means the material (the Contents) arranged and individually accessible by electronic or other means offered under the terms of this License.

Database Right means the rights in the Database, as well as any similar rights available in other jurisdictions.

Derivative Database means a database based upon the Database, and includes any translation, adaptation, arrangement, modification, or any other alteration of the Database or of a Substantial part of the Contents.

Extraction means the permanent or temporary transfer of all or a Substantial part of the Contents to another medium by any means or in any form.

License means this license agreement which comprises a license of rights and an agreement in contract.

Licensor means CDP Worldwide, registered charity number 1122330, of 4th Floor, Plantation Place South, 60 Great Tower Street, London EC3R 5AD (also “CDP”).

Person means a natural or legal person (such as a corporation).

Produced Work means a work resulting from using the Contents from this Database or Derivative Database.

Publicly means Persons other than you or under your control or by the power to direct their activities (such as contracting with an independent consultant).

Re-utilisation means any form of making available to the public all or a Substantial part of the Contents by the distribution of copies, by renting, by online or other forms of transmission.

Substantial means substantial in terms of quantity or quality or a combination of both. The repeated and systematic Extraction or Re-utilisation of insubstantial parts of the Contents may amount to the Extraction or Re-utilisation of a Substantial part of the Contents.

Use means any act that is restricted by copyright or Database Rights whether in the original medium or any other; and includes without limitation distributing, copying, publicly performing, publicly displaying, and preparing derivative works of the Database, as well as modifying the Database as may be technically necessary to use it in a different mode or format.

1.2 In this License words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.

2. Rights granted

2.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, the Licensor grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, terminable (but only under Section 2.2) license to Use the Database for the duration of any applicable copyright and Database Rights. These rights explicitly EXCLUDE commercial use (see Section 2.3). To the extent possible in the relevant jurisdiction, these rights may be exercised in all media and formats whether now or in the future. The rights granted include:

2.1.1 Extraction and Re-utilisation of the whole or part of the Contents;
2.1.2 creation of Derivative;
2.1.3 creation of temporary or permanent reproductions by any means and in any form, in whole or in part, including of any Derivative Databases; and
2.1.4 distribution, communication, display, lending, making available, or performance to the public by any means and in any form, in whole or in part, for non-commercial purposes.

2.2 The Licensor reserves the right to release the Database under different terms, to stop distributing or making available the Database or to unilaterally terminate this License. All other rights not expressly granted by Licensor are reserved.

2.3 Use of the Database for any commercial purpose is strictly prohibited. For these purposes, Use for a commercial purpose includes but is not limited to:

2.3.1 re-selling the Database in modified, adapted, or original form, in part or whole, on its own or as part of a product;
2.3.2 using the Database in a subscription or fee-based database service;
2.3.3 including the Database in a tradable investment product; and
2.3.4 using the Database for research within a corporate setting, for example, as part of a market research exercise for a paying client.

3. Conditions of Use

3.1 The rights granted in Section 2 are subject to the following conditions.

3.2 If you use the Database, you must:

3.2.1 do so only under the terms of this License;
3.2.2 include a copy of this License;
3.2.3 keep intact any copyright or Database Right notices and notices that refer to this License; and
3.2.4 if it is not possible to put the required notices in a particular file due to its structure, then you must include the notices in a location (such as a relevant directory) where users would see it.

3.3 If you create a Produced Work, you must include a notice associated with the Produced Work to make any person that accesses the Produced Work aware that Content was obtained from the Database or a Derivative Database, and that it is available under this License.

Example notice 1: One of the following logos will satisfy the requirement to give notice under Section 3.3:

3.3.1 If the background on which the logo is placed is white, use the red block logo. This is the primary version.
3.3.2 If the background on which the logo is placed is not white, use the white block logo.
3.3.3 The logo must be hyperlinked back to CDP’s data page (http://data.cdp.net).
3.3.4 Always ensure the logo is clearly positioned. Please do not apply it at less than 20mm block height.

Example notice 2. In situations where it is not possible to display a logo (e.g. academic papers), the following text will satisfy the requirement to give notice under Section 3.3:

3.3.5 “Powered by CDP Data”
3.3.6 The above text should contain a hyperlink to the location of the Database. If hyperlinks are not possible, you should include the plain text of the required URI’s with the above notice.
3.3.7 The attribution must be no smaller than 70% of the largest font relating to the information or 7px, whichever is larger.

3.4 You may not sublicense the Database. Each time you communicate the Database, the whole or Substantial part, or any Derivative Database to anyone else in any way, the Licensor offers the recipient a license to the Database on the same terms of use as this License. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties with this License.

3.5 Please check these terms of use regularly, as we may update them at any time without notice. You agree to any changes if you continue to use this open data portal after these terms have been updated.

3.6 This License excludes all representations, warranties, obligations, and liabilities in relation to the Database to the maximum extent permitted by law.

3.7 The Licensor is not liable for any errors or omissions arising from your use of the Database or for any loss or damage that may come from your use of the Database.

3.8 This License is governed by the Laws of England and Wales and the English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any matters arising out of or in connection with this License.