On September 2, 2025, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") released draft guidance on SB 261 (the Climate-related Financial Risk Act) called a "Draft Checklist" that entities can use in preparing their climate-related...more
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently released a Draft Checklist to assist companies in preparing climate-related financial risk reports under Senate Bill 261, codified at California Health and Safety Code (HSC)...more
On September 2, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a draft checklist to guide companies within the scope of SB 261 in preparing climate-related financial risk reports. This law, codified in Health and...more
The California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) hosted a public workshop on August 21, 2025 to provide information on Senate Bills 253, 261 and 219 (the “California climate laws”) and solicit feedback from consumers and...more
Last night, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released draft guidance on the Climate‐Related Financial Risk Act (Health & Safety Code Section 38533/Senate Bill 261). This disclosure mandate will require subject...more
This series seeks to identify legal questions that can add definition and value to the good work that sustainability teams are doing. ...more
On October 7, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a trio of climate-related bills that will impact what companies doing business in California must (or can) say about their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law two core bills of the state's “Climate Accountability Package, Senate Bill 253 (SB 253) and Senate Bill 261 (SB 261). As they currently stand, these laws impose...more
As public companies anticipate the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) final climate disclosure rules, which are expected to be released sometime fourth quarter of 2023, California has beaten the federal government...more