ESG & Climate Disclosure — regulation & compliance changes
Companies subject to SEC climate rules, California SB 253/261, and EU CSRD disclosure mandates juggling overlapping, evolving reporting deadlines, scopes, and assurance requirements.
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Recent changes in ESG & Climate Disclosure
- New California Climate-Related Disclosure Mandates Will Require Corporate Reporting Ahead of - and Broader than - the SEC | Thought Leadership | September 2023 - Baker Botts
- New climate reporting requirements to take effect in California - Dentons
- California delays emissions reporting deadline by 3 months - Utility Dive
- California Proposes MCS Exemption, Pushes Corporate Emissions Deadline to November - act-news.com
- California proposes narrowing Scope 3 emissions reporting - Ballotpedia News
- MA H3541: An Act for greenhouse gas measuring and accounting truth
- SB 253's 2027 Rules Take Shape: What CARB Previewed At Its July Workshop - JD Supra
- California’s cement sector has a net-zero mandate. This is what it will take to meet it. - catf.us
- New CATF analyses outlines what it will take to meet California’s net-zero cement mandate - catf.us
- Maryland Faces Criticism Over Scaled-Back Energy Efficiency Program and Proposed Building Code Changes - insideclimatenews.org
- Washington proposes fee to implement landfill methane program - wastedive.com
- Two dozen states, 10 cities sue EPA over repeal of ‘endangerment’ finding central to climate fight - mprnews.org
- Court unfreezes $20B in federal climate grants - planetizen.com
- Nessel signs on to lawsuit challenging rescission of greenhouse gas endangerment finding - michiganadvance.com
- Regulators, PNW coal plant operator agree on conversion to gas - bizjournals.com
- Oregon's renewable energy mandate opens multiple options for businesses beyond rooftop solar installations - bizjournals.com
- California Climate Disclosure Update: CARB's July 2026 Workshop and 2027 Reporting Requirements - The National Law Review
- Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections - WPR
- California Attorney General Co-leading a Coalition of 19 Attorneys General Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump-Vance Administration Rule That Eases Restrictions on Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a Highly Potent Greenhouse Gas Used in Refrigeration - goldrushcam.com
- As Hawaii burns oil, Vermont gets GWSA - vermontdailychronicle.com
- With Federal Greenhouse Gas Reporting in Limbo, States Expand GHG Reporting - The National Law Review
- EPA Proposes Repeal of Power Plant GHG Emissions Standards - lathamreg.com
- Federal appeals court halts implementation of California’s climate law SB 261 - esgdive.com
- CARB Adopts Initial Climate Disclosure Reporting Regulations to Implement SB 253 and SB 261 - natlawreview.com
- CARB Delays Enforcement of California’s Climate-Related Financial Risk Report Law (SB 261) and Issues New Guidance on Climate Disclosure Requirements in SB 261 and SB 253 - crowell.com
- State of Play: California Amends Climate Disclosure Rules - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- CARB delays emissions reporting deadline by 3 months - esgdive.com
- California climate disclosure laws: Ninth Circuit temporarily halts SB 261 and CARB provides new guidance - whitecase.com
- California Pushes Back Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports to November - esgtoday.com
- Complying With California’s Corporate Climate Disclosure Mandates – the November 18 CARB Workshop, Updated FAQs and Guidance, An Injunction and More - ropesgray.com
- California Takes Next Step in Corporate GHG Emissions Reporting Rulemaking - ropesgray.com
- Summer Reprieve: CARB Proposes More Time for SB 253 Reporting - jdsupra.com
- SB 253 Update: CARB Delays Reporting Deadline to November 2026 and Proposes to Clarify Requirements - environmentalhealthsafetybrief.sidley.com
- California climate disclosure laws: CARB approves greenhouse gas reporting and climate financial risk disclosure regulation - whitecase.com
- California climate disclosure laws: CARB delays SB 253 reporting deadline to November 10 - whitecase.com
- CARB approves California’s climate disclosure regulations - esgdive.com
- SEC Proposes to Rescind Climate Disclosure Rules - natlawreview.com
- California Climate Disclosure Laws — CARB Finalizes Its Initial Rulemaking, Resets the 2026 Deadline, and Previews the 2027 Framework - Mayer Brown
- Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules - techcrunch.com
- Trump’s EPA was wrong to terminate billions in climate grants, US appeals court rules - WKZO
- California climate disclosure laws: CARB announces Scope 3 phase in, rescinds exemption for insurers and codifies 2026 enforcement discretion - White & Case LLP
- EPA cannot block billions in climate grants, US appeals court rules - Forth.News
- EPA Repeals Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding - natlawreview.com
- Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned U.S. fight against climate change - mprnews.org
- California to Limit Initial Scope 3 Reporting to Key Categories After Cost, Data Concerns - esgtoday.com
- California climate disclosure laws: Ninth Circuit hears oral argument; no ruling yet - White & Case LLP
- SEC pauses climate disclosure rule, cites litigation ‘complexities’ - eenews.net
- Colorado Incentivizes GHG Emissions Reduction with Credit Trading Program - The National Law Review
- CARB Posts Modified Regulations To Implement SB 261 and SB 253 - JD Supra
- US-CONGRESS BILLS-119hr9975ih: Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2026
- CARB Proposes to Defer California’s First SB 253 Emissions Reporting Deadline to November 10, 2026 - JD Supra
- Legal Update | SEC Proposes Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules - Husch Blackwell
- US-CONGRESS BILLS-118hjres124ih: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to "Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions".
- Status of California Climate Laws: Deadline for SB 253 Reporting Delayed Until November; SB 261 Remains Stayed - Wilson Sonsini
- Washington agrees to join carbon market with California and Quebec - Washington State Standard
- Virginia rejoins RGGI - Appalachian Voices
- California Defers Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG Reporting Deadline to November 10 - ArentFox Schiff
- New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies - Inside Climate News
- Washington – Ecology Proposes Linkage to Connect Washington, California, and Québec Carbon Markets - JD Supra
- Proposed regulations lay groundwork to connect Washington’s carbon market with California and Québec - Department of Ecology - State of Washington (.gov)
- FERC Overrules Northern Natural and Finds it Does Not Need to Identify Whether a Natural Gas Project’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions are 'Significant' - Akin
- D.C. Becomes First in the Nation to Set GHG Reduction Target for Food Purchases - Friends of the Earth
- California Climate Disclosure Rules in Flux After Ninth Circuit Pauses SB 261 - Davis Wright Tremaine
- California Climate Disclosure Regulations Update: CARB Provides Additional Clarifications on Implementation and Ninth Circuit Stay of SB 261 Enforcement - K&L Gates
- Labor Department submits revised ESG rule to White House - inkl
- PUBLIC COMPANY REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE—SEC moves to rescind controversial climate disclosure rules - VitalLaw.com
- CARB Publishes List of Companies Subject to California Climate Disclosure Laws - globalelr.com
- Virginia to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - WVTF
- Bend approves climate pollution fee in 4-1 vote - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
- Fifth Circuit Grants Stay of Injunction Blocking the Anti-ESG “Boycott Law” - Latham & Watkins LLP
- Federal Judge Blocks Indiana Proxy Disclosure Law, Grants Win to ISS and Glass Lewis - Межа. Новини України.
- Florida Anti-Net Zero Law Takes Effect July 1 - CleanTechnica
- Federal judge blocks new Kansas woke investing law from taking effect - The Topeka Capital-Journal
- California Amends Cap-and-Invest Program Reducing Cap on Utilities and Other Large Sources of GHG Emissions - Morgan Lewis
- Washington, California and Québec sign carbon market agreement, setting the stage for historic climate partnership - Governor Bob Ferguson (.gov)
- CARB delays emissions reporting deadline by 3 months - ESG Dive
- Summer Reprieve: CARB Proposes More Time for SB 253 Reporting - JD Supra
- California Sets August 2026 Deadline for First Corporate Climate Reports - ESG Today
- CARB approves California’s climate disclosure regulations - ESG Dive
- CARB Finalizes Initial Rulemaking Package for SB 253 and SB 261 - Akin
- CARB Defers SB 253 Scope 1 & 2 Reporting Deadline by Three Months - JD Supra
- California Air Resources Board Approves Proposed Corporate Climate Disclosure Regulation - Ropes & Gray LLP
- SEC formally proposes rescinding Biden-era climate disclosure rule - Ballotpedia News
- SEC moves to rescind climate disclosure rule - texasfarmbureau.org
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (DFARS Case 2024-D021)
- Extending the Reporting Deadline Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for 2025; Correction
- Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules
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