California SB 253 Countdown to Compliance – One Month to Go

It’s the final countdown (cue up the refrain from the well-known ‘80s Swedish rock song here if that is your thing). The first reports under SB 253, California’s corporate greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirement, are due on November 10. To assist companies that are completing and preparing to submit their reports, we have included in this post links to some of the more than two dozen posts we have published on SB 253.

• California SB 253/261 Update – CARB’s 2026 Initial Regulation Nears the Finish Line 

• CARB Publishes Additional 2026 Reporting Guidance and Opens Voluntary Reporting Platform

• California To Propose Delaying Corporate GHG Emissions Reporting by Three Months

• Sixty Days and Counting Until California Corporate GHG Emissions Disclosures Due – Observations on 2026 Reporting

• California Air Resources Board Publishes Draft Template for SB 253 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting – Ten Things to Know 

• California Issues Important Enforcement Guidance for its New GHG Emissions Disclosure Requirements – Provides Additional Compliance Flexibility

• Complying with California Climate Disclosure Legislation – A Dozen Observations and Recommendations

• CARB Fleshes Out Proposed SB 253 GHG Emissions Reporting and Assurance Requirements for 2027 and Beyond, and More, at July 21 Public Meeting

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