SACRAMENTO - Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 260, the Climate Corporate Accountability Act (CCAA), passed the Senate by a vote of 23-7. SB 260 would be the first law in the country to require U.S.-based companies those doing business in California and generating over $1 billion in gross annual revenue to disclose all of their greenhouse gas emissions
If passed by the full Legislature and signed into law, billion-dollar U.S. companies like Amazon and Apple will have to disclose the full scope of their carbon footprints.
California state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, argues in support of his bill SB 260 before Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Monday, April 12. If passed and signed, SB 260 would require large corporations to calculate and disclose every greenhouse gas they emit, either directly or indirectly.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) In the latest escalation of the state’s climate change fight, California Democrats are attempting expose corporate America’s top polluters by prying into the business schemes of companies like Amazon and Apple.
California lawmaker wants to make big businesses disclose greenhouse gas emissions
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The Chevron refinery in Richmond. Thousands of businesses would have to estimate their carbon emissions under a new bill backed by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco.Michael Macor / The Chronicle 2017Show MoreShow Less
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Apple voluntarily reports on its emissions. The proposed law would make that mandatory.LiPo Ching / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Clorox, which operates a plant in Fairfield, has set aggressive emissions-reduction goals.Eric MyerShow MoreShow Less
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PG&E is seeking to avoid 1 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less