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Large businesses in California will have to disclose a wide range of planet-warming emissions under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Saturday — the most sweeping mandate of its kind in the nation.

The law requires more than 5,300 companies that operate in California and make more than $1 billion in annual revenues to report both their direct and indirect emissions. That includes things like emissions from operating a building or store as well as those from activities like employee business travel and transporting their products.

The law will bring more transparency to the public about how big businesses contribute to climate change, and it could nudge them to evaluate how they can reduce their emissions, advocates say. They argue many businesses already disclose some of their emissions to the state.

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[-] be_gt@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

It is not easy but mostly takes time and acutal bookkeeping. Any honest business can do it. But yes all activities generate emissions.

[-] benignintervention@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Sounds like job creation to me

[-] ColKoala@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't mind more public jobs and data on which companies to try to avoid. If emissions finally effect a companies bottom line, there is incentive to minimize them.

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