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The SEC Is Close to Requiring Emissions Disclosure – Here’s Where Companies Stand

Just Capital

Scope 1 GHG emissions include direct emissions from company-owned operations, Scope 2 include indirect emissions usually from the generation of purchased energy, and Scope 3 are all indirect emissions not included in Scope 2 that occur in the value chain, including upstream (i.e. supply chain) and downstream (i.e.

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Advancing ESG Strategy and Creating a Competitive Advantage With Climate-Related Disclosure

3BL Media

The proposed new SEC legislation incorporates frameworks on climate risk and GHG emissions from the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Companies can take several approaches, depending on where they are and where they aim to be along the ESG maturity spectrum.

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Renewable Thermal Collaborative Releases Case Study on the U.S. Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Agreement between AstraZeneca and Vanguard Renewables

3BL Media

Under the agreement, three new-build, on-farm anaerobic digesters operated by Vanguard Renewables will supply 650,000 MMBtu/year of RNG to meet nearly all of AstraZeneca’s gas demand at its U.S. research and manufacturing sites by the end of 2026. AstraZeneca’s use of RNG in the U.S.

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Creating a Business Climate Action Plan Centered in Justice

B the Change

Developing Tools and Practices for Business Climate Action Heather Schrock, Director of Environmental Partnerships at the Bonneville Environmental Foundation , provided a look at the greenhouse gas protocols framework. And we understand that since sustainability costs money, we need to put money toward these efforts.”

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Should businesses be legally required to set science-based targets?

We Mean Business Coalition

As of yet, no major economy has mandated that businesses set verified, science-based goals to reduce emissions in their operations and supply chains. It will likely be taken again with the mandates on net-zero transition plans from big emitters, due to be introduced in 2023. He says: “The devil is always in the detail.

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California Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Companies to Disclose Full Value Chain Emissions

ESG Today

Disclosure obligations would begin in 2026 for Scope 1 and 2 emissions, and in 2027 for Scope 3 emissions, with measurement and reporting to be performed according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol standards.

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California Takes Heat Off SEC

Chris Hall

A strong target of attack in Wiener’s Greenhouse Gases: Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 253) is its mandatory requirement of Scope 3 reporting – greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to a company, but outside its operations, such as its customers or supply chain.