- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Aaron Nicodemus2024-01-30T21:20:00
A coalition of business groups filed a lawsuit opposing two California laws that require large businesses to make climate-related disclosures, calling it a fight against illegal and excessive government overreach.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the California Chamber of Commerce, and several other state business organizations filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in October, the “Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act” (SB 253) will require companies with more than $1 billion in revenue doing business in the state to disclose greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions each year to a reporting organization contracted by California Air Resources Board.
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2025-04-10T18:00:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order slamming state-led efforts to address climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related laws.
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The European Commission has adopted proposals for radical simplifications to the EU’s trailblazing environmental regulations. The commissioners argue that this is a pragmatic response to changing global economics and indicates that they have listened to the concerns of smaller businesses that are struggling to comply with onerous and conflicting rules. ...
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