Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog

On September 2, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) posted a draft checklist with information to help targeted “covered entities” comply with requirements to provide “Climate Related Financial Risk Disclosure.” These Disclosures are required beginning January 1, 2026, in compliance with state legislation (SB 261 (Stern)) enacted in 2023 (which I wrote about HERE), and amended in 2024 (SB 219 (Wiener); I wrote about it HERE). The remainder of this note summarizes SB 261 and ARB’s draft checklist. 

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Tags: sustainability, ARB, compliance, Environmental Regulations, Corporate Sustainability, Climate Disclosure, ESG Reporting, SB261, CARB, Corporate Risk

Since 2011, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has administered an extensive Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), which requires thousands of facilities and organizations to report annual emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) (40 CFR part 98). Although reports are usually due by March 31 of the following year, EPA has delayed the deadline for reporting year (RY) 2024 until May 30, 2025. EPA cites delays in making the new version of its Electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting tool (e-GGRT) available.

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Tags: EPA, Greenhouse Gas, sustainability, GHGRP, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Regulations, Carbon Reporting, GHG Reporting, Climate Reporting, Compliance Update, Emission Reporting, eGGRT

What are Canadian agencies doing to evaluate and control the hazards of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – often referred to as “forever chemicals”? The short answer is “More all the time, directed at more types of PFAS.” On March 5, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Health Canada issued their joint “State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report” (Report), a 289 page status and plan report on research, information and regulatory efforts directed at PFAS hazards in Canada. The report completes a process that began in 2021, producing a draft Report In May 2023 and an updated draft in July 2024. 

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Tags: EHS, sustainability, PFAS, compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Regulations, Health and Safety, Forever Chemicals