California Requires Businesses With Over $500 Million Revenue to Disclose Climate Risks Online

October 7, 2023

Summary

Enacted in October 2023, this law requires businesses who do business in California and whose total annual revenue exceeds $500 million to create and publish on its website a report disclosing the business's climate-related financial risks and measures taken to reduce or adapt to that risk.

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