We Read 100 TCFD Reports. Here’s What You Need to Know for SB 261 Compliance
How companies can prepare for California’s SB 261 climate risk disclosure requirements by learning from best practices in existing TCFD-aligned reports.
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California Climate Disclosure Laws Update: What CARB’s FAQ Means for SB 253 and SB 261 Compliance
Updated: October 17, 2025 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) continues to issue updated guidance for companies preparing to comply with the state’s climate disclosure laws under SB 253 and SB 261. This page will continue to be updated with information from the most recent FAQ documents. In recent months, CARB has released two important […]
Managing Sustainability Risk in the Supply Chain: The New Normal in 2025
If customers are pressuring you to step up on sustainability, you’re not alone. Every year, companies ask tens of thousands of suppliers to report their greenhouse emissions and other sustainability data. If that pressure hasn’t hit yet, it will—soon. Despite the recent market uncertainty permeating across the globe and impacting business across sectors, the sheer […]
8 Sustainability Priorities for 2025 from Good.Lab’s ESG Experts
Ready to outrun the competition in 2025? Aligning with key sustainability priorities could be the differentiator you need. Brace yourself: 2025 is coming in hot with stricter sustainability regs, tougher supply chain demands, and investors who’ll call you out if your claims don’t measure up. The question is, will you be scrambling to catch up […]
CA SB 219: A Guide to California’s Climate Disclosure Rule
California’s climate disclosure rules—now consolidated under SB 219 (formerly SB 253 and SB 261)—require companies doing business in the state to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks starting in 2026. The clock is ticking for ~10,000 companies with over $500 million in revenue doing business in California. Starting in 2026, they’ll be […]
Mastering CSRD Audit-Readiness: A Comprehensive Guide
As companies work towards Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) compliance, ensuring that double materiality assessments, data collection, and reporting are audit-ready is critical. Starting January 1st, 2025, CSRD compliance will be phased in. From their first report, companies must undergo limited assurance auditing by an approved third party. This requires companies to ensure their data […]
CSRD Reporting: The Ultimate Guide For US Companies Meeting EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive Requirements
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is a directive by the European Union designed to make sustainability and ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting by companies more comprehensive, consistent, and aligned with financial reporting standards. The CSRD is currently the most comprehensive sustainability reporting regulation globally. Achieving compliance will demand comprehensive and accurate reporting by certain […]
The Year Ahead: 2024 in ESG Trends
As we look to the future and a new year, the Good.Lab team curated this new list of nine key ESG trends to watch for in 2024. We can’t see into the future, but we’ll try! From ESG standards converging to renewed focus on climate risks, here are some of our best predictions for what’s […]
Why CPAs Need to Pay Attention to the Fast-Changing ESG Regulatory Landscape
My Takeaways from the CPA.com ESG Symposium The second annual AICPA and CPA.com ESG Symposium brought together top ESG leaders to exchange ideas and discuss the accounting profession’s critical role within the ESG category and the growing opportunity for ESG services. The event furthered CPA.com’s efforts to enable accounting firms to understand the ESG landscape better and […]
ISSB Reporting Standards: Companies & Investors Welcome Clarity in Sustainability Disclosures
The recently released International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) reporting standards for sustainability and climate-related disclosures marks a huge milestone in the evolution of global ESG and sustainability reporting. The standards are the culmination of a multi-decade effort to help companies integrate sustainability impacts into their finances, bringing order to the messy landscape of ESG disclosure […]
Accelerating Success in Your ESG Practice
The growing influence of ESG is unmistakable. ESG-related assets are set to make a fifth of global assets under management by 2026. Most investors (76%) claim that they will stop investing in non-ESG products in the next two years, and 70% of US CEOs claim that their ESG program improves their financial performance. It is […]
Navigating ESG Frameworks and Standards: What you need to know to get started on ESG
Navigating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting can, at times, become a frustrating labyrinth of acronyms, surveys, standards, and ratings mixed in with hundreds of ESG criteria, which constantly change. It’s incredibly challenging to know where to start with reporting frameworks and competing ESG disclosure standards. Although ESG reporting is still in its infancy, the […]
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