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Navigating U.S. Climate Emissions And Risk Disclosure Requirements: California Leads The Way
Join the Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA) on March 19th for a 90-minute discussion of the sweeping new climate-related disclosure requirements covering climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) finalized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the state of California in 2024. Both are subject to court challenges, with the implementation of the SEC rules now paused.
California’s laws have not been paused.
This presentation presents who is affected, the need-to-know elements of these new state and federal disclosure requirements, and what to do to prepare. Bonus material will be provided for climate and carbon requirements in the EU.
Thousands of organizations that do business in California will now have to provide assurance-ready carbon emissions data — including reporting on scope 3 emissions from up and down their value chains. California’s new laws cement the shift from voluntary climate reporting to mandatory reporting, raising the bar for corporate climate action. Corporate leaders who develop strong climate reporting capabilities with audit-ready carbon accounting will be best positioned to meet these California requirements and similar regulations emerging around the globe.
Speakers:
Victoria Evans, MS, SCS Engineers National Climate Change Practice Lead
Ms. Evans has over 45 years of professional experience in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), energy, air quality, and environmental science, working in consulting, R&D, academia, and the federal government. As the current and prior lead for GHG services at major consulting firms, she gained over 25 years of experience in climate and GHG management. She has directed or performed over 300 GHG studies for diverse U.S. and global corporations and governmental organizations. This involved developing both voluntary and mandatory GHG inventories, reporting, California Cap-and-Trade compliance strategies, carbon reduction roadmaps, and life cycle analyses. She has advised on the development of protocols for carbon offset projects and was selected to be a member of the GHGP (Greenhouse Gas Protocol) Technical Working Group for revision of their Corporate Reporting Standards. Victoria has presented frequently on the SEC and California’s GHG/climate disclosure requirements and advises her clients on preparing for compliance.
David Greene, SCS Engineers Project Director
For the past 15 years, David Greene has managed numerous Landfill air emissions, greenhouse gas reporting, renewable energy compliance and due diligence efforts, for SCS Engineers. Mr. Greene has delivered a variety of landfill management-related presentations in international settings, visited multiple landfills in Southeast Asia, as well as assisted on landfill gas beneficial use studies for sites in Eastern Europe and South America. He is currently serving as a coordinator for A&WMA’s Sustainability, Climate Change, Resource Conservation, and Waste Management group, presented in previous A&WMA Webinars, and authored several articles in A&WMA’s EM magazine. David is a licensed professional engineer in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
David C. Smith, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Partner
Building and broadening his more than 25 years of expertise in complex entitlement and regulatory compliance at all jurisdictional levels, David secured a Master of Laws in Energy and Climate to counsel clients on all aspects of sustainability, transition to renewable energy, efficiency and storage, and leveraging of federal and state incentives and regulatory mandates. David frequently speaks to and counsels public and private ventures on voluntary and regulatory ESG and other climate-related objectives and strategies. David has written and spoken extensively on California’s climate mandate laws and compliance strategies for companies in all economic sectors.
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