Big companies like Apple will have to state how much climate-warming carbon they put in the air.
The Apple logo in front of the company's flag ship store in New York on a rainy day. Major companies like Apple now have to disclose carbon emissions under a new California law.Major corporations like Apple and Disney will be forced to disclose their carbon emissions under a new Californian law approved on Monday.
As the need to address climate change grows more urgent, pressure is mounting on large corporations to come clean about how much they emit gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, both directly through operations and indirectly, such as purchasing electricity. The state also recently passed a law requiring companies with more than $500m in annual revenues to report their climate-related financial risks, which Mr Newsom said would encourage companies to work to avoid those risks. But, again, he raised concerns in a signing statement about the costs to businesses.
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