Apple endorses California bill to oblige companies to report carbon footprint
Apple has endorsed a California Senate bill that would require large companies to report the levels of greenhouse gases they emit every year, the senator proposing the measure said, making it the latest major company to do so.
«Throughout our environmental journey, we've emphasized the importance of measurement and reporting to help us understand our impact,» said the letter, signed by Apple's director for state and local government affairs D. Michael Foulkes, a copy of which Senator Scott Wiener posted on Thursday to X, formerly known as Twitter.
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«Thank you, Apple, for making clear that this is doable (and) a critically important piece of climate action,» Wiener wrote.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The top US securities regulator is yet to publish a long-awaited rule of its own on climate-related disclosures, and California senators are going ahead at the state level.
A separate bill under discussion would require companies operating in California, with $500 million in revenue, to report on climate-related financial risks such as whether they have budgeted for increased compliance and insurance costs.
Together, the bills could
