The California Air Resources Board is deciding how Scope 3 emissions reporting will begin in 2027. Every company subject to SB 253 should understand what is at stake in that decision before August 2026 arrives. CARB Is Deciding How Scope 3 Reporting Begins in 2027 California's Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, known as SB 253, established a legal mandate for large companies doing business in California to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions across all three scope

The political noise around ESG has not reduced your reporting obligations. It has increased them. May 1, 2026 The Market Has Already Voted At DC Climate Week on April 20, investor Nelson Switzer, Managing Partner of Climate Innovation Capital, made a point that deserves attention from any executive currently managing ESG reporting obligations. [1] His argument was direct. Decarbonization, he said, has been distorted by politics and marketing. ESG became a tribal identity rat

GHG Protocol: Greenhouse gas emissions are categorised into three scopes. Most companies that set a net-zero target make the same mistake: they commit to the destination without mapping the road. The ambition is real, the intention is good, but when a customer, investor, or framework like CDP or EcoVadis asks them to explain the methodology behind their goal, the answer falls apart. This is not a small company problem. It is happening across industries, at every level of the

On the surface, the news coming out of Europe sounds like relief. The European Union's Omnibus I initiative has dramatically scaled back the reach of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, known as CSRD, raising the threshold for mandatory sustainability reporting from companies with more than 250 employees to those with more than 1,000 employees and at least €450 million in annual revenues. The practical effect: an estimated 90% of companies that were previously i

A new signal is emerging from the global real estate sector and it carries a direct message for every mid-market company that owns, leases, or manages physical space. A recent analysis published in ESG Today puts the scale of the challenge in stark terms: the transition to sustainable real estate represents a $1.7 trillion annual capital allocation challenge worldwide. That number is no longer a projection. It is the cost of managing buildings that were designed for a world w

EcoVadis mistakes to avoid. EcoVadis low score reasons. Having supported hundreds of suppliers through EcoVadis assessments, the same patterns of error appear with striking regularity. These are not obscure edge cases: they are systematic, predictable, and entirely avoidable with the right awareness. Understanding them in detail is the first step toward a submission that accurately reflects your organisation's genuine sustainability maturity. Mistake 1: Uploading Documents Th

First-time EcoVadis submission, how to complete EcoVadis assessment. Receiving your first EcoVadis request can feel simultaneously urgent and opaque. Your customer has set a deadline, the platform interface is unfamiliar, and the questionnaire spans complex territory across environmental management, employment practices, business ethics, and supply chain governance. The reality is that a well-prepared first submission is entirely achievable, and the process itself, undertaken

EcoVadis score improvement tips, EcoVadis Silver Gold medal Improving your EcoVadis score is one of the highest-return ESG investments a supplier can make. Whether you have received a scorecard that falls below your customer's required threshold or have plateaued at a medal level and want to progress, the pathway to improvement is knowable, structured, and achievable with the right approach. What it requires is not radical transformation of your business overnight, but rather

EcoVadis assessment: EcoVadis rating, supplier sustainability scorecard If you have recently received an email from a major customer asking you to register on EcoVadis and complete a sustainability assessment, you are part of a rapidly expanding global trend. Tens of thousands of suppliers across industries and geographies receive this request every year, and the volume is accelerating. Understanding exactly what EcoVadis is, why it has become so central to supply chain gover

Three major climate disclosure regimes. Overlapping requirements. One shared foundation. Here is the plain-English comparison every US sustainability leader needs — and the integrated strategy that makes compliance smarter, not harder. Published: March 2026 · 11-minute read · By EcoVantage Support Team ★ KEY TAKEAWAYS SB 253 (California), CSRD (EU), and the SEC climate rule all share the same technical backbone: the GHG Protocol and TCFD/ISSB framework architecture. The

ARTICLE 1 OF 2 | REGULATORY COMPLIANCE | SB 253 / SB 261 You May Not Be Directly Covered — But Your Customers Are. Here Is Why That Changes Everything. Published: March 2026 | Reading time: 8 minutes | Topics: SB 253, SB 261, California climate disclosure, GHG reporting, climate risk, ESG compliance WHY IT MATTERS If your company does business with large corporations, sells into California, or generates more than $500 million in annual revenue anywhere in the Unit