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On November 5, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision leaving in place a rule, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in May 2024, which requires reductions of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by power plants.
Read MoreA new, Net-Zero standard for carbon emissions will be published by the end of 2025 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the global authority for organizational management, manufacturing quality, and technology standards.
Read MoreOSHA’s 2024 final rule updates the Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) to align with GHS Revision 7, incorporating elements of Revision 8. KERAMIDA is ready to help you reclassify products, update SDSs, and ensure your workplace is compliant.
This will introduce mandatory climate-related reporting requirements for large and medium-sized companies. Starting as early as 2025 for the largest companies, these requirements will include disclosures on climate-related risks, opportunities, and greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain.
The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) is currently developing disclosure standards aligned with IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 for Australian companies. These disclosure standards are expected to be published soon and the Australian Auditing and Assurance Board is in the process of developing climate disclosure assurance standards which are expected to issue in late 2024.
The California Senate has voted to approve an amendment to California's climate disclosure laws, granting the California Air Resources Board (CARB) an additional six months to develop regulations related to the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions.
The amendment introduces several changes to California Health and Safety Code 38532 (introduced as California Senate Bill 253) and California Health and Safety Code 38533 (introduced as California Senate Bill 261). The proposed amendment was introduced as SB 219 and effectively extends the previous January 1, 2025, reporting deadline to July 1, 2025, for purposes of reporting out greenhouse gas emissions under California Health and Safety Code 38532 (CA SB 253). Currently, the reporting deadlines have not changed for California Health and Safety Code 38533 (CA SB 261).
2024 CDR Reports must be submitted to EPA prior to September 30, 2024. This reporting applies to chemical substances that are manufactured (including substances that are incidentally manufactured as a co-product or by-product) or that are directly imported in quantities above the general threshold of 25,000 pounds (or as low as 2,500 pounds for specifically designated chemicals).
Read MoreThis week the California Department of Industrial Relations issued a news release stating that the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the Cal-OSHA Indoor Heat Illness Regulation on On Tuesday, July 23, 2024 and that the regulation goes into effect immediately.
Read MoreLast Friday, on May 24, the European Union (EU) announced the approval of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
Read MoreThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has made dramatic changes to long-term planning requirements for interstate electricity transmission.
Read MoreClient Alert: Just hours after the SEC adopted the new climate-related disclosure rules, a coalition of ten states announced the launch of a lawsuit in the U.S. federal appeals court to block the new rules.
Read MoreClient Alert: On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules to require registrants to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports.
Read MoreClient Alert: Last week the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) reported that 320 organizations from more than 46 countries have pledged to initiate nature-related disclosures following the TNFD Recommendations released in September of the previous year.
Read MoreClient Alert: The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has published its first three draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) Implementation Guidance documents for public feedback.
Read MoreClient Alert: On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newson signed two landmark bills into law requiring large companies doing business in California to publicly report their annual GHG emissions (Senate Bill (SB) 253) and climate-related financial risks (SB-261).
Read MoreKERAMIDA, a CDP Global Gold Verification Provider, recently collaborated with two fellow CDP accredited solutions providers, LRQA and Lucideon, to produce a report for CDP that explores the business benefits, practical considerations, and best practices for third-party verification of environmental data.
Read MoreCDP has published an article by KERAMIDA’s Dr. Anastasia Kyrmanidou, Senior Sustainability Analyst, and Dr. Becky Twohey, Vice President of ESG Strategy, Planning and Reporting on the importance of companies having an ESG strategy with teeth and how CDP-reporting companies who actively take steps to attain CDP “Leadership” status will be best prepared for the proposed SEC climate rule.
Read MoreKERAMIDA Inc. is a Global Sustainability, Environmental, Health & Safety, and Remediation Consulting and Engineering firm. With offices in Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, NYC, and California, our engineers, scientists, and planners are able to provide comprehensive environmental compliance, health & safety, sustainability, and remediation services for clients worldwide.
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