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In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast we sit down with California State Senator Henry Stern at Climate Week NYC.

Sen. Stern introduced one of two climate laws that California enacted in 2023, Senate Bill 261, which requires certain companies to prepare reports on climate change risks. The other, Senate Bill 253, requires certain companies to estimate and publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions.

The senator discusses the California laws and the future of climate disclosure in an interview on the sidelines of The Nest Climate Campus, where ESG Insider was an official podcast during Climate Week.

"We're facing a gauntlet of climate risk, and so we have the authority to get ahead of that and know what's coming," Sen. Stern says.

Listen to all our Climate Week NYC 2024 coverage:

SBTi interim CEO on what's next for net-zero standards

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sbti-interim-ceo-on-whats-next-for-net-zero-standards/id1475521006?i=1000670844563

Audubon CEO on why bird loss indicates a planet in crisis

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/audubon-ceo-on-why-bird-loss-indicates-a-planet-in-crisis/id1475521006?i=1000670718846

CDP CEO talks climate, nature and the future of sustainability disclosure:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cdp-ceo-talks-climate-nature-and-the/id1475521006?i=1000670602329

Kicking off Climate Week NYC with an urgent to-do list:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kicking-off-climate-week-nyc-with-an-urgent-to-do-list/id1475521006?i=1000670460020

SBTi interim CEO on what's next for net-zero standards

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sbti-interim-ceo-on-whats-next-for-net-zero-standards/id1475521006?i=1000670844563

And listen to the episode we released about the SEC's climate disclosure rule here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/unpacking-the-sec-s-climate-disclosure-rule

This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.