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Climate Disclosure Bills reintroduced in New York – fast facts and takeaways

Smoke from brush fires in the New York and New Jersey region shrouds the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City.
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The bills are at the beginning stages. and should be on companies’ watch lists, but it is premature to take compliance steps beyond that.

Bills have been reintroduced in the New York State Senate calling for greenhouse gas emissions and climate risk disclosures. Similar bills were introduced last session. The key provisions of the new bills are described in this article. 

The bills are generally aligned with the climate disclosure laws adopted in California

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