California Pols Eye Corporate Emissions, Climate Risks (1)

A handful of bills making their way through the California legislature signify an intensifying interest in the companies that make money in the world’s fifth largest economy and just how their operations contribute to emissions that exacerbate climate change.

California politicians want to require well-known brands like Apple Inc., Chevron USA Inc., and The Walt Disney Co. to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and financial risks related to climate change.

Some of the bills also want companies to examine their financial risk from climate change related to assets, weather events, new laws, and other regulations that could be enacted to ...