Guides – Watershed

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California SB 253 and SB 261: a guide for companies

Updated: November 13, 2024

If these bills pass, they would compel thousands of companies doing business in California to disclose their Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions and/or climate-related financial risk information.

CSRD Guide for Companies

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): A guide for companies

Updated: September 10, 2024

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ASRS: A guide for companies

Updated: September 10, 2024

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Top 10 questions about CSRD, answered

Updated: April 9, 2024

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New biodiversity standards in CSRD and TNFD

March 19, 2024

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Sustainability in fashion: Upcoming EU rules for apparel companies

Updated: December 1, 2023

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SDR disclosures: a guide for UK asset managers

Updated: November 27, 2023

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Carbon removal and avoidance: a buyer’s guide

Updated: November 27, 2023

ISSB disclosure standards: June 2023 publication breakdown

Updated: November 27, 2023

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Clean power: how companies can decarbonize electricity

Updated: November 27, 2023

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Carbon in the cloud: What is the Carbon Footprint of Data Storage?

Updated: November 27, 2023

What is SECR? Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting explained

Updated: November 27, 2023

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The UK’s Green Finance Strategy (2023 revision): A guide for companies and asset managers

Updated: November 27, 2023

What are the TCFD reporting requirements?

Updated: November 27, 2023

What is the EU's Green Claims Directive? Full Guide with Covington experts

Updated: November 27, 2023

Net Zero standard

What is net zero and how do you achieve it?

Updated: November 27, 2023

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The US federal contractors climate disclosure rule: a guide for companies

Updated: November 27, 2023

Learn how to build a climate program

How to create a world-class Corporate Sustainability Program

Updated: November 27, 2023

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What is a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA)?

Updated: November 27, 2023

Leah Stokes on the IRA for businesses

What is the Inflation Reduction Act and how can companies leverage it?

Updated: November 27, 2023

What are science based targets and how to set them

Updated: November 27, 2023

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What is the SFDR? Sustainable Finance Disclosures explained

Updated: November 27, 2023

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SEC ESG fund rules: Everything you need to know

Updated: November 27, 2023

AB 1305: A guide for companies

November 21, 2023

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FLAG emissions 101

October 31, 2023

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Tactical advice on the CSRD

October 10, 2023

TPT: Everything you need to know about the UK Transition Plan Taskforce

Updated: October 10, 2023

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How do you actually reduce emissions?

September 18, 2023

A five-step plan to prepare for the CSRD

September 1, 2023

How EU companies should prepare for the CSRD

May 19, 2023

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How to prepare your climate data for SEC and CSRD audit requirements

April 11, 2023

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2024 ESG disclosure

Updated: February 4, 2023

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How companies of all sizes are making carbon removal possible

Updated: January 10, 2023

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How to build a lean corporate climate program, fast

September 30, 2022

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TCFD, CDP, GRI…where should you start when it comes to voluntary reporting?

September 30, 2022

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Why ESG reporting is a critical part of your IPO filing

September 27, 2022

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Watershed’s approach to measuring corporate emissions

September 26, 2022

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Introducing the guide to building a high-impact climate program

September 12, 2022

The ROI of a Climate Program

The business value of a climate program

September 7, 2022

What listed firms should know about the FCA report on TCFD-aligned disclosures

August 16, 2022

Carbon Removal

Building the market for carbon removal

June 23, 2021

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Decoupling work from carbon

March 25, 2021

Product

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October 2024 product updates

October 31, 2024

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September 2024 product updates

September 30, 2024

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August 2024 product updates

August 29, 2024

Guides

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Tactical advice on the CSRD

October 10, 2023

TPT: Everything you need to know about the UK Transition Plan Taskforce

Updated: October 10, 2023

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SEC ESG fund rules: Everything you need to know

Updated: November 27, 2023

Customer stories

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How Coyuchi gets product-level carbon insights from Watershed

September 5, 2023

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How Aon automated its carbon footprint measurement

August 30, 2023

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Kroll on using Watershed to save time reporting to CDP

August 11, 2023

Climate news

EU Commission adopts the finalized ESRS under the CSRD

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Fixed-price Virtual Power Purchase Agreement funds five new Michigan solar plants

Watershed HQ

Sylvie Goulard, a new member of Watershed's Policy Advisory Board

Welcoming Sylvie Goulard to our Policy Advisory Board

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$100M for climate

February 1, 2024

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Watershed's 2023 year in review

December 15, 2023

SEC

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SEC ESG fund rules: Everything you need to know

Updated: November 27, 2023

the California capitol where SB253 and SB261 were passed

California SB 253 and SB 261: a guide for companies

Updated: November 13, 2024

Welcoming Mary Schapiro to the Watershed Policy Advisory Board

Welcoming Mary Schapiro to our Policy Advisory Board

Legal

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How to prepare for mandatory climate disclosure - advice from Betty M. Huber of Latham & Watkins

Updated: November 27, 2023

Michael Littenberg of Ropes & Gray on California’s SB 253 and 261

Updated: October 10, 2023

What is the EU's Green Claims Directive? Full Guide with Covington experts

Updated: November 27, 2023