California's SB 253 and SB 261 statutes introduce a new era of climate disclosure, requiring unprecedented rigor for emissions data and climate-risk management. For insurers, this mandates clear, coordinated processes across finance, risk, IT, and operations. Our practical, insurer-focused playbook is designed to help your team move beyond initial planning to build a defensible path to compliance and future assurance.
Navigate Climate Disclosure with Confidence
California’s SB 253 and SB 261 statutes introduce a new era of climate disclosure, requiring unprecedented rigor for emissions data and climate-risk management. For insurers, this mandates clear, coordinated processes across finance, risk, IT, and operations. Our practical, insurer-focused playbook is designed to help your team move beyond initial planning to build a defensible path to compliance and future assurance.
Inside, you’ll find:
- Regulatory Clarity: Clear, side-by-side overviews of SB 253 and SB 261, detailing emissions reporting requirements, climate-risk narrative expectations, and which functions of your organization are impacted.
- SB 253 Attestation Framework: A structured readiness framework outlining how evidence, controls, key assumptions, and underlying documentation need to align to meet limited assurance requirements.
- Insurance-Specific SB 261 Model: A focused narrative model demonstrating how governance, risk assessment, strategy, impacts, and metrics connect to and support your SB 253 disclosures, ensuring consistency across public reporting.
- Actionable Roadmap: A detailed 2025–2026 readiness timeline with key milestones for scoping, governance setup, data mapping, methodology documentation, pre-assurance dry-runs, and full integration.
- Readiness Checklist: A comprehensive tool to support consistent planning, coordination, and communication across all cross-functional teams involved in climate reporting
