to lobby against SB 253 and many other bills to Fernández Cervantes Government Affairs – a lobbying firm that also represents Shopify, Inc. and Sysco. The $48,000 Meta spent on the California bills is just a drop in the bucket compared to theMany other groups and businesses are also opposed to California's SB 253 including Chambers of Commerce from across the state, as well as multiple farming, water and agriculture associations.
"Requiring reporting and limiting emissions associated with a company’s entire supply chain will necessarily require that large businesses stop doing business with small and medium businesses that will struggle to accurately measure their greenhouse gas emissions let alone meet ambitious carbon emission requirements, leaving these companies without the contracts that enable them to grow and employ more workers," a coalition ofState Senator Scott Wiener , the bill’s lead author, claims...
"Right now, billion-dollar corporations spend more money on anti-climate ads than they would on these disclosures," Wiener said in a . "[The disclosures] impose no costs to small businesses, and they are essential to meeting our climate goals."on May 30. It now heads to the Assembly for a vote in the near future. Email Freddy at freddy.brewster@fox.com or follow him on Twitter