Scope sheet
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ESG and climate
California SB 253 reporting support
Finbryn provides Scope 1 and Scope 2 report preparation for companies subject to California's SB 253, compiling activity data and applying emission factors to draft the package for management to approve and send to CARB. CARB's regulation, 17 CCR 96076, sets the first report for November 10, 2026. Finbryn gives no legal advice on applicability and provides no assurance.
What is included
- Applicability worksheet laying out the revenue and doing-business facts for counsel to decide
- Scope 1 and Scope 2 inventory for the fiscal year CARB's rule names
- Methodology note naming boundary, emission factors, GWP vintage and data sources
- Submission package in the form CARB's intake platform or email route accepts
- Evidence folder indexed to the source documents behind each figure
- Dated calendar of the fee notice, the 2027 Scope 3 phase-in and the assurance timeline
The process
- 1.
Lay out the applicability facts
A worksheet of revenue by entity, California sales and domicile, with the sources, handed to counsel to decide.
- 2.
Fix the report year and the boundary
Name the fiscal year section 96076(c) points to, the entities and sites inside it and the consolidation approach.
- 3.
Collect activity data
Fuel, refrigerant, electricity, steam and heat data from invoices, service logs and utility accounts, reconciled to ledger spend.
- 4.
Apply emission factors
Scope 1 and Scope 2 calculated with named, dated factors, location-based and market-based where contracts exist.
- 5.
Write the methodology note
Boundary, factors, GWP values, estimates and exclusions, plus the first-year relief option used and the records kept.
- 6.
Management approves and submits
Your team signs off the numbers and sends the package through CARB's intake platform or by email.
Software
Microsoft Excel, NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct
Pricing
Scoped per engagement once we know how many entities and sites sit inside the boundary and how much activity data already exists. It runs separately from the monthly tiers on the rate card, and the fee is confirmed in writing before any inventory work starts.
Finbryn is a brand of Northlane Solutions Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Reviewed October 2026