Worked examples
Each worked sample is a complete SB 261 climate-related financial risk report — all four TCFD pillars plus the measures adopted to reduce and adapt — anchored on the statute (Health and Safety Code section 38533) and built around asset-level physical-risk analysis.
Manufacturing →
Halloran Pacific Industries · diversified California manufacturer (fictional)
A fictional US manufacturer with five California sites (about $420 million of property, plant, and equipment). Structured on the four TCFD pillars, it walks each site hazard by hazard, rates physical risk by scenario and time horizon to 2050, and shows the financial side of flood exposure in concrete terms.
- Five California sites assessed across twelve physical hazards, two scenarios, three time horizons
- Roughly $37.8 million of single-event flood loss at the 2050 higher-emissions horizon across three flood-exposed sites
- Flood-only dollar estimates; heat, wildfire, drought, and water stress reported as exposure, with limits stated openly
Retail →
Tilden Outdoor & Home · national specialty retailer (fictional)
A fictional US retailer with 21 California sites (18 stores, two distribution centers, and one office). A portfolio rollup locates and sizes physical risk store by store across the network, rates each site by scenario and time horizon to 2050, and shows the financial side of flood exposure at the distribution centers in concrete terms.
- 21 California sites assessed across twelve physical hazards, two scenarios, three time horizons
- Roughly $62.9 million of single-event flood loss at the two distribution centers at the 2050 higher-emissions horizon, with inventory loss the larger share
- Flood-only dollar estimates; heat, wildfire, drought, and water stress reported as exposure, with limits stated openly
Reference shelf
The canonical statutory source for every worked example.
Related reading
- SB 261 and SB 253: California’s Climate Disclosure Law — requirements, deadlines, status, and the Ninth Circuit context
- TCFD Framework and Recommendations — the four-pillar framework SB 261 reports on
- IFRS S2 Disclosure Examples by Sector — the standard SB 261 accepts as an equivalent reporting pathway
- AASB S2 Disclosure Examples and Standard Text — a sister IFRS S2-derived climate disclosure regime
