Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose their carbon footprint

Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by mrguyorama on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:02PM (#37439384)

It will be assessed how it is defined by the legislation. This isn't a "gotcha" or whatever. Nearly every single measured value in human existence depends on agreed upon standards.

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Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by jldugger on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:09PM (#37439463)

And congress has the power to define weight and measures =)

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Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by photoGrant on Friday September 08, 2023 @06:02PM (#37439917)

Sure, but not specifically for the sake of enabling the count of a carbon footprint. There's tinfoil hats, and then there's paper hats with big crayons.

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Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by jldugger on Saturday September 09, 2023 @08:52PM (#37451853)

But isn't this clause how we got NIST? Who, among other things, regulates time itself?

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Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by everybodyknows on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:53PM (#37439854)

OP's question stipulated "reasonably".

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Re:Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose the... by dataflow on Friday September 08, 2023 @08:12PM (#37440895)

You misunderstood the question. It wasn't "how can anyone possibly figure out what is supposed to be measured" but rather more like "what if we measure the wrong thing".

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