The Carbon Close Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-carbon-close The Carbon Close is a weekly, under-ten-minute podcast from Parsepoint for sustainability leaders at multi-location companies. Each episode examines one failure between the utility bill and the reported number, then gives you one practical control to test before the next reporting cycle. No generic climate news. No broad software tour. © 2026 Parsepoint 8eab0642-1261-50ec-bc33-1a0afaded14a yes en Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:36:09 -0700 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:36:10 -0700 https://www.parsepoint.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/pnDtn5rfjQmImbAC1o5nSq2eTNEAImlDIgw91ehvcPs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NTEz/NmMzN2IzMGNlYzEy/MTU2MjMzMzFlMDc0/OTUyNC5wbmc.jpg The Carbon Close https://www.parsepoint.com episodic Parsepoint The Carbon Close is a weekly, under-ten-minute podcast from Parsepoint for sustainability leaders at multi-location companies. Each episode examines one failure between the utility bill and the reported number, then gives you one practical control to test before the next reporting cycle. No generic climate news. No broad software tour. The Carbon Close is a weekly, under-ten-minute podcast from Parsepoint for sustainability leaders at multi-location companies. sustainability reporting,utility data,Scope 2,carbon accounting,utility bills,GHG reporting James Nichols No No Your Scope 2 Inventory Is Only as Good as Its Utility Data 1 1 Your Scope 2 Inventory Is Only as Good as Its Utility Data full f6e773ed-6af2-46d7-a7c2-5eb0b643486c https://share.transistor.fm/s/b5848267 California's first SB 253 Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting deadline passed on August 10, 2026. The deadline was visible. The upstream utility-data controls were not.

This episode explains four controls to test before the next reporting cycle:

  • coverage against an expected-source register;
  • stable facility, account, meter, commodity, and period identity;
  • normalization that preserves raw source context;
  • a reviewable path from reported activity data back to source evidence.

Find the weak point in your workflow: take Parsepoint's eight-question Utility Workflow Gap Scorecard.

Chapters

  • 00:00 — Why a correct Scope 2 number can still rest on broken records
  • 00:48 — What changed
  • 01:36 — Where the reporting chain breaks
  • 02:44 — Four upstream controls
  • 05:11 — The operator check
  • 06:51 — One next step

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Narration and intro music are AI-generated from a Parsepoint-authored and source-reviewed script.

The Carbon Close is produced by Parsepoint. This episode is educational and is not legal, accounting, assurance, or compliance advice.

]]> California's first SB 253 Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting deadline passed on August 10, 2026. The deadline was visible. The upstream utility-data controls were not.

This episode explains four controls to test before the next reporting cycle:

  • coverage against an expected-source register;
  • stable facility, account, meter, commodity, and period identity;
  • normalization that preserves raw source context;
  • a reviewable path from reported activity data back to source evidence.

Find the weak point in your workflow: take Parsepoint's eight-question Utility Workflow Gap Scorecard.

Chapters

  • 00:00 — Why a correct Scope 2 number can still rest on broken records
  • 00:48 — What changed
  • 01:36 — Where the reporting chain breaks
  • 02:44 — Four upstream controls
  • 05:11 — The operator check
  • 06:51 — One next step

Sources

Narration and intro music are AI-generated from a Parsepoint-authored and source-reviewed script.

The Carbon Close is produced by Parsepoint. This episode is educational and is not legal, accounting, assurance, or compliance advice.

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