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SB 253 · August 2027 deadline

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We score your brand across 6 dimensions, benchmark 2–3 direct competitors, and map every Scope 3 gap standing between you and your buyer's compliance requirement. You get a clean page you can show any retailer.

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YKO Score + SB 253 Gap Report
Your brand scored on all 6 dimensions
2–3 competitors benchmarked
Scope 3 category gap map
A buyer-ready brand page, live on yko.earth
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Updated March 2026

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SB 253
SB 253 in plain English — what it means for your brand
California's new emissions disclosure law covers any company with $1B+ in revenue. But buyer cascades mean your small brand may face the same questions 18 months before the deadline.
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Scoring
How YKO scores a brand — the 6 dimensions explained
Certifications, supply chain, carbon, packaging, narrative integrity, and circularity. Each dimension has a source requirement. See how a real brand maps across all six.
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Scope 3
Scope 3 for small producers — what Costco's deadline means downstream
Scope 3 is your supply chain footprint. Even if you're below the $1B threshold, suppliers to large retailers are already getting buyer questionnaires asking for it.
Understand the cascade
Certifications
Which certifications actually move the needle — and which don't
USDA Organic is baseline noise. B Corp still carries weight. Regenerative Organic Certified is the rising standard. Here's what YKO sees in the scoring data.
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Narrative
Building a sustainability narrative that holds up under scrutiny
The difference between a marketing claim and a sourced claim is documentation. What third-party verification actually looks like, and what buyers ask when a claim is challenged.
Guide coming soon
Practices
Regenerative vs. organic — what the difference means for your score
Regenerative agriculture practices score significantly higher in YKO's supply chain and carbon dimensions. How to document the practices you already have in a way third parties can assess.
Guide coming soon
You already have the practices. YKO gives you the score that proves it to buyers.
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What is YKO

The transparency layer the climate economy has been missing

YKO scores brands across six dimensions — certifications, supply chain, carbon, packaging, narrative integrity, and circularity — and surfaces what the claims don't cover. Every score has a source.

Consumer scans from GreenSpecs generate real-world shelf signal. Brand dashboards turn that signal into intelligence. The same dataset that helps a shopper at Whole Foods tells a Costco buyer which vendors are SB 253-ready.

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Competitive positioning across beverages, dairy, apparel, food, and wine with source citations for every data point.
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Climate organizations indexed
The most comprehensive directory of climate action anywhere. Rescued from environment.wiki.
2027
SB 253 Scope 3 deadline
Costco suppliers must report supply chain emissions by August 2027. YKO maps the coverage gap.
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Most brands don't need a subscription yet. They need to know where they stand, what their gaps are, and have something credible to show a retailer. That's what this is.

What you get
YKO Score + SB 253 Gap Report
Your brand scored across all 6 YKO dimensions — certifications, supply chain, carbon, packaging, narrative integrity, circularity
2–3 direct competitors scored for context, so you see exactly where you lead and where you're behind
Every Scope 3 category mapped: what you're disclosing, what's missing, what your retailer will estimate if you don't provide it
A live brand page on yko.earth — a URL you can send to any buyer as primary-source documentation of your sustainability position
Delivered in 5 business days. Requires a 30-minute intake call and access to your procurement records.
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Ongoing monitoring from $299/mo — keeps your score current, adds scan data, and updates your gaps as regulations evolve.
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