Seller catalog disclosures
Entities marketing voluntary carbon offsets in California must disclose protocol, project type, registry ID, and verification status for every offset sold — a public, standing catalog, not a one-time notice.
The most rigorous AB 1305 disclosure pack a California-facing brand can put in front of counsel.
GreenClaimDesk assembles a documentation-complete AB 1305 disclosure pack — a drafted §44475.2 website disclosure, an evidence-mapped Claim Inventory, a field completeness checklist, and a counsel-flag memo — every claim traced to a source document and released by a named AB 1305 Disclosure Analyst before your annual refresh is due.
Every claim traced to a source document and pageApplicable §44475/.1/.2 fields checked by a deterministic validatorNamed AB 1305 Disclosure Analyst signs every releaseClaim-scope questions routed to your own counsel15-business-day pack SLA
Why disclosures fail
A missing disclosure page turns a marketing claim into a per-day penalty.
A "net zero by 2030" banner ships on the homepage, the ESG report drops for Earth Day, and nobody on the marketing team knows that California Health & Safety Code §§44475–44475.2 require a specific website disclosure the moment that claim goes live — no revenue threshold, no grace period, no exemption for a company that never intended to make a legal statement.
This is not a paperwork nuance. Section 44475.3 sets a civil penalty of up to $2,500 per day, capped at $500,000, and requires the disclosure to be refreshed every year the claim stays live. A delay bill meant to push the effective date back (AB 2331) failed, so enforcement is assumed to run from January 1, 2025 forward.
GreenClaimDesk closes that gap with one statute-mapped completeness standard applied identically to every claim, every brand, every year.
$2,500/day
civil penalty exposure per undisclosed claim, capped at $500,000 (§44475.3(a))
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of AB 1305 — section by section.
We do not summarize the statute and hope. Every pack is scored against a versioned field map tied to the exact text of California's Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act. These are the provisions each pack is held to.
Offset-backed claim disclosures
Any entity that purchases or uses offsets to support a public claim must disclose the specific project(s) backing that claim, at the project level, on its own website.
General climate-claim disclosures
Any entity making an unqualified net-zero, carbon-neutral, or significant-emissions-reduction claim — offsets or not — must disclose the basis for that claim. This is GreenClaimDesk's launch focus.
Penalty exposure
Civil penalties run up to $2,500 per violation per day, capped at $500,000 — enforceable by the California Attorney General, a city attorney, or a district attorney.
Annual update duty
A posted disclosure is not a one-time filing. It must be reviewed and refreshed at least once every year the underlying claim remains live.
Broader than SB 253/261
Unlike California's climate-reporting laws for large companies, AB 1305 sets no revenue floor — any entity making a covered claim to California consumers is in scope, regardless of size.
How a pack is built
Intake to analyst release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts every claim and evidence span with a page citation. A deterministic validator checks every applicable §44475/.1/.2 field. A named AB 1305 Disclosure Analyst signs every release; claim-scope and litigation-risk judgment never get drafted — they route to your own counsel. That order is never reversed.
01
Intake: marketing surfaces, offset records, GHG summary
Hand off the URLs, PDFs, ESG report, offset-purchase invoices (if any), and any SBTi or other target documentation. A Claim Inventory opens and every public climate claim is crawled and logged.
02
Classify every claim and map its evidence
The engine classifies each claim — net zero, carbon neutral, significant reduction, or product-level — and routes it to §44475, §44475.1, or §44475.2. Every supporting fact is pinned to a file, page, and line you supplied. A required field with no source becomes a named exception, never a guess.
03
Draft the disclosure pack
The §44475.2 disclosure draft, any §44475.1 project table, the evidence appendix, and the field completeness checklist assemble from validated claims only, each fact cited inline, watermarked DRAFT until the gate opens.
04
Deterministic completeness gate
A validator confirms every applicable statute field has a source, checks for numeric contradictions against your own GHG inventory, and classifies the pack green, yellow, or red. A red element blocks release.
05
Analyst release
A named AB 1305 Disclosure Analyst verifies extraction against the cited pages, resolves mismatches, and signs the release. Any claim with a disputed scope routes to a counsel-flag memo instead of shipping. No anonymous output ships.
06
Publish, flag, track the refresh
You receive CMS-ready HTML plus a counsel-flag memo listing anything that needs your own climate or marketing counsel, and a 12-month Annual Refresh Calendar. The full record — intake, drafts, release, delivery — is held in an append-only, hash-chained log.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
3 layers
§44475 / §44475.1 / §44475.2 routed correctly
Every claim classified and routed to the statute section it actually triggers, not a generic template.
100%
Analyst-released
A named AB 1305 Disclosure Analyst signs every pack; disputed claim scope routes to a counsel-flag memo instead.
15 days
Pack SLA
From complete intake to a released disclosure pack (pilot target).
Annual
Refresh tracked
Every pack ships with a 12-month Annual Refresh Calendar and a 5-year evidence retention policy.
Why GreenClaimDesk
A completeness desk, not a template.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every applicable §44475/.1/.2 field rendered as a checked row with a source citation. A template fills a paragraph; it never checks that a claim's basis actually reconciles to your own GHG numbers.
Deterministic, not vibes
A validator checks every required element and every numeric reconciliation before the gate opens. A required field with no source returns MISSING, never an estimate.
In its lane, on purpose
GreenClaimDesk provides administrative drafting support only. It is not a law firm, offers no legal advice, issues no GHG verification assurance, and never decides whether a disputed claim is defensible — that determination goes to your own climate or marketing counsel on a flag memo.
Engagement
Fixed price per pack, per diagnostic, per refresh. Never hourly, never contingent on avoided penalties.
Menu pricing aligned with a completeness standard — not your outside counsel's hourly rate for claim extraction.
- A free Claim Exposure Memo — send one live claim page and we return a scored §44475.2 gap read within 2 business days.
- Claims Coverage Diagnostic: $2,500–$5,000 — full inventory of every public claim across your marketing surfaces, mapped to the statute section it triggers.
- Initial §44475.2 Disclosure Pack: $6,000–$18,000, by number of claims and brands.
- Annual Refresh: $3,500–$9,000 per cycle.
- §44475.1 Offset Project Table Add-on: $2,000–$6,000 when a claim is offset-backed.
- §44475 Seller Catalog Pack: $8,000–$25,000 for entities marketing voluntary carbon offsets.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Do you sign our disclosure or post it to our website?
No. A named AB 1305 Disclosure Analyst signs the release of the draft pack — that is the only signature we add. Your Compliance Owner reviews and posts the disclosure to your own website, and every counsel-flag item goes to your own climate or marketing counsel. GreenClaimDesk provides administrative drafting support only.
Are you letting an LLM decide what counts as a "claim"?
Extraction and classification are AI-assisted and every claim carries a page citation; a required field with no source returns MISSING, never an estimate. A deterministic validator checks every applicable §44475/.1/.2 field, and a named human Disclosure Analyst signs every release. Disputed claim scope routes to your own counsel, never resolved by AI.
What makes a pack "complete"?
Every applicable §44475/.1/.2 field has a traced source, the claim's basis reconciles against your own GHG figures where relevant, every checklist row shows green/yellow/red with an owner, and a named analyst has signed the release. A red element blocks release.
Isn't this our own counsel's job?
Counsel is the wrong hourly rate for claim extraction and evidence chase, and most would rather not do it. We do the administrative production; anything that is a legal conclusion — disputed claim scope, litigation-risk judgment — routes to your own counsel on a flag memo, by design.
How are you priced?
A fixed price per diagnostic, per pack, and per annual refresh. Never hourly as primary billing, and never a contingency on avoided penalties.
Is this the same as SB 253/261 climate reporting?
No. SB 253/261 are CARB emissions and climate-risk filings gated by company revenue. AB 1305 is a website disclosure duty tied to making a public climate claim, with no revenue threshold. GreenClaimDesk covers AB 1305 only — we will tell you plainly if what you're describing is actually an SB 253/261 question for a different specialist.
Every claim disclosed before the next refresh is due.
Start a pack, or send one live claim page for a free Claim Exposure Memo — a scored §44475.2 gap read and a recommended pack scope within 2 business days.
Administrative drafting-support service · not a law firm · not legal, tax, or GHG-verification advice · consumer/personal debt is out of scope and never accepted · your Compliance Owner approves and posts every disclosure.
[PLACEHOLDER] First-cohort disclosure-pack completeness rate — published once real pilot brands complete a full AB 1305 disclosure cycle. No figure is shown before it is measured.
[PLACEHOLDER] First brand compliance-owner reference — added only with a named pilot brand's written permission. GreenClaimDesk never invents a testimonial or a client name.
[PLACEHOLDER] Total disclosure packs completed to date — a live, auditable count once real packs have shipped, never estimated.