Clauses
Climate-aligned clauses you can use in commercial contracts and legal documents
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A set of sustainable soil management obligations allowing businesses to manage their reliance on soil, its functions and related ecosystem services.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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A clause for supply contracts incentivising climate change adaptation in product supply chains.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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Model clauses, as a set of optional riders divided into product categories and ESG goals, to incorporate SLPs into traditional financing documents, standard T&Cs and finance products.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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Obligations that can be included in any corporate investment, finance, insurance or supply agreement, requiring counterparties to demonstrate responsible climate policy engagement and leadership.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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Clauses encouraging parties to arbitration to create all documents in electronic form and conduct all hearings remotely/virtually, where possible.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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Two similar protocols (litigation and arbitration) with modules which parties can opt into at the start of a dispute to make it lower carbon and greener.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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A contractual obligation between the parties stating that, in the event of a dispute, parties agree to settle it in a ‘green’ manner.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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Amendments to standard non-leveraged investment documents to focus the founders and investee company on climate change and environmental issues with their products, services, and operations.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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A clause designed to increase communication between insurers and insureds, put the topic of climate change on the agenda and promote sustainable practices in line with a net zero future.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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This clause sets assessment criteria for sustainable practices in construction works task orders to drive improvement in environmental and sustainability performance during the contract term.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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This clause adds wording to construction works tasks orders explicitly addressing climate change-related temperature increase and deconstruction for reuse in their appraisal and design.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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A net zero/ carbon budget adjustment clause included as part of a completion accounts mechanism to provide “Carbon Certainty”.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
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