Climate Checklist for Prospectuses and Other Public Offering Documents

Helps issuers of debt securities tasked with drafting risk factors for prospectuses to assess the financial impacts of climate-related risks and provide climate-related risk factor disclosure.

A due diligence questionnaire which asks the target company to provide information regarding a wide range of climate change-related issues going far beyond the standard compliance-focused questions.

A clause for supply contracts incentivising climate change adaptation in product supply chains. 

A clause obliging stakeholders in renewable energy technology supply chains to lower their carbon emissions, minimise their environmental impact and safeguard against modern slavery.

A simplified and consolidated version of TCLP’s existing supply chain clauses which includes responsibilities for meeting decarbonisation targets and reporting together with cascading obligations and price adjustment mechanism.

A standardised green supplier schedule that helps purchasers to reduce Scope 3 emissions by incentivising their supply chain to adopt environmental targets.

The clause gives customers a right to switch supplier if their existing supplier is unable to match a ‘greener’ offer made by an alternative supplier.

A Target Product Carbon Footprint budget (which reduces over time) for each product manufactured and supplied pursuant to the contract.

A set of sustainable soil management obligations allowing businesses to manage their reliance on soil, its functions and related ecosystem services.

A clause (which is revenue neutral for the employer) requiring contractors and project delivery teams to use sustainable working practices on site in order to reduce the energy used in construction.

Sustainable and circular economy provisions for the repair, alteration, yielding up and decoration covenants in a lease, which encourage landlords and tenants to re-use goods and materials.

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.