Clauses

Amendments to standard land promotion agreements and precedents aimed at balancing climate change and environmental issues against maximising financial returns for the landowner and promoter.

A template shareholder resolution that sets out obligations relating to a company's climate change commitments. 

A clause focusing on activation of sponsor rights relating to net zero to incentivise change, including a ‘reverse win bonus’ for the Sponsor if they hit their net zero target sooner.

A questionnaire for a third party to put to a company or other organisation to find out more about its taking decarbonisation or net-zero transition plan.

A questionnaire which identifies the climate change risk expectations of an organisation and asks subcontractors/ suppliers to self assess across these criteria.

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

A mechanism that benchmarks a contractor's carbon footprint against the market. 

Model climate terms and conditions that an impact investor financing private sector infrastructure in developing countries can incorporate into its standard documents. 

A newer clause is available: please view Climate and Nature Impact Investing Terms (Matteo's Clause)

Green loan clauses that are aligned to the Green Loan Principles (as defined below) by reference to Loan Market Association (LMA) style drafting.

A clause requiring contracting carriers to use energy efficient vehicles for any road carriage under a transport agreement, or otherwise specify that a percentage of road journeys will use green HGVs.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments by an intellectual property rights (IPR) holder to make available certain IPR for the research and development of third party commercial solutions to minimise climate change.

A template clause for inclusion in investment documents to financially incentivise management teams to meet targets which are linked to climate change and environmental issues.