Green Supply Agreement
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Green procurement clauses and a checklist to make a standard supplier agreement focus on emissions across a value chain.
Green procurement clauses and a checklist to make a standard supplier agreement focus on emissions across a value chain.
A clause containing mutual obligations to allow all parties to either perform their own obligations in a way that reduces their carbon footprint; and/or require other parties to do so.
Insert at purchase warranties for environmental performance and continuous improvement obligations. This will build in long term environmental improvements and transparency into supply agreements.
Create requirements within existing franchise agreements for TOCs to use a certain percentage of low emissions vehicles and to think of long-term sustainability solutions, beyond their own franchise.
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.
Clauses requiring that companies willing to contract with public bodies will have to offer volunteer opportunities on environmental projects to people who are unemployed.
Clauses that “back to back” or align a business’s net zero target with its supply chain and business partners, thus enabling the business to achieve its target or take control to achieve it.
Where climate change risk searches are unavailable, standard climate change statements should be added to a report on title to make buyers aware of the future risks that may affect the property.
A clause that incentivises building contractors to propose 'Green Modifications' to project works, which will benefit the Employer, the overall Project and the environment into the future.
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.