Louis' Law
Introduce a class of environmental crimes for which liability will pass through from overseas subsidiaries to parent companies registered, listed or active in the target jurisdiction.
Gert's Law
Amend the Finance Act 2016 / Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to offer enhanced tax relief to investors where a gain is made on disposal of shares in a company that has met its Net Zero Target.
Olivia's Law
A presumption in favour of the grant of planning permission where a developer can show [●]* about green infrastructure.
*To be defined as a measurable and/or quantifiable environmental figure.
Rhine's Law
Amend the Income Tax Act 2007 to provide that SEIS tax relief is only available to investors if the issuing company has set a qualifying Net Zero target.
Lucas' Law
Directors will be required to advance a (newly defined) purpose of the company, with a strengthened requirement for this to be the interests of members, all stakeholders, society and the environment.
Bill’s Law
Amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) to require by law that all new business leases include green lease clauses.
Mary's Law
An exemption to Data Protection rules in order to help fight climate change.
Benji's Law
Amend the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (AEV Act) to require destinations with large-scale parking facilities to provide a certain percentage of EV charging points.
Owen's Law
Creates a long-term government incentive to kickstart infrastructure scale investment in tree planting in a similar vein to the Solar Feed In Tariff.
Ben's Law
The challenge to become 'more green' should be considered in a similar way to becoming GDPR compliant or avoiding money laundering - part of the everyday functioning of any medium or large business.