ESG Due Diligence Questionnaire for M&A and Capital Markets
Gordon's DDQA due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) that requires a company to provide information on its environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and related risk management.[Drafting note: capitalised terms relate...
Deliver a climate transition plan
Use contracts to implement your organisation's transition plan
Request climate information in due diligence questionnaires
Assess the climate performance of other organisations and how they will impact your transition plan
Measure, manage, reduce and report on emissions
Commit to understanding and communicating emissions, and developing a transition plan to reduce them
Introduce climate provisions to contract parties
Create the right conditions for using contracts to reduce emissions from the very beginning
Integrate climate obligations into contracts
Impose legally binding and enforceable obligations to help meet emissions-reduction targets
Get information on contract emissions
Gather data on emissions related to contracts to help measure, manage and report on them
Factor climate considerations into board decisions
Ensure the board makes decisions that support rather than undermine its transition plan
Climate Purposed NDA Terms (Confidentiality Agreement)
Kaia's ClauseProvisions for standard non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements (NDAs) to ensure climate change and environmental issues are discussed at the outset of new commercial relationships.[Drafting note: insert new clause...
Climate Recitals
Eddie's RecitalsRecitals that confirm the intentions of the parties to perform the contract in a way that reduces their organisational greenhouse gas emissions and the emissions associated with the...
Board Paper Implementing Net Zero for SMEs
Lila's ClauseA board paper for building net-zero objectives and targets into corporate strategy. It also provides for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of a company’s progress against its net-zero targets.Board...