Indigenous/ Local Knowledge in Board Director Appointments
Jedda's Clause
Jedda’s Clause is a comprehensive toolkit for appointing Indigenous Peoples as a director of a company.
Climate clauses:
Commercial
Sustainable Soil Management Obligations
Soren's Clause
A set of sustainable soil management obligations allowing businesses to manage their reliance on soil, its functions and related ecosystem services.
Renewable Energy Requirements in Supply Contracts
Viola's Clause
A precedent clause for a supply agreement requiring the supplier/ contractor to procure energy from renewable sources.
Transparent Sourcing of Greener, Fairer Renewable Energy
Ayshe's Clause
A clause obliging stakeholders in renewable energy technology supply chains to lower their carbon emissions, minimise their environmental impact and safeguard against modern slavery.
Model Smart Mobility Data Sharing Clauses
Suki's Clause
Open-source data sharing agreement clauses, compliant with the general data protection regulation (GDPR), that can be used by cities to enable development of the sustainable mobility sector.
The Net Zero Standard for Suppliers
Matilda's Annex
A simplified and consolidated version of TCLP’s existing supply chain clauses, the ‘Net Zero Standard for Suppliers’ can be annexed to any supply agreement, across all sectors and industries.
Supply Chain Sustainable Land Use Clause and Questionnaire
Rowen's Clause
A Self-Assessment Questionnaire for supply chain contracts to make businesses aware of adverse environmental impacts relating to land use within their supply chain.
Reducing Supply Chain Food Waste
Runa's Clause
Clauses to redress the balance in the food chain by promoting fairness for the producer whilst supporting the customer to ensure produce is not wasted at any point throughout the supply chain.
Auditing Water Usage in Supply Chains
Lagatha's Clause
A clause aimed at reducing the use and wastage of water throughout a company's supply chain by requiring suppliers to provide audit results to the company.
Net Zero Within Company Whistleblowing Policies
Sasha's Clause
Guidelines to incorporate wider environmental protections into companies’ whistleblowing regimes in line with their adopted policies on net zero.
Subcontractor/ Supplier Self-Assessment Climate Questionnaire (Construction)
Robyn's Questionnaire
A questionnaire which identifies the climate change risk expectations of an organisation and asks subcontractors/ suppliers to self assess across these criteria.
Climate Change Due Diligence Questionnaire for Suppliers
Raphael’s Procurement DDQ
A due diligence questionnaire that asks potential suppliers to provide information regarding a wide range of climate change-related issues going beyond the standard questions.
Stakeholder Company Climate Questionnaire
Javier's Clause
A set of questions that explore the climate position and net zero ambition of an organisation, specifically companies.
Template Board Paper for Significant Contracts/ Transactions
Griff's Clause
Template drafting for board papers with detailed prompts for consideration of the climate impacts of a significant contract/ transaction and the associated climate risks to the business.
Climate Policy Footprint
Emilio's Checklist
A checklist that requests one off or repeated disclosure of a company’s climate-related lobbying, financing, sponsoring and climate leadership activities.
Net Zero Sponsor Activation Clause
Alexandros’ Clause
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.
Benchmarking of Project Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Izzy's Clause
A mechanism that benchmarks a contractor's carbon footprint against the market.
Greener and More Efficient HGVs in Road and Multimodal Transport Agreements
Caesar's Clause
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.
The ‘Green Supplier’ Contract – A Standardised Contractual Pricing Model
Luke's Clause
A standardised green supplier contract or clause that can assist organisations in incentivising their supply chain to adopt environmental targets that reduce their Scope 3 emissions.
‘Coolerplate’ Clauses (Climate Aligned Boilerplate)
Nico's Clause
‘Coolerplate’ generic clauses for every contract: embedding climate issues and net zero targets in the entire contract so that these flow into contract management and the commercial lifecycle.
Late Payment – Green Interest Remedies
Matthew's Clause
Creative interest rate remedies by which payments are made either to a “green” cause or an off-setter.
Employee Climate Engagement Provisions
Athena's Clause
A clause in employment contracts requiring the employer to provide, and the employee to participate in, a range of climate education and awareness-raising interventions.
Green Transaction Execution Protocols
Evan's Protocols
Green execution protocols which parties can adopt at the start of a transaction to minimise the carbon footprint of deal execution.
Green Film Production Credits
Lewi's Clause
A clause in production agreements obliging video/film production companies to disclose the carbon footprint generated by the production of the video/film in the credits.
Promotion of Sustainable Consumption and Travel in TV Production
Joni's Clause
Commissioning broadcasters and platforms contractually requiring production companies to promote sustainable product consumption and travel, both on-screen and during production.
Choice of Green Governing Law Clause
Leo & Molly's Clause
A climate-friendly governing law clause, requiring that the governing law is interpreted in a manner consistent with the objectives of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement.
Green Litigation and Arbitration Protocols
Emilia's Protocols
Two similar protocols (litigation and arbitration) with modules which parties can opt into at the start of a dispute to make it lower carbon and greener.
Carbon Footprint Reduction – Mutual Notification Right (Carbon Footprint Reduction Notice)
Zain's Clause
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.
Sustainability Clauses in Supply Chain Contracts
Austen's Clause
Using supply chain contracts to extend positive climate change measures adopted in one country to contracting parties in other countries that may have less of a legislative focus on climate.
Sustainable Connectivity in Rail Franchise Agreements
Sava's Clause
Requirements within franchise agreements for rail operators to use a certain percentage of low emissions vehicles and to think of long-term sustainability solutions, beyond their own franchise.
Supply Chain Emissions Scorecard
Maria's Scorecard
A pro forma scorecard to be incorporated into commercial agreements as a schedule, allowing supply chain sustainability to be viewed through the lens of risk to business continuity.
Reduction of CO2 from Single Use Plastic
Alice's Clause
This clause gives businesses a tool to require their suppliers to use fewer Single Use Plastics (SUP) in the provision of facilities services.
Circular Economy Product Design Obligation
Alex's Clause
Embeds ‘Repair, Reuse and Recycle’ concepts in procurement / supply agreements for the benefit of the client, end consumer and environment.
Climate Purposed NDA Terms (Confidentiality Agreement)
Kaia's Clause
Additional provisions for standard non-disclosure/ confidentiality agreements (NDAs) to ensure climate change and environmental issues are discussed at the outset of new commercial relationships.
Climate Contract Risk Sharing (ex Force Majeure)
Iris' Clause
Amendments and additions to standard Force Majeure agreements to ensure contracting parties work together to balance financial risks and avoid unintended adverse environmental and social issues.
Employer-Employee Environmental Obligations
Eric's Clause
Eric's Clause repurposes employee leave periods as opportunities to volunteer with environmental organisations by integrating climate-conscious employer-employee obligations into employment contracts.
Climate Purchase Agreement and Underwriting Sponsor Warranties
Dottie's Clause
Extension of director and major shareholder warranties and issuer/director undertakings in underwriting, sponsor and similar agreements in respect of environmental position and climate risk.
Environmental Business Charter
Chloe's Clause
The Environmental Business Charter – a “soft touch” introduction to how environmental concerns can be integrated into the corporate and legal services environment.
Green Supplier Agreement Terms
Zoë & Bea’s Clause
Green procurement clauses and a checklist to make a standard supplier agreement focus on emissions across a value chain.
Supplier Environmental Threshold Obligations
Teddy's Clause
Insert at purchase warranties for environmental performance and continuous improvement obligations. This will build in long term environmental improvements and transparency into supply agreements.
Net Zero Target Supply Chain Cascade Clauses
Owen's Clause
Clauses that “back to back” or align a business’ net zero target with its supply chain and business partners, thus enabling the business to achieve its target or take control to achieve it.
Green Termination Provision (Short Form)
Annie's Clause
A clause that allows a right of termination for a customer so that they can pivot to a greener supplier to meet their sustainability, climate or other environmental objectives.
Carbon Contract Clauses for Environmental Performance, and Associated Incentives and Remedies
Jessica's Clause
Include climate metrics for performance in all contracts. Provide a mechanism akin to liquidated damages for breaches with negative climate impacts, in the form of mandatory donations to non-profits.
Termination for Greener Supplier
Agatha's Clause
The clause gives customers a right to switch supplier if the existing supplier is unable to match a ‘greener’ offer made by an alternative supplier.