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There is little point in being a sustainable business in an unsustainable world. As a matter of urgency, we need ambitious climate clauses to transcend the mainstream and become our market norms. We must do this in a way that is equitable and well before our deadline. We need to embrace our agency as lawyers and be envoys of change in the commercial world. We must contract for a better future.
Matt Gingell, Founder, The Chancery Lane Project
TCLP’s unique approach to climate conscious contracting is harmonious with the business of law and commercial realities.
CEO, multinational law firm
TCLP’s climate clauses have helped us appreciate the broader impact our contracts can have in the transition to net zero.
Head of Legal, investment bank
What has already been achieved by TCLP is seriously impressive, and what is planned is even more so. It is exciting to be part of the transformation.
Partner, multinational law firm
We are finding sustainability in contracting to be attainable and effective, and we have found the work of TCLP to be a wonderful resource.
Senior Corporate Counsel, software company
Contracts cover almost all carbon emissions in the global economy. Adapting those contracts to ensure they mitigate climate risks and improve environmental performance is critical if we are going to achieve the Paris Agreement and keep the world a healthy, thriving place for humanity. The scale of the challenge is huge, but so is our capacity, as lawyers, to make a difference.
Becky Annison, Head of Supply Chains, The Chancery Lane Project
Case studies
A major commercial bank has used Zoë & Bea’s Clause to update its extensive suite of template supply contracts. It now requires suppliers to improve their sustainability score, with failure to improve allowing NatWest to terminate the contract.
A telecommunications company has put climate clauses (such as Frank’s, Dottie’s and Mary’s clauses) into supply chain processes and created low and high emitting supplier templates to accommodate SMEs.
A Portuguese law firm has used sustainability-linked lending requirements, adapted from Noah’s Clause to decarbonise equity finance agreements worth €150m.
An American software company has added binding commitments into its supply chain contracts to ensure that suppliers representing 60% of its scope 3 emissions will set science-based targets of their own by 2024.