Climate Change Due Diligence Questionnaire
Drew's DDQ
Drew's DDQ is for buyers to assess a target’s net zero transition readiness, resilience and ability to adapt to future climate risks.
Climate clauses:
Universal
Climate Solutions IPR Licence
Vincent & George's Licence
The climate solutions IPR licence could be adopted by organisations who wish to take a more open approach to using IPR to contribute towards the generation and deployment of climate solutions.
Net Zero Sponsor Activation Clauses
Suse's Clause
This clause creates a net zero corporate outcome from a sponsorship agreement using the influence of the sponsored individual or organisation to have a positive impact on climate change.
ESG Clauses for Rules of Procedure for Managing Directors of a German Limited Liability Company (GmbH)
Lily's Clauses
Clauses that set out ESG obligations for the management of private limited liability companies. These clauses are drafted to be flexible for parties to tailor to their requirements.
Model Smart Mobility Data Sharing Clauses
Olga's Clause
These open-source data sharing agreement clauses can be used by cities across the EU within their standard form data sharing agreements to enable the development of the sustainable mobility sector.
Climate Lobbying and Responsible Investments: Policy Requirements
Jack Hiraya’s Clause
Obligations that can be included in any corporate investment, finance, insurance or supply agreement, requiring counterparties to demonstrate responsible climate policy engagement and leadership.
Allocating Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions for Leased Assets
Sarah's Clause
Sarah’s Clause allocates responsibility for measuring and reporting the scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions of leased assets between the Lessor and Lessee.
Electronic Board Meetings
Devika & Kavi’s Clause
Devika & Kavi's Clause requires company directors to endeavour to hold meetings electronically in order to minimise travel and the need for printed documents.
Electronic Notices
Arthur & Charlie's Clause
Arthur & Charlie’s Clause ensures that any notice provided under the agreement must be delivered in a manner that minimises travel and the use of paper. It can be used in any commercial agreement.
Termination for Greener Supplier
Katie & Ben's Clause
Katie & Ben's Clause gives customers a right to switch suppliers if the existing supplier is unable to match a ‘greener’ offer from an alternative supplier.
Emissions Notification Obligation
Dharana & Keshan’s Clause
Dharana & Keshan's Clause requires parties to measure their emissions and report on them in line with the climate reporting framework in Aotearoa New Zealand's Financial Reporting Act 2013.
Green Dispute Resolution
Liam & Isobel's Clause
Liam & Isobel's Clause provides certainty that any dispute must be handled in a manner that minimises travel and reduces the use of paper. It can be used in any commercial agreement.
Ambitious Carbon Neutral Clause
Marguerite & Annabelle’s Clause
Marguerite & Annabelle’s Clause obliges a company to operate consistently with an emissions reduction target and its shareholders to engage in climate change mitigation or relinquish their benefits.
Electronic Signatures
Alysha & Daniel’s Clause
Alysha & Daniel's Clause requires parties to sign documents electronically, to avoid the need to print copies. It can be used in any commercial agreement.
Further Assurances
Dominic & Bria's Clause
Dominic & Bria's Clause requires the parties to consider the emissions associated with the performance of the agreement. It can be used in any commercial agreement.
Carbon Neutral Agreement Clause
Mackenzie & Maggie’s Clause
Mackenzie & Maggie’s Clause places a 'light green' obligation on shareholders to work towards operating the company in a carbon neutral manner.
Sustainability Reporting Clause for the Constitution of a Private Limited Company
Éanna’s Clause
Éanna’s Clause is a set of draft clauses for a private limited company’s constitution. It ensures that sustainability performance is being regularly reported on, evaluated, and discussed by the board.
Climate-Linked Contractual Discretions
Lewin & Darwin’s Clause
Climate-linked contractual discretions creating scope for parties to encourage good environmental practice.
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.
SME’s Net Zero Objectives
David's Clause
A 'plug and play' clause for use by SMEs in a variety of contracts. Imposes mutual obligations on the parties to take steps towards net zero, with payment of a climate remediation fee for breach.
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.
Green Shareholders’ Agreement (Short Form for SMEs)
Ava's Clause
Amendments to a standard early stage shareholders’ agreement for SMEs that enable investors to hold an SME to account on climate change issues and align all parties’ interests with achieving net zero.
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.
Green Company Articles
Ragnar's Clause
An underlying framework of green obligations, which target a company’s decision making, internal investments and reporting in addressing material environmental issues for the company.
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.
Paris Aligned Company Articles
Pasfield's Clause
A net zero focused variation of Arlo’s Clause (ESG Aligned Company Articles) to include in a company’s articles of association, drafted by reference to TCLP’s net zero resources.
Entire Business Net Zero Objectives
Sebastian's Clause
A menu of climate aligned practical steps organisations can require their counterparties to take to transition to net zero.
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.
Shareholder Resolutions Relating to a Company’s Climate Change Commitments
Elsie's Resolutions
A template shareholder resolution that sets out obligations relating to a company's climate change commitments.
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.
Board Paper Implementing Net Zero for SMEs
Lila's Clause
A board paper for building net zero objectives and targets into corporate strategy and for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of a company’s progress against its net zero targets.
Climate Recitals
Eddie's Recitals
Recitals that frame a contract and the intentions of the parties in terms that are aligned with achieving net zero or net negative emissions and Paris Agreement goals.
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.
Climate Solutions IPR Licence
Benjamin's Licence
ESG commitments by an intellectual property rights (IPR) holder to make available certain IPR for the research and development of third party commercial solutions to minimise climate change.
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.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Based Performance Conditions for Employee Incentive Awards
Scarlett's Performance Conditions
Sample performance conditions that provide for part of a share-based incentive award to vest dependent upon the meeting of ESG targets (specifically climate targets).
Net Zero Completion Adjustment Clause
Felix's Clause
A net zero/ carbon budget adjustment clause included as part of a completion accounts mechanism to provide “Carbon Certainty”.
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.
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.
Capital Markets ESG Due Diligence Questionnaire
Gordon's DDQ
A capital markets focused due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) requiring the company to provide information regarding its impact on and considerations of climate change issues for the present and future.