Recap: Our climate risk hackathon at London Climate Action Week 2025
During London Climate Action Week, The Chancery Lane Project hosted its first in-person hackathon in over five years. Lawyers from across sectors came together to tackle how climate risk impacts commercial legal work. From asset devaluation to contract clauses, participants explored how legal teams can lead on climate risk management.
Aligning private investment with environmental impact
Private markets are rapidly becoming essential to financing the global transition to a low-carbon economy. However, to ensure green investments lead to real environmental outcomes, contracts must play a more active role. This blog explores how Matteo’s Clause helps impact investors and companies embed enforceable climate and nature goals into private financing agreements.
Voices in law and climate: Diane Harris on career, climate contracts and green infrastructure
In this interview, Diane Harris, Partner at MDY Legal, shares her career journey, insights on climate-conscious contracting, and the role of green infrastructure in creating a sustainable future. Discover how businesses can tackle climate change with practical strategies.
The $105 trillion economy runs on contracts – it’s time to embed climate obligations
Contracts are a powerful tool for climate action. Our 2024 Impact Report shows how legal teams and businesses are embedding climate commitments into contracts, driving change across sectors and jurisdictions. From public procurement to corporate supply chains, climate-aligned clauses are turning ambition into action.
Using AI to track open source climate clause adoption
We often think of innovation as a space to create something new without constraints, that points us towards to a future of what’s possible and where we can go next. But innovation can also be used in a different direction; to help us make sense of the past so we can better understand what we’ve already done.
Can we actually measure emissions in contracts? Well… that’s complex
As businesses race to meet sustainability goals, emissions measurement is becoming a contractual necessity. Our research reveals key challenges—fragmented standards, weak enforcement, and misaligned expectations—while highlighting best practices for stronger, impact-driven contracts.
Five ways to unlock nature-positive action through contracts
Discover five key ways to drive nature-positive action through legal contracts. Learn how organisations can integrate nature considerations into governance, identify risks and opportunities, leverage existing processes and strengthen collaboration.
Artificial intelligence and energy usage: crisis or catalyst?
DeepSeek, a hedge fund-backed Chinese artificial intelligence company, seemed to emerge as an unlikely ally for environmental activists when they released their most recent large language model (LLM) in January 2025. The model promised GPT-level accuracy with fewer chips, less energy, and a smaller budget.
The role of contracts in tackling nature risk
Embedding sustainability into contracts helps organisations achieve climate goals. Can the same be said for nature goals? Last year we conducted exploratory research to look at the role of legal contracts in tackling nature risk and driving nature-positive action across industries.
Developing a climate contracting learning platform
Inspired by our recent research into the legal sector’s role in climate and nature action, we’re developing a climate contracting learning platform. In this blog, we share details of a new education and training course that we’ve built over the last five months in partnership with the Shoosmiths Foundation.
3 essential steps to prepare for CSRD and CS3D compliance
The CSRD and CS3D present both challenges and opportunities for businesses aiming to stay ahead in the sustainability race. This blog outlines three strategic actions you can take today to prepare for CSRD compliance and unlock new opportunities through the CS3D.
Why we created a climate transition plan guide
Our transition plan guide helps businesses turn climate commitments into enforceable, actionable outcomes that align with regulations like the EU’s CSDDD. By using contracts as tools for change, organisations can effectively implement transition plans and achieve global climate goals.
