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Climate Contract Playbook Edition 3

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Where possible, parties shall use recycled paper for internal bundles.

Hearing bundles 5.

Parties will use soft copy hearing bundles for interim or procedural hearings, where practicable, and limit the number of hard copies to that required by a relevant court or tribunal order, procedural rule, practice direction or court guide. 6. Where hard copies are required or are unavoidable, parties should print in accordance with a relevant court or tribunal order, procedural rule, practice direction or court guide, where practicable printing double sided and/or in A5 format. 7. Once no longer needed, hard copy bundles should be recycled in a secure and confidential manner. 8. Where delivery of hard copy bundles is required or is unavoidable, where possible and as agreed by the parties, these should be sent by non-motorised transport (e.g. cycle courier) or sent in electronic format to a local print agency who can deliver to the intended recipient.

Module 3 Witness Statements & Expert Reports

Preparation of documents for witnesses and experts 1 Parties agree that documents should be provided to witnesses and experts in electronic form only if possible. 2 Where documents are provided in an electronic bundle, they should, where possible, be made available in a format which can be electronically highlighted and annotated. Meetings with witnesses and experts 3 Parties agree to consider conducting witness proofing remotely, where it is not possible to meet in person, in an environmentally conscious manner. 4 Meetings with experts, and between experts, should be held remotely where practicable. Where not practicable, meetings should be arranged in an environmentally conscious manner. 5 Expert joint meetings should be held remotely, where it is not possible to meet in person, in an environmentally conscious manner. 6 Parties agree to provide an easily accessible electronic bundle of documents for any experts or witnesses. Where the bundle for a particular meeting is made available in a single document, the party preparing the bundle should endeavour to bookmark/tab the bundle to allow the user to navigate it easily and minimise the temptation to print documents. Travel and accommodation 7 In exceptional cases where travelling is necessary, parties will endeavour to travel in as environmentally-friendly a manner as possible (for example, using hybrid or electric vehicles where possible) and use their best endeavours to offset any carbon emissions associated with air travel.

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