Climate Contract Playbook Edition 3
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[Chloe’s clause]
The Origin Story
Child’s name
Chloe’s clause
Full name
Environmental Business Charter
Practice Area / Sector
Commercial
Climate change is a complex and abstract issue, which makes it difficult to raise environmental concerns in the context of corporate law and their clients. The aim of the charter is to provide firms and individuals with the language and a starting point to raise and promote environmental best practice within the industry.
Issue
The Environmental Business Charter – a “soft touch” introduction to the way environmental concerns can be integrated into the City environment (similar to the highly successful Mindful Business Charter 36 ).
Solution
Many law firms are signed up to the Legal Sustainability Alliance 37 etc. but it can be difficult to put this into practice with clients, for example raising whether a flight to a meeting is necessary. The aim of this is to provide a tool to open these conversations with clients.
Context
The Charter will allow environmental issues and language to become mainstream in the City.
Impact
1. Law firms 2. Their clients
Stakeholders
The Charter will be developed between firms and clients to develop a set of best practice rules whereby deviations from best practice should be justified to encourage environmental thinking to be at the forefront of best business practice.
Application
36 https://mindfulbusinesscharter.com/. 37 https://legalsustainabilityalliance.com/.
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