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ESG is a fast-moving area of law and each business has its own targets and levels of comfort around sustainability. As we advise businesses across all stages of the real estate lifecycle, from planning and construction to letting and financing, our goal is to enable positive change and ensure our clients’ legal documents reflect their unique sustainability objectives.
Maples Teesdale is B Corp certified. This means we meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability, and are part of a global community of businesses working towards a more inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy.
We are proud to appear in the Legal 500 Green Guide and are a signatory of the British Property Federation’s BPF Net Zero Pledge. We also advised on the UK Green Building Council’s “Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap” for the built environment and have particular expertise with green leases.
We offer legal support with:
Green leases
- Negotiating green leases and reviewing precedent leases on behalf of our clients, ensuring they are fit for purpose both now and into the future.
- Drafting lease clauses that reflect each client’s ESG appetite and preparing heads of terms with enhanced ESG credentials, ensuring minimal negotiation times.
- Advice on the adoption of green clauses in lease renewals.
- Tracking green lease clauses and reporting on adoption rates for auditing purposes.
- Advice on the implications of MEES for portfolios.
Planning matters
- Affordable workspace
- Biodiversity net gain
- Carbon neutrality
- Community engagement
- Demonstrating changing occupier travel habits
- Diversity issues
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Habitat Regulations Assessments
- Monitoring and reporting on energy efficiency
- Nitrate and phosphate impacts
- Provision of affordable housing / student accommodation
- Statements of Community Involvement
- Sustainable locations
- Training initiatives
- Water efficiency
ESG-focused legal services
- Advice on impact investing.
- Advice on PV installation and the installation of EV charging points.
- Advice on the legal implications of refurbishments versus new builds.
- Advice on the use of innovative, sustainable building materials and related insurance issues.
- Advice on the creation and use of carbon calculators, benchmarks and KPIs and penalising or rewarding contractors based on performance.
- Client training sessions and webinars on sustainability, featuring dedicated ESG professionals.
- Knowledge sharing with other legal firms on legal panels.