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Steps towards building a sustainable future: The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
October 2024Late September 2024 saw the launch of the Pilot Version of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (the “Standard”)[1]. This initiative marks a significant milestone in a collective cross-industry effort to agree a UK built environment industry wide net zero standard, and to facilitate parties in taking positive and demonstrable steps in reducing the… Read More >
Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard launches call for evidence
November 2022November 2022 A cross-industry team with representatives from leading organisations BBP, BRE, the Carbon Trust, CIBSE, IStructE, LETI, RIBA, RICS and UKGBC is currently developing the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (the “Standard”). Before finalising the Standard, the team has launched a call for evidence to help inform and guide its development, by asking… Read More >
UK Government to drop Net Zero Strategy appeal
October 2022In July 2022, the High Court ruled that the UK government’s Net Zero Strategy (“NZS”) breached its obligations under the Climate Change Act 2008 (“CCA”). This case saw environmental groups, ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth UK, the Good Law Project (a non-profit organisation) and the environmental campaigner, Jo Wheatley successfully argue that the government’s… Read More >
What next for the Government’s Net Zero Strategy?
July 2022Early last week, as the UK faced its hottest ever day on record, the High Court handed down an historic judgment in the case of (1) Friends of the Earth Limited (ii) ClientEarth (iii) Good Law Project and Joanna Wheatley v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWHC 1831 (Admin), ruling… Read More >
Legal action against Shell urges businesses to make haste in move to Net Zero
March 2022A year on from Shell losing its landmark climate case in the Dutch courts (which we have previously discussed here), Shell is once again facing climate change related legal action, this time in the English courts. ClientEarth has taken legal action against Shell’s 13 directors, holding them liable for failing to implement a sufficient strategy… Read More >
Climate Change Litigation: Friends of the Earth and Net Zero
March 2022On 2 March 2022, the High Court granted permission to Friends of the Earth UK (FoE), a grassroots environmental campaign organisation, to apply for judicial review of the UK Government’s Net Zero and Heat and Buildings strategies, which were issued in October 2021. The Net Zero Strategy (NZS) sets out how the Government intends to… Read More >
The Chancery Lane Project – Further insurance climate clauses published to help sector transition to net zero
November 2021As a firm we are proud to be part of the TCLP community which is a pro bono initiative that brings legal professionals together to collaborate and rewrite contracts to support communities and businesses in fighting the climate crisis and achieving net zero carbon emissions. To coincide with COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference,… Read More >
CONTRACTING FOR NET ZERO
October 2021Both purchasers and suppliers of construction services have an important role to play in achieving net zero objectives. As part of our “Beyond Net Zero” series in the run up to COP26, this article explores the opportunities and challenges for employers and contractors of incorporating provisions designed to promote net zero objectives into construction contracts.… Read More >
The Race to Net Zero; how construction is modernising their materials and construction methods ahead of 2050
September 2021With the race to 2050’s net zero target firmly upon us and the countdown to COP26 in November 2021, pressure is growing on the construction industry to arrive at ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Ultimately this may lead to the urgent revision of building materials and methods of construction and we examine some recent… Read More >
Introduction to Beale & Co’s Beyond Net Zero Series
August 2021In November 2021, Glasgow will host the 26th meeting of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties, better known as “COP26”. Following the publication of the first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report on the 9th August 2021 in what is undoubtedly the biggest challenge facing our generation,… Read More >