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Environmental Impact

The imperative for climate change has led businesses to explore opportunities, address their impact on the environment and monitor relevant regulation. CMS is working with businesses across all sectors to deliver environment law advice on transactional, contentious and regulatory matters.

For over 25 years, we have led in a wide variety of transactional work where environment issues are dominant, including the cutting-edge development of contractual language.

Environment regulation is a huge element of the ESG mix. Issues are wide ranging and typical ESG environmental law considerations are outlined in the diagram below:

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George Metcalfe
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George Metcalfe
UNITED KINGDOM, LONDON
DECARBONISATION AND CLIMATE RISK
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Nicola Power
UNITED KINGDOM, SHEFFIELD
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  • Energy efficiency

    Various private equity funds, banks, manufacturing and real estate companies, such as Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Ametek, and John Laing Infrastructure Fund, on energy efficiency, carbon and reporting obligations across the EU.

  • Clean energy

    Numerous clean energy projects, including biomass, anaerobic digestion, EfW, landfill gas, energy storage, marine, wind and solar.

  • Special Protection Areas

    Orkney Council on Scottish Government proposals to designate large areas of Orkney waters as Special Protection Areas.

  • Best Available Techniques (BAT)

    Day Group on the reversal of a rare environmental permit refusal (based on BAT) for an IBA facility.

  • Non-financial and GHG reporting

    International manufacturing with installations across the EU and elsewhere, on GHG and non-financial reporting obligations at EU and UK levels.

  • Climate related disclosures

    Advising a major international retailer on climate and carbon related laws including mandatory climate related disclosures and formal corporate reporting/ regulatory notifications in ESG in the UK, France, Iceland, Spain and Sweden.

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    "I was impressed with the way they put together a team with a variety of expertise and experience in the room and it came across seamlessly. There are not many firms that can deal with environmental issues in such a complete way and I was highly satisfied and appreciative of the result achieved."
    Legal 500, 2022
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    "Commercial. High-quality advice given efficiently and on time. Rather than simply saying what the law says, they explain what it means and will advise on strategy. This is rare for lawyers."
    Legal 500, 2022

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Past event · 14 Nov 2024
ESG Focus Scotland: Challenges and Opportunities Panel Event
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Key takeaways from Energy Day at COP28
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News · 07 Dec 2022
CMS UK signs up to the BPF Net Zero Pledge
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Publication · 13 Sept 2022
A Look at the Engine for ESG: Finance
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Publication · 12 May 2022
Plastics and packaging: more change ahead
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Publication · 01 Mar 2022
It’s time we got on the right track with self-driving’ cars
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Publication · 08 Dec 2021
Aviation - clearer skies ahead?
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