UK non-profit climate-focused law group The Chancery Lane Project has launched an AI and digital toolkit to help lawyers draft and assess climate-aligned contractual agreements.
The new digital platform, TCLP Labs, offers a suite of instruments for lawyers that are designed to promote positive climate outcomes in legal contracts and ensure such considerations are not overlooked.
These tools include the Science Based Targets Initiative tracker to monitor whether or not firms have kept their promises on climate-based targets, alongside the climate-aligned contract skill for Claude, which can help lawyers draft more climate-friendly contracts by flagging clauses that contradict climate or sustainability targets.
The platform can also review contracts for climate-friendly wording, such as stipulations that confirm commitments to reduce carbon emissions. These are benchmarked against the Global Reporting Initiative, a well-established sustainability reporting system.
TCLP Labs is being funded by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation charity, which helps support organisations that seek to use AI for positive social impact. It has also been developed in a partnership with digital transformation business Unboxed.
Felix Cohen, the director of digital at TCLP, said that the goal is to make climate-positive outcomes the default in every contract and “not the exception”.
He added: “TCLP Labs combines our deep editorial expertise with AI and digital tools to give professionals actionable guidance that fits directly into the contracts they negotiate every day. It’s about turning knowledge into real-world impact, helping teams embed climate ambition while maintaining legal rigour and traceability.”
Vilas Dhar, president of The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, said: “To meet our climate crisis with urgency, we have to embed climate action into the systems that govern how business gets done, and few systems are more consequential than contracts. TCLP Labs puts AI-powered tools into the hands of legal professionals to make climate-aligned contracting standard practice at scale.”
The Chancery Lane Project was founded in 2019 by Matthew Gingell to help tackle climate change through better legal contracting. Gingell is currently general counsel of investment firm Oxygen House, which focuses on renewable energy and sustainable property development financing.
He also co-founded Keeling Culture in 2023, an organisation that brings together HR professionals across sectors to promote sustainability, and for the past seven years, Gingell has been the director of sustainability of Devon-based Grenadier Estates, a sustainable projects real estate firm.
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