Environment and Climate Change
Environmental concerns such as climate change are now influencing government policies, business priorities and consumer choices. For organisations with the right approach and advice these changes can represent an opportunity. For those not up to speed, they mean only added costs and business dislocation.
DLA Phillips Fox has proven skills in a whole range of environmental law issues from climate change and emissions trading to pollution and water management, skills that can be crucial in helping organisations manage these challenges.
We deliver:
- Expertise in environmental issues - our lawyers have advised extensively on environmental compliance, emissions reduction and trading, international environment policy, litigation and climate change.
- A global view – our exclusive alliance with DLA Piper means we can offer our clients access to the latest international legal thinking on issues including carbon funds, joint initiative activities, emissions trading schemes and international climate change policy.
We advise on:
- Climate change policy and how it may affect your business.
- Climate/carbon impacts to your business.
- The ability to generate and trade carbon credits.
- Liability for emissions charges in contracts.
- Liability for carbon impacts on infrastructure projects.
- Carbon neutrality aspirations, methodologies for achieving it and draft offset contracts.
- Corporate governance and environmental policy including supply chain, environmental audit and marketing (representation and reporting).
- Works approvals and licensing.
- Pollution offences.
- Water policy and management.
- Contaminated land and remediation.
- Defending prosecutions and responding to EPA investigations and enforcement notices (pollution abatement and clean-up notices).
- Conducting environmental due diligence and reviewing environmental management systems and incident response procedures.
- Contractual exposure and protection.
- Statutory environmental audits.
- Resource efficiency requirements.
A strategic approach
By working closely with your business we can help you take a strategic approach to the legal challenges arising from environmental issues and climate change, and identify opportunities for you to capitalise on the changing policy agenda while meeting your compliance obligations.