Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues permeate every aspect of an organisation, providing opportunities to deliver positive change.

Done well, ESG initiatives can deliver growth. Non-adoption of ESG practices - or poor execution - will mean that organisations lose out.

At TLT we support clients across all sectors, addressing the challenges set by evolving regulatory requirements and changing expectations from investors, consumers and employees. We take a holistic approach to ESG, rather than giving isolated ESG advice – we see this as the ‘new normal’.

ESG is embedded at TLT. Our passion and commitment to sustainability comes from our deep roots in the future energy sector, where we’ve been at the forefront of the legal industry in driving meaningful change. As a responsible and future-focused business, we collaborate with others to deliver positive environmental, economic and social outcomes, thinking long-term and supporting our people in their work, development and wellbeing. We collaborate with clients on initiatives that go beyond legal advice, bringing our own experience to events, networks and change programmes.

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ESG in Action

Does your commercial property portfolio support your ESG goals?

Take the health check

With ESG scrutiny intensifying - from regulators, investors and tenants - your leases present a valuable opportunity to strengthen your property portfolio's sustainability credentials.

Our lease health check questionnaire is a quick, high-level tool designed to help you spot potential ESG opportunities in your commercial property portfolio.

Identify where your leases can support positive change. A quick check today could create ESG opportunities for tomorrow.

ESG lease health check webpage with an introduction about driving ESG impact through leases, emphasizing environmental impact and social value from improved energy efficiency and community spaces.

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ESG in the Boardroom

Explore our ESG toolkit

Built environment climate contracts tool

Find where you could use climate-aligned drafting on a freehold sale/purchase, the grant of a lease, or a development.

Developed with The Chancery Lane Project, our interactive tool suggests climate solutions from pre-planning, planning, funding and construction, through to sale, lease, occupation and reporting to clients, also taking in employment and supply chain/procurement considerations.

Fraud prevention health check

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 is a UK law introducing a wide variety of reforms to tackle economic crime and improve the transparency of UK corporate entities.

Large organisations have until 1 September 2025 to implement their fraud prevention procedures to be able to defend a charge of failure to prevent fraud.

Our health check questionnaire will review and then build your fraud prevention procedures.

AI Navigator maturity assessment

For professionals heavily involved in legal, data protection, AI governance, risk, or compliance, navigating this constantly changing environment isn't just important – it's business critical.

Our assessment will evaluate your organisation’s AI readiness from a best practice and legal perspective, and map your responses into one of four stages of AI maturity.