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Dear Prime Minister: A planning and environmental wish list

After a summer of hustings, debates and garden party faux pas, a new Prime Minister is now finally in Number 10. Nicola Gooch and Claire Petricca-Riding provide a mini planning manifesto The country urgently needs to find local and reliable alternatives to imported gas and oil reserves. We do not have the luxury of time. Pinning all our …

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Climate change: Is it a legal issue?

Climate change regularly grabs the headlines, but are solicitors obliged to consider its impacts for property ownership as part of their advice to buyers and lenders? Julie Vaughan considers what sort of advice might a solicitor be expected to offer Some respected voices at the environmental law Bar now believe there is a decent prospect …

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Climate change: A guide for the built environment in the UK

Andrew Wallis considers the impact of climate change on UK real estate, addressing the risks and their effects, and how these are best dealt with The comfortable option that the industry is accustomed to – if we can insure the risk, our duty is done – is no longer sufficient. It needs to look beyond …

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Social responsibility: The mEsSaGe of our times – how employment advisers can help businesses achieve their ESG goals

With the COP26 summit about to begin, Charlie Urquhart, Jasper Dymoke and Nafeesa Hussain look at how employment advisers can help businesses meet their environmental, social and governance objectives Businesses need to take a holistic approach to reducing emissions and improving sustainability, and taking steps to encourage a greener workforce is a logical part of …

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