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Net zero commitments: the need for careful planning, implementation and monitoring

In this article, Sarah Ellington and Philippa Beasley examine some of the main criticisms of net zero claims made in recent reports by advocacy organisations.

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EU Criteria Will Help Aviation Finance Sustainability Push

In an article for Law360, Counsel Richard Williams discusses sustainability linked finance in aircraft finance and the impact it may have on lessors and financiers reaching net zero sooner.

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WFW advises ADB on US$135m green financing package for VinFast

Watson Farley & Williams has advised the Asian Development Bank as lender on a US$135m financing package for VinFast Trading and Production Limited Liability Company to finance a project encompassing creating a fleet of fully electric buses for public transport, an electric vehicle charging network and other electric mobility expansion capex in Vietnam.

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WFW advises Vattenfall on HVDC grid connection infrastructure delivery

Watson Farley & Williams has advised long-standing client Vattenfall on its signing of a contract with Siemens and Aker Solutions to deliver grid connection infrastructure for the Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm off the east coast of the UK.

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Greening Supply Chain Construction Contracts

Supply chains are only as strong as the weakest link: Collaborative working is the only way to achieve net zero within the construction industry.

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Where are we with Net Zero? A look into decarbonising the construction sector

A review of the recent judgment of R v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the impact on the UK Government’s Net Zero Strategy and where that leaves the construction industry.

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The future of a hydrogen project

Green hydrogen will be a key part of the world’s transition to net zero carbon emissions, and its utilisation (through various forms) will be an important feature of the next 30 years as use of green hydrogen-related energy in the global economy increases.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 126

In Commercial Disputes Weekly we consider a crucial decision holding the UK Government to account for failing to comply with its obligations to achieve net zero. We also look at the ever controversial issue of liquidated damages, a stealth jurisdiction argument and an unsuccessful challenge to the Court of Appeal’s approach to allowing grounds of appeal.