Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) compliance for in-house legal teams
If you're handling environmental clauses, reporting obligations, or supplier due diligence, we help you keep track of the legal risks and requirements that come with them.
Stay on top of environmental reporting and legal risk
Environmental risks are business risks. Regulations are shifting fast, and legal needs to move with them. We make it easier to stay on top of what's changing, with tools and guidance that work the way you do.
How we help in-house firms with their environmental and ESG considerations
Everything you need to deal with environmental law – from ESG and transactions to compliance and reporting.
Start with confidence
New to this area? Our starter guides cover the basics, with training and toolkits to get you up to speed fast.
Support the deal
Working on a transaction? Get practical guidance on due diligence, liability, permits, and indemnities, plus ready-to-use templates and checklists.
Understand climate rules
Advising on net zero, Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR), or carbon targets? We've pulled together the UK and EU reporting rules, emissions guidance, and the latest on climate-related litigation.
Putting plans into action
Moving from ESG strategy to legal action? Use our drafting templates, supply chain guidance, and full ESG toolkit to make it happen.
Keep up with change
Environmental law moves fast. Our trackers cover legislation, consultations, enforcement, divergence, and case law - all updated regularly and broken down by topic.
Go deeper when it counts
When the detail matters, dig into expert content like Garner's Environmental Law, Lawtext, and the Journal of Environmental Law ‐ plus practical notes, Q&As, and up-to-date precedent templates.
Legal guidance tools to enable your corporation's ESG framework
Practice Notes
Step-by-step guidance across key ESG and environmental issues.
From due diligence and emissions reporting to ESG disclosures, biodiversity, supply chains, contamination and waste, you'll find practical notes that explain what matters and how to act on it.
Precedent Templates
Ready-to-edit templates and precedents to make compliance work easier.
Build out ESG policies or adapt clauses for corporate and property deals, with support for health and safety issues included too.
Trackers
Stay in the loop on the changes that matter.
Our trackers cover new legislation, consultations, enforcement action, case law and post-Brexit divergence, so you always know where things stand – whether it's air emissions, climate targets or biodiversity rules.
Q&A Bank
Straightforward answers to the kinds of ESG and environmental law questions you face every day.
Covering emissions reporting, disclosure frameworks, waste regimes and flooding, our Q&As give you expert insight in plain language you can put into practice straight away.
Collections
Content collections that save you time by pulling together what you need most.
Whether it's ESG and sustainability, transactional support, new starters, health and safety or environmental compliance, you'll find the right resources at your fingertips.
ESG compliance with Lexis+® in action
From the first request to the final sign-off, here's how Lexis+ supports in-house legal work across environmental law.
Identifying ESG exposure
You're asked to review a new sustainability initiative. You scan the guidance on supply chain due diligence, liability, and stakeholder expectations – and quickly map where the legal risks are.
Drafting with a head start
The business needs a new ESG policy fast. You use Lexis+ AI™ to generate a draft from trusted templates and guidance. No blank page. Just review, refine, deliver.
Checking alignment with reporting obligations
You need to confirm if new reporting rules apply. Lexis+ trackers and emissions guidance show what's in scope across UK and EU frameworks.
Preparing for an audit
With an audit coming, you pull due diligence checklists, reporting frameworks and past enforcement trends – all in one place. Nothing gets missed.
Responding confidently to follow-up questions
The board wants to know: are we at risk of greenwashing? You use Lexis+ AI and the Q&A bank to sharpen your answer.
Identifying ESG exposure
You're asked to review a new sustainability initiative. You scan the guidance on supply chain due diligence, liability, and stakeholder expectations – and quickly map where the legal risks are.
Drafting with a head start
The business needs a new ESG policy fast. You use Lexis+ AI™ to generate a draft from trusted templates and guidance. No blank page. Just review, refine, deliver.
Checking alignment with reporting obligations
You need to confirm if new reporting rules apply. Lexis+ trackers and emissions guidance show what's in scope across UK and EU frameworks.
Preparing for an audit
With an audit coming, you pull due diligence checklists, reporting frameworks and past enforcement trends – all in one place. Nothing gets missed.
Responding confidently to follow-up questions
The board wants to know: are we at risk of greenwashing? You use Lexis+ AI and the Q&A bank to sharpen your answer.
Move faster on ESG and environmental law, with Lexis+ AI™
Draft policies, summarise legislation, and check your position. All based on trusted LexisNexis content, delivered securely in your workflow.
When you need to move fast and get it right, Lexis+ AI helps you do both.
Get a quote for Lexis+ Environment
Environmental law is complex. Your advice doesn't have to be. Stay informed with legal guidance and tools that help you deliver.
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