Commercial

Commercial

Commercial contracts—Practice Notes

Content on Commercial contracts in this subtopic includes the following Practice Notes:

Supply chain issues in practice

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Environmental issues in the supply chain for commercial lawyers—which covers a number of questions and scenarios concerning compliance with environmental law that may be encountered by commercial lawyers when providing advice on supply chains and supply agreements. It covers issues concerning the fields of chemicals, REACH, hazardous substances, waste duty of care, waste electrical electronic equipment (WEEE), reporting and compliance, shipping of waste/hazardous substances, climate change and net zero and eco-labelling
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Supply chain sustainability—which considers supply chain sustainability and sustainable procurement. It looks at how the UN Global Compact leads the effort to improve organisations' supply chain sustainability performance, and provides guidance to commercial lawyers on how to help clients develop supplier codes of conduct as well as supply chain sustainability programmes that address human rights, labour, environmental issues, corruption, litigation and risk management concerns
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Sustainable procurement—private sector—which outlines what sustainable procurement is and why lawyers should understand how to apply the principles of sustainable procurement in the private sector. It provides a practical

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