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title: Climate Purposed NDA Terms (Confidentiality Agreement)
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date: 2024-03-27T14:16:07Z
modified: 2025-10-17T08:02:28Z
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  - England &amp; Wales
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  - Maintained
practice-area:
  - Commercial
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  clause_child_name: "Kaia's Clause"
  clause_summary: Provisions for standard non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements (NDAs) to ensure climate change and environmental issues are discussed at the outset of new commercial relationships.
  clause_last_updated_date: 2025-02-06
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# Climate Purposed NDA Terms (Confidentiality Agreement)

## Child’s name

Kaia's Clause

## Summary

Provisions for standard non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements (NDAs) to ensure climate change and environmental issues are discussed at the outset of new commercial relationships.

## What this clause does

This clause enables parties to raise climate issues in NDAs affecting a variety of sectors across the economy. The drafting will be particularly relevant where one or both parties has a publicly stated climate target.

## Clause Content

\[*Drafting note: insert new clause (or add to or adapt existing purpose clause)*\]

**1. The Purposes**

1.1 The parties shall consider how to achieve the Climate Change Purpose:

(a) while conducting activities under the Purpose; and/or

(b) as part of any future commercial relationship arising from the Purpose.

1.2 Any information disclosed by one party to the other in connection with the Climate Change Purpose shall be treated as a part of the \[disclosing\] party’s Confidential Information (and subject to the applicable use and disclosure restrictions in this agreement). Such information may be used by the \[recipient\] in achieving its climate goals and targets (but may not be disclosed to any third party except as explicitly permitted under clause \[ *insert reference to clause dealing with permitted disclosures* \]).

## Updates

**February 2025**

This clause has been updated following a routine Quality Assurance review. The main change is that the definition Commercial Purpose has been changed to Purpose. Purpose has been updated to include the Climate Change Purpose to allow for easier incorporation into NDAs.
