Review a customer’s request for emissions and climate data from a supplier
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the customer’s data request, questionnaire and any proposed contract clause, list each item of data sought, the standard or method it refers to, the deadline, any assurance, audit or warranty attached and any liability or termination consequence, and compare the clause with the supplier’s existing contract.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides what data the supplier can reliably give and on what basis, what qualifications and estimates should accompany it, whether to accept any warranty, audit or indemnity, and settles the response and any contract changes.
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the customer’s data request, questionnaire and any proposed contract clause, list each item of data sought, the standard or method it refers to, the deadline, any assurance, audit or warranty attached and any liability or termination consequence, and compare the clause with the supplier’s existing contract. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Check each data item against what the supplier actually measures, separating measured from estimated data.
- Confirm any warranty or indemnity is limited to what the supplier can stand behind.
- Check the response states the basis and date of each figure.
Sources
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.