Groundsure launches new ClimateIndex analysis module

Groundsure launches new ClimateIndex analysis module

Groundsure launched its new climate data module today, following a year of development and a soft-launch trial.   The module, ClimateIndex™, analyses and translates data concerning the risks that climate change might pose to a property

renewable power

The expansion of UK wind power infrastructure in the UK since the early 1990s, has been somewhat slow. Wind power has long been a source of contention amongst homeowners and communities affected by nearby planned

Groundsure client care clauses

“Do solicitors have a legal duty of care to advise their clients on climate-related risks?” – this is the question that Stephen Tromans QC, one of the pre-eminent environmental law barristers in the world, will

What are Practice Notes? Over the years, the Law Society of England and Wales has issued more than 100 Practice Notes to its 160,000 members. They are designed to describe good practice and, whilst we

fireclay

Leeds is a prominent city in Yorkshire which made a name for itself in the wool and textiles trades. Often forgotten are the deep, dark cavernous coal mines which lie silent beneath the vibrant, bustling

Conference

The Conveyancing Climate Change Conference, hosted by Groundsure. In this inaugural and exclusive event, hear from leading lawyers, policymakers and experts across the industry and gain practical guidance on how to advise your clients about

flood

As property lawyers will know, contaminated land can give rise to a range of liabilities and unexpected costs, whether they relate to human health, land, buildings, businesses, or the wider environment. The statute that has

Groundsure client care clauses

Groundsure has announced the details of a major new climate change summit for the conveyancing industry. The inaugural in-person event, hosted by the environmental analytics business, will be held at the Law Society on Chancery

risks

Lawyers and environmental data My fellow solicitors and their Professional Support Lawyers sometimes tell me they feel besieged by an ever-increasing number of different types of environmental reports which they are required or encouraged to

Legal Eye

Barclays adds Groundsure’s climate data to its environmental screening in expanded deal Barclays has expanded its agreement with environmental analytics business Groundsure to start screening commercial transactions in the UK for environmental and climate change

UKLTA

See details of Groundsure’s upcoming webinars in May 10th May 2022: How is coastal erosion and climate change affecting UK properties already on a cliff edge? The next session of Groundsure’s Climate Change series will

Birmingham

Birmingham’s brickworks and brick making heritage is a prime example of a city’s industrial reaction to nationwide expansion and growth With a surging demand for property and infrastructure, both to house the country’s growing population

Contaminated

In the first of a special two-part blog, we will review the contaminated land regime and how Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 has been managed in practice, through the lens of some

Santander

Environmental analytics business Groundsure is to screen Santander’s commercial transactions for legacy and ongoing environmental and climate change risks. In conjunction with Santander, Groundsure has designed a new report that includes a four-tier risk assessment summary with explicit

Groundsure

Yorkshire has a long and proud coal mining history, but it has played host to a far wider range of other mining and excavation. The city of York sits within a vale of glacial gravels,

Search Acumen

April marks the start of Groundsure’s new webinar series on Climate Change. 5th April 2022, 11:00am – 11:45am: “Flooding & Climate Change: A stormy relationship and its impacts on property” In the first webinar of

Norwich

Mining in Norfolk’s county town is suggested to date back as early as the 12th Century. However, across the county, there is clear evidence of mineral extraction dating back over 5000 years. In this latest

Flooding

Whether it is the act of naming storms that has brought them to more prominence, or the fact that three of them happened in one week, our latest turbulent weather has again publicised and underlined

Search Acumen

Groundsure are running the final two instalments of their Compliance series in March. They will dive into the environmental impacts of ground stability and flooding to help you better understand the risks to your client.

Part of the challenge of assessing past tin mining activity is that its history stretches back thousands of years and yet effective records have been in existence only comparatively recently. With the introduction of the

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