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Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 11 September 2026

  1. Scope of Application

1.1 These Terms & Conditions (“T&C”) apply to advisory services provided by HAAS Sustainable Consulting LLC-FZ, a company registered in the Meydan Free Zone, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, operating under the brand HAAS Perspective (“HAAS”), to its clients (“Client”), unless otherwise agreed in writing.

1.2 Deviating or supplementary terms of the Client shall apply only if expressly accepted by HAAS in writing.

1.3 In the event of any conflict between these T&C and an individually agreed proposal, engagement letter or service agreement, the terms of the individually agreed document shall prevail.

  1. Services

2.1 HAAS provides independent owner-side advisory services relating to Net Zero transformation, sustainable asset renewal and major real estate investment decisions.

2.2 Services may include, as agreed for the respective engagement, the independent review and integration of technical, commercial, financial, energy, emissions and risk-related information; assessment and evaluation of Investment Pathways; review and challenge of assumptions and specialist inputs; investment economics and risk analysis; Investment Delivery Assurance; and Investment Performance Validation.

2.3 The exact scope, objectives, deliverables, assumptions and exclusions applicable to an engagement shall be defined in the relevant proposal, engagement letter or service agreement.

2.4 HAAS acts in an independent advisory capacity and does not, unless expressly agreed otherwise, provide detailed engineering or specialist design, project management, construction supervision, formal contract administration, legal, tax, accounting or regulated financial advice.

2.5 HAAS does not manufacture, supply or sell technologies or equipment and does not act as a contractor, EPC contractor, ESCO, broker or procurement agent unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing.

2.6 Final investment, procurement, contracting, implementation and operational decisions remain the responsibility of the Client.

  1. Fees and Payment

3.1 Fees shall be based on the applicable proposal, engagement letter or service agreement. Where no fixed fee has been agreed, services shall be charged on a time-and-material basis at the applicable agreed rates.

3.2 Invoices are due within 14 days of the invoice date unless otherwise agreed in writing.

3.3 All amounts are exclusive of applicable taxes, duties or VAT, which shall be charged or borne as required by applicable law.

3.4 In the event of overdue payment, HAAS may, subject to applicable law and any agreed contractual provisions, suspend services until outstanding amounts have been settled.

  1. Client Obligations

4.1 The Client shall provide HAAS with the information, documents, data and access reasonably required to perform the agreed services.

4.2 The Client shall facilitate timely cooperation with relevant personnel, advisors, consultants, contractors and other parties where reasonably required for the engagement.

4.3 Unless otherwise expressly agreed, HAAS may rely on information and documents provided by the Client or third parties without independently verifying their completeness or accuracy.

4.4 The Client remains responsible for decisions made on the basis of HAAS’s advice and for obtaining any specialist, legal, tax, financial, regulatory, engineering or other professional advice required for such decisions.

  1. Confidentiality

5.1 Each party shall keep confidential all non-public commercial, technical, financial and other confidential information received from the other party in connection with an engagement and shall use such information only for the purposes of that engagement.

5.2 The confidentiality obligation shall not apply to information that is publicly available other than through a breach of confidentiality, was lawfully known to the receiving party before disclosure, is lawfully obtained from a third party without confidentiality restriction, or must be disclosed by law or competent authority.

5.3 Unless otherwise agreed, confidentiality obligations shall continue for three years following completion or termination of the relevant engagement.

  1. Intellectual Property and Use of Deliverables

6.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, HAAS retains ownership of its pre-existing methodologies, processes, models, templates, know-how and other intellectual property used or developed in connection with its services.

6.2 Upon payment of all amounts due, the Client may use the final deliverables prepared specifically for the Client for the internal purposes for which they were commissioned.

6.3 Deliverables may not be published, reproduced for external use, distributed to or relied upon by third parties without HAAS’s prior written consent, except where disclosure is required by law or expressly permitted under the relevant engagement agreement.

6.4 No third party shall acquire any right to rely on HAAS’s advice or deliverables solely by receiving or reviewing them.

  1. Professional Judgement, Third-Party Information and Outcomes

7.1 HAAS’s advice and analyses are based on the information available, assumptions adopted and circumstances existing at the time the services are performed.

7.2 Investment Pathway assessments, financial analyses, forecasts, scenarios, sensitivity analyses, probability-based analyses, energy or emissions projections and other forward-looking assessments involve assumptions and uncertainties. Actual outcomes may differ from those anticipated.

7.3 HAAS does not guarantee any particular investment return, cost saving, energy or emissions reduction, Net Zero outcome, asset value, regulatory approval, funding outcome or other technical, commercial or financial result.

7.4 HAAS is not responsible for the acts, omissions, designs, calculations, advice, performance or deliverables of independent third parties, including engineers, designers, contractors, suppliers, project managers, legal advisors and other specialists.

  1. Liability

8.1 HAAS shall be liable only to the extent provided under applicable law and the terms of the relevant engagement agreement.

8.2 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, HAAS shall not be liable for indirect, consequential, incidental or special losses, including loss of profit, revenue, opportunity or anticipated savings.

8.3 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, HAAS’s aggregate liability arising from or in connection with an engagement shall not exceed the fees paid or payable to HAAS for the relevant engagement, unless a different limitation is expressly agreed in writing.

8.4 Nothing in these T&C excludes or limits liability to the extent that such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law.

  1. Force Majeure

Neither party shall be liable for delay or failure to perform its obligations to the extent caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, governmental actions, war, civil disturbance, epidemics, pandemics, strikes or major disruption of essential infrastructure or services.

  1. Termination

10.1 Termination rights and notice periods shall be as specified in the applicable proposal, engagement letter or service agreement. Where no specific termination provision has been agreed, either party may terminate an ongoing engagement by giving 30 days’ written notice.

10.2 Either party may terminate an engagement with immediate effect where the other party commits a material breach and, where capable of remedy, fails to remedy that breach within a reasonable period following written notice.

10.3 Upon termination, the Client shall pay all fees and properly incurred expenses relating to services performed up to the effective date of termination, together with any other amounts payable under the relevant engagement agreement.

  1. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

11.1 These T&C and any engagement between HAAS and the Client shall be governed by the laws of the United Arab Emirates and the applicable laws of the Emirate of Dubai, unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing.

11.2 The courts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these T&C or the relevant engagement, unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing.

  1. Final Provisions

12.1 Amendments or supplements to an engagement shall be made in writing or in another form expressly agreed between the parties.

12.2 If any provision of these T&C is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force to the extent permitted by applicable law.

12.3 Failure or delay by either party to exercise a contractual right shall not constitute a waiver of that right.