Tag: Sustainability

City law firms join forces to invest £4 million in climate action in Kenya
Will support reforestation projects in the Nandi region

Sustainability low on law firms’ priority list, research finds
Trumped by cybersecurity, cost management and diversity

The ‘E’ in ESG: How to tackle emission disclosures
Law student Indrakshi Chaku offers a comparative analysis of the UK and India’s disclosure regimes

UK law firms declare ambitious net zero commitments
Competition announced for law firm employees to win chance to build sustainability skills with top training course

Lights, camera, carbon: The legal state of celebrity carbon footprints
KCL law student Ana Palade explores how celebrities can be held more accountable for their carbon-intensive activities

The latest law firm must-have — sustainable office space
Living walls, solar panels, bug hotels and more

Free law firm merch is losing its appeal among students, report finds
One in two say it makes them less likely to apply

Sidley Austin launches sustainability apprenticeship
The new scheme could attract those looking for a pathway into the emergent ESG sector

My life as a green finance lawyer
Hogan Lovells' Andrew Carey maps out his career, ahead of tomorrow's virtual student event

Meet the sustainability manager helping one global law firm go green
Bird & Bird’s Lauren Nethercleft on her newly created role of sustainability manager and the firm’s drive to meet their net zero ambitions

The business of sustainability
Brunel University LLM student Ece Gorgun Balci discusses some of the regulations related to business sustainability, including mandatory reporting, directors’ duties and efforts to curb greenwashing

Lawyers’ role in the race to net zero
Burges Salmon Director Ellen Williams on helping clients become greener and the satisfaction of seeing construction plans become reality

TLT sets science-based 2040 net-zero target
New green goals 'in recognition of the urgency of the global climate crisis'

Burges Salmon targets 50% emissions cut by 2030
Latest firm to set green goals 🌳

Travers tackles food waste with its free canteen
Office café to provide three meals a day from September

Irwin Mitchell looks to power all offices using renewable energy within three years
National outfit latest to set green goals

Pinsent Masons and Osborne Clarke up eco efforts with net-zero emissions targets
More firms look to cut carbon

Reed Smith counts ‘sustainability hours’ towards billing targets
New 25-hour policy considered to be 'industry-first'

Slaughters targets 90% emissions reduction by 2040
Joins growing number of City firms implementing green goals 🌍

Is it all over for law firm freebies?
17 law firms pledge greener trainee recruitment practices, possibly spelling end for law student-coveted merch

Eversheds becomes latest City firm to target net zero emissions
By 2050 or sooner