Sustainable business

Our commitment

Sustainability is a core part of our commitment to become the world's most progressive law firm. It is a core principle that is discussed at Board level and supported across all levels of the firm. We recognise our responsibility to protect the environment by ensuring the sustainable use and disposal of scarce resources. We seek to do so by carefully managing our supply chain and consumption of resources and taking a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.

Industry dialogue

Part of recognising our responsibility in this area means advocating for sustainability within our industry and communities. As longstanding members of the Legal Sustainability Alliance and the Australian Legal Sector Alliance, inclusive movements of law firms in the UK and Australia, we continue to work collaboratively with our peers to improve the environmental sustainability of our operations and activities within the legal sector.

We are also a member of various industry body working groups, the sole legal partner to the Climate Bond Initiative in Australia and continue to work with the recently launched Green Finance Initiative, launched by the City of London Corporation in partnership with the UK Government. We actively work with these organisations, and others such as the UK Green Building Council, to promote green and sustainable investment across the globe.

Our expertise in sustainability

We also provide legal support and guidance to companies, financial institutions, multilaterals, developers and investors who are exploring the opportunities – and challenges – of sustainable investment. Bringing our legal and commercial expertise to bear on the challenges of sustainable financing, we act for borrowers, lenders, arrangers and investors from a variety of industries and jurisdictions across a broad range of financing transactions, such as renewable projects, bonds and loans.