COP28 kicked off yesterday, so with minds on global climate change, this week’s Spotlight feature will examine a practice area a little more local to the UK: Leigh Day’s environment team, which is no stranger to disputes with public bodies as it fights for environmental standards in the UK. The market: Greenwashing is top on […]
A scene from the westerns and cartoons of my childhood keeps playing in my mind. A trail of gunpowder leads to kegs of dynamite. The fuse is lit. Will the hero put the fuse out before the whole thing blows sky high? It’s a race against time. What are advised emissions anyway? Advised emissions […]
Clyde & Co has switched to a sustainability-linked credit facility to give the firm a “financial incentive” to reduce its environmental footprint. The firm switched its credit facility with Barclays to a sustainability-linked credit facility in May 2023, which means the interest rate will change depending on whether or not Clydes meets its sustainability objectives. […]
Linklaters has opened up about a cyclone that forced its Hong Kong office to shut down for a day, as it becomes the first magic circle firm to publish its climate-related financial disclosure report. As of 6 April 2022, limited liability partnerships must now provide a climate-related financial disclosures report within their annual report on […]
Litigation firm earmarks major talent spend from $552m war chest as founder slams BigLaw “planet-wreckers”
Osborne Clarke has rolled out a formal training programme to educate its staff about climate change. Approved by the Carbon Literacy Project, the aim of the course is to upskill both lawyers and business services staff to understand their own impact in tackling climate change and how they can influence others outside the firm. Speaking […]
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered what for many will have been a pretty depressing speech at the Conservative party conference about how the government will roll back green policies in the UK. Changes include a five-year delay in the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, a nine-year delay in the ban […]
Any member of staff at Walker Morris can now use its onsite car park, provided they carpool with at least one other employee from the firm. The Leeds-based outfit introduced the car sharing scheme in August as just one initiative to help the firm achieve its target of reaching net zero by 2040. Prior to […]
Watson Farley & Williams has reduced energy usage in its London office by 24 per cent as the firm gears up for an external audit by the British Standards Institute (BSI) towards the end of the year. The firm was aided by an internationally recognised environmental management system (EMS) that helps a business complete 23 […]
Lawyers should understand the consequences of climate change better than most. God knows how many of you have come back from Greece this summer with colourful anecdotes of the 40-degree heat and post-wildfire devastation. And yet there is still a lack of urgency among the legal industry to help mitigate these extraordinary events. US firms […]
Brabners’ touchy-feely initiatives have helped it grow
Elspeth Vincent, GC at Field, entered a market a decade ago that has since become one of the most talked about on the planet: energy. With the challenges over electricity supply following Russia’s war on Ukraine, increasing concern over energy security and a looming climate crisis, focus on the energy sector is more vital than […]