Green Initiative

We are concerned for the sustainability of the environment and we are working to improve our sustainable management practices.

Through our Green Initiative, which leverages the knowledge of our Environment & Climate Change practice and Responsible Business Group, we share best practices across our global network that reduce the environmental footprint of our operations, our employees and our suppliers. The initiative is overseen by Global Environmental Sustainability Manager and our Environmental Sustainability Committee, which comprises representatives from each region in which we operate, and our global procurement and IT functions.

Read our 2023 Environmental Sustainability Report

47%

of our energy usage is renewable energy

 

Our Environmental Sustainability Policy

Our Environmental Sustainability Policy sets out the Firm’s high-level goals for implementing sustainable operations. The following principles guide our operations to ensure we reduce our environmental impacts:

• Comply with all regulatory requirements and voluntary codes of practice applicable to each office
• Reduce pollution from our activities and implement sustainable waste management practices to minimize the quantity of waste we produce and maximize the amount of waste we recycle
• Identify key resources such as water, paper and energy used by each office, and implement measures to ensure that we use those resources efficiently
• Manage our carbon emissions by continuing to improve the energy efficiency of our premises and effectively measuring the environmental impacts of our business travel.

We work with our suppliers and employees to improve performance by promoting awareness of sustainability issues and environmental management best practices.

Firm actions to reduce our environmental impact

• In 2023, we completed our sixth carbon emission assessment in collaboration with Greenstone. Key findings from the 2022 emissions data in comparison to before the pandemic include:
  • 23% reduction in scope 1 emissions
  • 29% reduction in scope 2 market-based emissions and 9% reduction in scope 2 location-based emissions
  • 63% reduction in scope 3 emissions from waste and 24% reduction in scope 3 emissions from travel 
• Our Environmental Management System sets out core practices and formalizes plans in each office to continue to reduce our environmental footprint. 
• Our Global Office Design Guidelines include sustainability principles to promote green practices in all aspects of office design.
• We have adopted many practices to reduce single-use plastics.
• Our annual Global Green Campaign, established in 2013, informs our people about important environmental issues, steps the Firm is taking, and ways we can all play a part in finding solutions.

For more detail about our activities, please contact Sarah Hickey, Global Environmental Sustainability Manager.

Learn more about our Environment & Climate Change practice