Our 2024 commitments – how did we do?


Our environment: we have

  • remained carbon neutral
  • measured and reduced our carbon emissions in alignment with the Paris Agreement, including Scope 1
  • maintained carbon neutral or renewable tariffs for electricity
  • implemented and rolled out a responsible procurement policy
  • maintained our active hives of Buckfast bees on the roofs of our offices and a garden of pollinator-friendly plants at our Putney offices
  • received Green Web Foundation verification as a green hosting provider, meaning our website is hosted by data centres using clean, green electricity.

Access to justice: we have

  • successfully obtained a new legal aid contract to allow the firm to continue providing legal aid services until at least June 2026.

Our people: we have

  • further increased the proportion of female partners from 43% at end June 2023, to 46% at end June 2024
  • encouraged improved data capture to assess social mobility performance and explore further measures to improve social mobility within the firm
  • implemented the use of standardised structured interview questions and begun to roll these out across the firm to remove unconscious bias as far as possible
  • continued to promote positive wellbeing amongst our staff through ongoing initiatives, projects and support services.

Our community: we have

  • extended our volunteering scheme firm-wide following a successful pilot
  • continued our support and sponsorship of local cultural and sporting institutions.
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