Taylor Wessing leads the way for East of England lawyers to play key role in climate change initiative
Solicitors in the East of England are joining forces to tackle climate change by reducing their carbon footprint and adopting environmentally sustainable practices.
The green initiative is being led by the Legal Sector Alliance (LSA), an inclusive movement of law firms and organisations committed to working collaboratively to encourage the legal profession to commit to environmental sustainability.
Taylor Wessing LLP in Cambridge will host an event on 22 April to engage with local lawyers and raise awareness of the LSA, its purpose and objectives. The workshops aim to encourage participation from as many law firms as possible, to identify examples of good practice and highlight cost saving benefits gained from good environmental practices.
The UK legal sector has a major role to play in tackling climate change both directly through its own activities and indirectly through its influence over clients, suppliers and Government.
Head of Taylor Wessing's Cambridge office, Simon Walker, comments:
"We are delighted to be hosting the inaugural meeting of law firms in East Anglia who are interested in understanding how they might change their working practises in order to reduce their consumption of energy, business mileage and materials, especially paper."
Andrew Holroyd, Law Society President, comments:
"Climate change is emerging as one of the greatest challenges for modern society andthe economic and social impacts are a real threat to business and society. The legal profession is uniquely placed to help tackle that threat by working collaboratively, sharing knowledge and providing law firms with the tools to achieve sustainability."
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For more information please contact Claire Treacy at Taylor Wessing:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7300 4925
Email: c.treacy@taylorwessing.com
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Please call the Law Society press office on 020 7320 5902.
Those interested in finding out more about the Legal Sector Alliance should go to www.legalsectoralliance.com
Event details: Taylor Wessing LLP, 24 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1JP – Tuesday 22 April, 5.30-7.30pm.
The LSA was founded at the end of 2007 with the aim of developing a set of principles uniquely created for the legal sector and suitable for adoption by law firms regardless of their size and specialism. The 20 founding members that have committed to taking a leadership role in the work of the Alliance are Allen & Overy, Bond Pearce, Burges Salmon, Cobbetts, Dickinson Dees, DLA Piper, Environmental Law Foundation, Eversheds, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith, Irwin Mitchell, Linklaters, Lovells, Martineau Johnson, Morgans, Nicholas Moore, Slaughter and May, SJ Berwin, Taylor Wessing, The Law Society.
The Secretariat for the Legal Sector Alliance is provided by Business in the Community and the initiative is supported by HRH The Prince of Wales’s network of May Day businesses committed to action on climate change.