World Environment Day Pledge 2024

World Environment Day graphics for LinkedIn and X/Twitter available to download here, including the LSA pledge. Download images are high res, please feel free to co-brand and resize as appropriate....

Episode 5 – An Insider’s Guide to… TCFD

TCFD offers a multi-layered framework of climate-related disclosures - governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets. How do you start? Why start now if it is not mandatory for your firm?...

Episode 4 – An Insider’s Guide … to ISO Certification

In this series the Sustainable Law Podcast explores the frameworks and reporting systems that law firms will be considering on their journey to net zero. This episode explores the nuts and bolts of IS...

World Environment Day Pledge 2024

To mark World Environment Day on the 5th of June we are urging LSA members to take the following pledge by downloading these graphics and sharing them on your social media channels, or by creating...

The Green Hacks with a Big Impact

Some surprisingly small changes that will make a big difference to your carbon impact to mark World Environment Day 2024. Click for trees Switch your browser. It is easy. Ecosia is a not-for-profit se...

Tips From the Experts on How to Deal With Climate Anxiety

‘Antarctica sea ice reaches alarming low for third year in a row’  ‘Public transport workers join climate activists for week of strikes across Germany’ ‘Cholera: An overlooked outcome of climate chang...

Navigating Climate-Related Legal Risks and Opportunities

LSA members are eligible for a 10% discount when booking this new course from The Oxford Sustainable Law Programme at the University of Oxford. Dates 24 – 28 June 2024 Duration  5 day residentia...

Episode 3 – The Burning Question – Should Law Firms Act for Fossil Fuels?

Leading UK and international law firms continue to earn millions from fossil fuel related transactions. Meanwhile law students are calling for action– will the student spotlight cause firms to think a...

Capsticks LLP has reached the next milestone on its sustainability journey by achieving ISO 14001

Specialist healthcare lawyer and LSA member Capsticks LLP has reached the next milestone on its sustainability journey by achieving ISO 14001: The international standard for environmental management. ...

A Call For Greater Transparency from Law Students for Climate Accountability

By Haley Czarnek. Haley served on LSCA’s first National Leadership Committee as a 3L at the University of Alabama, and graduated in May 2022. Haley has since begun developing their role as LSCA&...

Mewburn Ellis – Our Sustainability Journey

An interview with Eleanor Maciver, Partner and Sustainability Champion at IP firm Mewburn Ellis. Why is being sustainable so important to Mewburn Ellis?

The Revised Oxford Offsetting Principles and What They Mean for Your Firm

By Injy Johnstone, Research Associate in Net Zero Aligned Offsetting at the Sustainable Finance Group and Researcher at Oxford Net-Zero Despite offsetting being often the major plank in the net zero p...

Episode 2 – Greenwashing, a Dirty Business

Banks that ‘care about the climate’ but finance fossil fuel, fashion houses and supermarkets who shout about sustainability while the food and plastic waste piles up.

The Tip of the Iceberg on International Polar Bear Day

Today is International Polar Bear Day. But polar bears are just to tip of the iceberg when it comes to climate change. The totemic image of climate change threat is the lone polar bear adrift on a sma...

Episode 1 – COP28, From a Young Lawyer’s Perspective

This first episode explores how it feels to be facing twinned climate and nature crises as a young corporate lawyer. What does it feel like to be a young professional at COP28? Was it a game changer? ...

Making your home more energy self-sufficient

How do air source heat pumps work?

Watson Farley Williams finalises ISO 14001 plan

Hot on the heels of the recent Watson Farley Williams announcement of a science-based reduction target, the firm have embarked on the next stage of their sustainability journey. ”We’ve bee...

Travers cuts emissions by shutting office for Christmas

Save Your Energy!

A blog by Stanley Rayfield, Chartered Energy Manager As we move towards an all-electric lifestyle, how can we be sure that our efforts at home are making a difference? There are clearly some real driv...

“The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth” – A blog about COP28

By Caroline May, Co Chair, Legal Sustainability Alliance “The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth.” The words of King Charles on opening COP 28 in Dubai last week. I arrive...

Signing up for a green tariff? A useful glossary of green energy terms

Al Tamimi & Company selected as Official Legal Advisor to COP28 Committee

Working with Legal Response International at COP28 – An Insight

We are delighted that Sarah Hill-Smith, associate at Clyde & Co, has offered to share her insights from the Blue Zone at COP28 in Dubai to give us a flavour of the atmosphere and progress. Sarah i...

Travers Smith achieves ISO 50001

For LSA members Travers Smith, a significant milestone was reached this month with the achievement of ISO 50001 – the international standard for energy management. For most Law firms, energy man...

Engaging Your Firm and Clients with Your Responsible Business Agenda with the SDGs

Sustainability, social justice, creating meaningful change - how do you accelerate progress within your firm on an international, national, business and individual level?

The Legal Renewables Initiative Relaunches to Help Law Firms Cut Scope 2 Emissions during COP28

Reducing energy consumption reduces your carbon footprint, lowers operational costs and has a positive impact on the environment. Because the greenest energy is the energy that we don’t use, the LSA.....

Charles Russell Speechlys Achieves ISO 14001 Certification

Congratulations to LSA executive firm member Charles Russell Speechlys who have successfully completed the last day of seven environmental audits and been recommended for certification for its ISO 140...

Biodiversity Risk – the Legal Implications

By Jenni Ramos, Lawyer – Corporate/Finance and Biodiversity, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative. In mid-October the Commonwealth Climate Law Initiative (CCLI) delivered a workshop with the Legal ...

A Whitepaper on Measuring Advised Emissions

A whitepaper from Oxygen House setting out a potential framework for measuring advised emissions. The paper is not meant to be perfect or holistic but is designed to move the conversation on, spark en...

An LSA Update on Climate Week NYC

An update on Climate Week NYC from Matt Sparkes, co-chair of the LSA and Sustainability Director at Linklaters.

Agents of Change

Boosting Biodiversity in London, Leeds and Manchester with Addleshaw Goddard

The Elephant in the Room Full of Fossil Fuel States

Boosting Biodiversity in London, Leeds and Manchester with Addleshaw Goddard

Boosting Biodiversity in London, Leeds and Manchester with Addleshaw Goddard

Boosting Biodiversity in London, Leeds and Manchester with Addleshaw Goddard

A Hive of Activity – A new initiative for Burges Salmon and LWCF

For the last 5 years, Burges Salmon have partnered with Lawrence Weston Community Farm (LWCF) charity. This exciting new initiative will see a Burges Salmon beehive installed at the farm. Employees wi...

Simmons & Simmons hosts LCAW Schools Climate Summit Reception

Womble Bond Dickinson supports #NetZeroWeek 2022

The Law Society has issued an important statement on Ukraine which the LSA endorses and which is reproduced below.  The statement can also be accessed via the Law Society website here.

Law Society Statement on Ukraine

The Law Society has issued an important statement on Ukraine which the LSA endorses and which is reproduced below.  The statement can also be accessed via the Law Society website here.

Shoosmiths supply chain engagement on the way to net zero

LSA member Shoosmiths has a target for its operations to achieve net zero by 2025. This applies to the firm's Scopes 1 (gas and refrigerants), and Scope 2 (electricity) emissions. Shoosmiths announced...

Plastic Treaty Signed

On 2 March 2022 Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) today in Nairobi to End Plast...

To B or not to B Corps

Certified B Corps are businesses which meet the ‘highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose’. Our gu...

The Three C’s of Wellbeing: Culture, Collaboration & Consolidation


Much has been written about the impact of the pandemic on mental wellbeing and the annual Mental Health Awareness week helps to highlight these issues. However mental wellbeing shouldn’t be confined t...

The Climate Papers Podcast Series

The COP Universities Network launches The Climate Papers podcast series

The Role of Offsetting in the Transition to Net Zero

Dr Jem Woods from Imperial College London and Eli Mitchell-Larson from the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute discuss the role of offsetting in the transition to net zero

The Pathway to Net Zero – How to Set Credible Targets

Setting targets is an essential part of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions. Our expert panellists discuss how to set ambitious yet credible targets in our latest Winter Webinar. Find out more here

Getting to Net Zero – What Does it Really Mean?

We all need to do our bit to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions, however large or small our organisations. Setting a robust Science Based Target (SBT) is an important part of this. Find out more here

Intro to Science Based Targets

We all need to do our bit to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions, however large or small our organisations. Setting a robust Science Based Target (SBT) is an important part of this. Find out more here

The future of the office #3

How are you 'Navigating the new normal?' if you are an employer or a recent graduate, a trainee or a junior lawyer then this webinar is for you.

The future of the office #2

The second in our Autumn series of webinars explores how law firms are tackling the balance between staff welfare and the need to change operations in response to Covid.

Confessions of a watercooler

So much was expected of me before you all got sent home but now the magic and power I’m assumed to have is off the scale. Apparently, you all miss me. You know, like the desert misses the rain....