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We are frequently inspired by what LSA member firms are achieving in the sustainability space, much of which fits into a wider context of the UK’s transition to net zero. Here we feature content from the LSA’s editorial team and our partners about the issues affecting law firms and the professional services industry.

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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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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?
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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?
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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.....
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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The Climate Papers Podcast Series

The COP Universities Network launches The Climate Papers podcast series
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Wainwright Prize 2020 Winners Announced!

16-year-old Dara McAnulty wins the Prize for Nature Writing and Benedict Macdonald wins first ever Writing on Global Conservation Prize Read more to find out how to get involved.
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LSA response to Jonathan Goldsmith Article for Law Gazette

As influencers and leaders, lawyers have a role to play in making sustainable business the new normal ... read the LSA article in the Gazette here Read more to find out how to get involved.
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National Business Support Network

Calling all LSA members! As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on towns and cities across the UK intensifies, there is an urgent need to link business resources to the needs of communities – in the ...
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Why action on carbon can work

A recent study published in the journal Nature highlights that international cooperation on ozone-depleting chemicals is helping to return the southern jet stream to a normal state. This reinforces th...
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Existing climate solutions, not innovations, crucial to meeting net-zero

A recent study (published 3 March) by Project Drawdown forms a comprehensive update to list of policy, business, community and individual actions needed to achieve ‘Drawdown’ – the point at which gree...
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UK Government doubles funding for EV infrastructure

The Department for Transport (DfT) will double its EV charger funding to £10 million, with a focus on residential chargers, as it seeks to encourage more urban dwellers to go electric.
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£30bn pension partnership aligns with Paris Agreement

Brunel Pension Partnership, one of the UK's eight local government pension fund pools which holds around £30bn of assets, has set out an aggressive new climate policy promising to align its holdings w...
Read More

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....
Read More

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...
Read More

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...
Read More

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...
Read More

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...
Read More

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&...
Read More

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?
Read More

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...
Read More

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...
Read More

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...
Read More

“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...
Read More

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...
Read More

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?
Read More

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.....
Read More

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 ...
Read More

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.
Read More

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.
Read More

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...
Read More

The Climate Papers Podcast Series

The COP Universities Network launches The Climate Papers podcast series
Read More

Wainwright Prize 2020 Winners Announced!

16-year-old Dara McAnulty wins the Prize for Nature Writing and Benedict Macdonald wins first ever Writing on Global Conservation Prize Read more to find out how to get involved.
Read More

LSA response to Jonathan Goldsmith Article for Law Gazette

As influencers and leaders, lawyers have a role to play in making sustainable business the new normal ... read the LSA article in the Gazette here Read more to find out how to get involved.
Read More

National Business Support Network

Calling all LSA members! As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on towns and cities across the UK intensifies, there is an urgent need to link business resources to the needs of communities – in the ...
Read More

Why action on carbon can work

A recent study published in the journal Nature highlights that international cooperation on ozone-depleting chemicals is helping to return the southern jet stream to a normal state. This reinforces th...
Read More

Existing climate solutions, not innovations, crucial to meeting net-zero

A recent study (published 3 March) by Project Drawdown forms a comprehensive update to list of policy, business, community and individual actions needed to achieve ‘Drawdown’ – the point at which gree...
Read More

UK Government doubles funding for EV infrastructure

The Department for Transport (DfT) will double its EV charger funding to £10 million, with a focus on residential chargers, as it seeks to encourage more urban dwellers to go electric.
Read More

£30bn pension partnership aligns with Paris Agreement

Brunel Pension Partnership, one of the UK's eight local government pension fund pools which holds around £30bn of assets, has set out an aggressive new climate policy promising to align its holdings w...
Read More