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Terms of Reference for LSA Working Groups Terms of Reference for Working Group Members Purpose of group: A confidential, peer to peer learning forum, operating primarily for the benefit of working group participants to help: the sharing of best practice the...
Making your home more energy self-sufficient
The greenest energy is the energy we don't use - a phrase that we keep coming back to at the LSA. But what if the energy we do use could be generated by our own homes? As part of The Legal Renewables Initiative, our mission to encourage law firms to switch to...
How do air source heat pumps work?
A blog by Good Energy. Air source heat pumps have been in use for decades to heat homes and supply hot water. Rather than using gas, oil or LPG, like a traditional boiler, an air source heat pump transfers energy from the surrounding air into your home – even when...
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 been working towards ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certification for our...
Signing up for a green tariff? A useful glossary of green energy terms
Available Supply Capacity The maximum amount of electricity that can be drawn via the meter at any point. Measured in KVA Calorific Value The quality of gas measured by the release of energy when gas is completely combusted under specified conditions Capacity As ASC,...
Al Tamimi & Company selected as Official Legal Advisor to COP28 Committee
LSA member firm Al Tamimi & Company is proud to announce a partnership with United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) Committee, making it the only law firm with its headquarters in the Middle East and North Africa to partner COP28. The annual event is...
An LSA Update on Climate Week NYC
Matt Sparkes, co-chair of the LSA and Sustainability Director at Linklaters, spent last week at Climate Week NYC. We asked him for his thoughts... Let’s get the irony over before we begin. Yes, there is some absurdity in travelling thousands of miles to bump into...
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’. With ESG becoming an increasingly central part of client relationships,...
The Role of Offsetting in the Transition to Net Zero
In the third and final webinar in our Winter Webinar Series our expert panel Dr Jem Woods, Reader in Sustainable Development at Imperial College London and Eli Mitchell-Larson a PhD candidate and researcher at the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute...