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Environmental sustainability & biodiversity
Become a Sustainability Champion
Reporting transparency: TCFD, CDP, UNGC
Expanding the Sustainability Team
Following the launch of Zero as one, we are recruiting for our volunteer Sustainability Champions network ahead of a formal network launch in the next month. Anyone with an interest and/or ideas around sustainability can become a Sustainability Champion. The network will provide a local point of contact for sustainability across our office network, practice groups and teams; bring local knowledge to help identify and develop projects and partnerships, support implementation of our sustainability initiatives, engage and inspire colleagues, and act as a two-way point of communication between the Sustainability team and the wider firm. You can find out more here. Thanks to those of you who have already expressed an interest, if you would like to become a Champion sign up here. Time commitment will be flexible, and all hours will count towards both the 24-Hour Challenge and the Responsible 60 Schemes.
A busy reporting season has seen us make our first ever submission to CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project), a public library of corporate emissions and to the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), an analysis of the risks and opportunities of climate change to Clyde & Co’s business and vice versa. We have also prepared our Communication on Progress to the UN Global Compact, where we publicly disclose our corporate sustainability actions in Environmental, Social and Governance. We also published our Responsible Business Report 2023 in October; you can view the report here. Reporting on our sustainability in this way supports our goals of high ambition and high transparency, allowing clients, peers and suppliers to gauge our progress and for us to benchmark ourselves against the sector more widely.
As the focus of our Sustainability work shifts from planning to delivery, the Sustainability team has welcomed a few new members. Paul Barnacle (Health, Safety & Environment Manager) has joined the team from Workplace Services, while Alicia Dear has moved from her role as a Management PA to a new position of Sustainability Compliance & Reporting Manager. The team now is host to a Trainee Solicitor seat, and duly welcomed Noah Friend as its first incumbent. We are delighted to have a larger team and look forward to having greater capacity to deliver on our goals.
Zero as one
Last month we launched Zero as one, our new colleague-led sustainability campaign. Building on our value “Working as one”, the campaign aims to highlight the role we can all play to move towards a sustainable future – from supporting our internal initiatives linked to the use of our offices, the daily commute and rethinking business travel, to working with clients and our actions outside the workplace. On this page you can hear our Senior Partner Carolena Gordon share why it’s so important that we all work as one to make a difference. For further information on all our initiatives, targets, policies and ways to get involved, along with information on the team visit the Environmental Sustainability & Biodiversity page.
Travel guidance & supplier webinar
In August the Management Board approved the adoption of a global Guidance Note on Sustainable Travel. This guidance outlines the overarching principles of sustainable travel which will be incorporated into the development of regional travel policies, emphasising the need to rethink our travel choices.
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