Case studies

Committing to meet international standards for the firm’s environmental management system, Allen & Overy has taken the first steps and is now in the final stages of achieving ISO14001 certification.

Running a regional climate conference gave Andrew Jackson’s own internal Green Team the motivation to try and change the firm’s own working practices to become more environmentally friendly.

One of Surrey's leading law firms with offices in Guildford, Woking and Godalming

As a national law firm with five offices spread across the UK from Plymouth to Aberdeen, Bond Pearce wanted to find some way of reducing its inter-office travel. By providing a solution to the need to travel the firm knew it could reduce carbon emissions and save the valuable time of its employees. Therefore Bond Pearce invested in state of the art video conference facilities which can be expanded and updated as they are assimilated into the firm.

Cobbetts discovered that, despite being a tenant in a multi-office building, there is always something you can do to take action on the environment.

Although DLA Piper is based around the world, our people share a common purpose when it comes to tackling climate change. As a global business legal practice, we regularly run internal campaigns that unite and inspire our people wherever they are based.

In January 2007, DLA Piper launched the Global Sustainability Initiative to affirm its commitment to reducing environmental impact and conducting business responsibly. The firm achieved global certification to ISO 14001 in December 2007.

DLA Piper is based around the world and our people share a common purpose when it comes to tackling climate change. In 2007, we launched a Climate Change Project in tandem with New Perimeter, DLA Piper’s non-profit affiliate dedicated to providing pro bono legal support for projects of global concern.

Achieving ISO 14001 certification for all eight UK office locations in 2003 was the foundation for DLA Piper’s push towards its goal of global certification, which it achieved in 2007.

Eversheds has 10 offices in the UK. The firm fully occupies some buildings, but is a tenant in others. This presented the firm with challenges in measuring its carbon footprint.