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It is a busy time of year for all of us, but we urge you to keep the climate and nature crises at the top of your agenda, particularly with two COPs in the coming weeks.
Bulletin highlights include:
- A call out for COPs
- Pro bono week update
- Registration links for in-person events in Manchester and Edinburgh
- Update on UKELA's Garner Lecture
- News from LSA members
- LSA schedule of events with registration links
- Sustainability dates for your diary
Please encourage everyone to sign up to this bulletin here. |
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Are you or any of your colleagues going to attend COP29 or COP16; the biodiversity COP? Would you be prepared to share your experience and insights with the LSA membership? We would love to talk to you about sharing your LinkedIN updates, inviting you onto a podcast or collaborating on a blog. Please get in touch with our comms team on comms@legalsustainabilityalliance.com.
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Why not mark pro bono week by volunteering your expertise to tackle climate change? |
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Pro Bono Week runs from the 4th to 8th of November, why not use it to kickstart a commitment to a sustainability project?
The One Million Hours initiative seeks to raise one million hours of intellectual capital to help adapt the planet, arrest climate change and reduce biodiversity loss. Firms can pledge hours via the One Million Hours website. Donations of time are welcome from all organisations in the legal sector - from in-house legal teams, law firms, academia, law companies, legal tech providers, industry marketing and PR agencies, and all other facets of the industry.
Meanwhile, please let us know what your firm is planning for pro bono week, we would love to share and amplify your stories. |
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Starting Your Sustainability Journey:
Practical Support for Law Firms |
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Calling all law firms in Manchester and Edinburgh! Please join us for in-person collaborative workshops, designed for small and medium sized firms who are either starting out on their sustainability journey or who want some support and advice on overcoming barriers to embedding sustainable practices. These events are open to all, members and non-members. They are a great opportunity for LSA members to get together. |
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Join UKELA and Richard Macrory, CBE, Hon KC, for his talk 'Confessions of a Tunneller - Lawyers and the Environment' on Thursday 14 November 2024. This event will be held in person at Ashurst in London, streamed at Addleshaw Goddard LLP in Manchester, streamed in Bristol and recorded. Followed by drinks and networking.
Richard is one of the leading environmental lawyers of his generation and has had a significance influence of the development of British environmental law and policy. Richard promises to provide insights from his experiences and will pose broader questions about the future of environmental law. |
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The LSA's Revamped Website |
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Please check out our new and improved website where you will see quick links to the latest news, events and resources. The website now also hosts videos of The Green Brief - Practical Guides for Law Firms, a series of events we are running this Autumn. Please feedback if there is anything you feel we have overlooked. The website is a work in progress and we would love to hear your thoughts! |
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Member News
Please get in touch with your stories so we can feature them here. |
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| | Mills & Reeve and longstanding client Albanwise Environment have embarked on an innovative, first of its kind partnership to transform a difficult to cultivate area of floodplain into a biodiverse wetland. |
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| | A number of LSA firms have been involved in the launch of One Million Hours, an initiative that seeks to raise one million hours of intellectual capital to tackle the climate and nature crises. |
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| | A podcast with members of Fragomen’s Green Team exploring how even a small group of employees can drive big changes within their workplace’s sustainability practices. |
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Upcoming Events and Webinars
Please click the links to find out more and register, we look forward to seeing you! |
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| | Getting Ready to Measure Your Carbon Emissions
12pm, 19 November 2024 Understanding your firm’s carbon impact is a key step toward achieving net zero. Jim Haywood explores what factors contribute to your footprint, how to get the data you need to measure them and clever ways to fill gaps when you don't have all of the information. This session forms the basis for future webinars which will focus on what we do with the data and how to set and achieve carbon reduction targets. |
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| | Starting Your Sustainability Journey:
Practical Support for Law Firms
12pm - 2pm, 6 November 2024 Calling all law firms in Manchester! Please join us for in-person collaborative workshops, designed for small and medium sized firms who are either starting out on their sustainability journey or who want some support and advice on overcoming barriers to embedding sustainable practices. |
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| | Starting Your Sustainability Journey:
Practical Support for Law Firms
11.30am - 1.30pm, 7 November 2024
Calling all law firms in Edinburgh! Please join us for in-person collaborative workshops, designed for small and medium sized firms who are either starting out on their sustainability journey or who want some support and advice on overcoming barriers to embedding sustainable practices. |
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| | The How, Why and When of Regulatory Frameworks
12.30pm, 3 December 2024
Sustainability consultant Stan Rayfield explores the benefits from reporting frameworks; such as ESOS, SECR, PPN 0621 and how these align with the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Protocol. He’ll go through some of the benefits to law firms from the reporting frameworks and reveal the main challenges to successful compliance such as how firms can ensure accuracy, transparency and consistency, as well as enhance your firm's reputation, strengthen client relationships and improve operational efficiency. |
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Sustainability Dates For Your Diary |
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This isn't a comprehensive list, but these are the dates that have caught our attention:
COP 16 - 21 October–1 November
Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Cali, Colombia.
Pro Bono Week - 4 - 8 November
An opportunity to recognise and support the voluntary contribution made by the legal profession across the UK in giving free legal help to those in need.
COP 29 - 11 - 22 November 2024
This year the UN Climate Change Conference will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
National Tree Week - 23 November - 1 December
Raising awareness about the importance of trees for clean air, wildlife habitats, and carbon storage. It also aims to encourage people to get involved in planting and caring for trees in their local communities.
World Soil Day - 5 December
A campaign aim to raise awareness of the importance and relationship between soil and water in achieving sustainable and resilient agrifood systems.
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