About us
‘Freshfields’ second CSR report demonstrates continued progress in the
firm’s commitment to retain its leading position in CSR reporting in its sector.’
– The Corporate Citizenship Company
Winner CSR Firm of the Year 2007 Legal Business Awards
Business in the Community Big Tick Award 2007 for our programme for homeless people
Certified CarbonNeutral® by The CarbonNeutral Company across all our offices
Winner Law Society of England and Wales’ Excellence in Social Responsibility Award 2007
We are a leading international law firm providing legal and regulatory advice and solutions to national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments around the world.
In 2007, as in previous years, our firm and many individuals within it received awards in recognition of their skilled legal work and their dedication to producing outstanding client-focused results. However, we recognise that being a business, in the legal sector, involves much more than this.
We are a large employer, with nearly 5,500 people worldwide. We have responsibilities to ensure our people are engaged, enthused and cared for in an environment that encourages them to make the best use of their talents and personalities to advance their careers.
We have responsibilities to ensure that, notwithstanding the highly competitive market in which we operate, the manner and working practices we adopt to provide the high quality client service required have as little impact on the environment as possible. And we recognise that we must be prepared to make changes to our working practices to fulfil that responsibility.
We have responsibilities to ensure that the communities with which we have contact – the legal community and the communities local to our offices – benefit from harnessing the considerable talents and energies within our firm. This includes both acting accordingly and promoting better practices or procedures within the legal community, as well as making a positive difference to our local communities. These commitments and responsibilities are important to guiding the way we conduct our business and we hope they will contribute to our continued success.
Being local
Our approach is founded on the belief that to be a global leader we must also be attuned to the needs of local markets and cultures. Understanding our clients, the people who work here and the communities surrounding our offices, as well as wider society, is important to this. So too is understanding our social and environmental impacts and responsibilities on a local and international scale. This belief underpins our approach to CSR and is a major reason for undertaking a firm-wide CSR report for our financial year 2006/7.
Find our more about our firm at www.freshfields.com. See here for a list of our awards www.freshfields.com/aboutus/awards/.