Stakeholder engagement

What we said we would do firm-wide in 2006 What we had done firm-wide by end 2007 What we are going to do firm-wide
  • Encourage genuine dialogue with our stakeholders about how we conduct our business to improve our professional services, our stewardship of the environment and our contribution to communities.
  • Obtain external perspectives on CSR issues from the strategic advisory group.
  • Provide an electronic suggestion box on how we can improve our activities or report CSR misconduct.
  • Strengthen our dialogue with nongovernmental organisations (NGOs).
  • Our report has been shaped by client requests on our CSR activities; the opinions of our London associates expressed at the associate forum and subsequent working groups; the views of our volunteers in London through our first volunteer survey and our green teams; our membership of Business in the Community leadership groups on homelessness and education, and international community engagement; our strategic advisory group; and the community groups we work with.
  • We continue to receive feedback through our internal CSR suggestion box, particularly ideas for helping reduce our impact on the environment. We received around 200 suggestions from our people after we announced our decision to go carbon neutral. We also have an external feedback box, but we mostly receive information about services and requests for help through this.
  • We work with a variety of NGOs, particularly through our community and pro bono programme.
  • Continue to encourage genuine dialogue with our stakeholders about how we conduct our business to improve our professional services, our stewardship of the environment and our contribution to communities, in particular our clients, our partners and people, future joiners, community groups and suppliers.
  • Continue to obtain external perspectives on CSR issues from the strategic advisory group.
  • Report the outcomes of the associate working groups.
  • Ensure our improvement in communication with our associates is sustained through the continuation of our associate engagement groups.