Integrating CSR
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.
Over the years, our firm and many individuals within it have 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.
Our values
Our approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR), and the way we conduct our business in general, is guided by values of integrity, excellence, understanding of our clients and our communities, teamwork and imagination It is also reflected in our membership of Business in the Community and its leadership teams for education, homelessness, and international volunteering, as well as its activities designed to tackle the impact of climate change.
Our responsibilities: to our people
We are a large employer, with over 5,000 people worldwide. We have responsibilities to ensure that 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 also benefit from taking these responsibilities seriously and ensuring that our people thrive in the workplace and enjoy being here.
Our responsibilities: to the environment
We have responsibilities to ensure that, notwithstanding the highly competitive market in which we operate, the 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 continue to make changes to our working practices to fulfil that responsibility.
Our responsibilities: to the legal and wider communities
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 promoting better practices or procedures within the legal community, as well as making a positive difference to these local communities. Such commitments and responsibilities are important in guiding the way we conduct our business and we hope they will contribute to our continued success.
Making CSR happen
To help us meet our goals, organise our resources effectively and maximise the impact of our people over 28 offices, we have developed a structure of people, working groups, policies and guidelines, data collection, communications and CSR reporting that is designed to enable us to review our activities on an ongoing basis – something we believe is essential in a fast-changing world.
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