Climate crisis: further action needed from legal sector on environmental impact

Following the International Bar Association Law Firm Management ESG Subcommittee’s ESG survey, Nicky Sinker and Robert van Beemen, Chair of the IBA Law Firm Management Committee’s ESG Subcommittee, were interviewed by Rachael Johnson.

“𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘴 ‘𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴’ 𝘰𝘳 ‘𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 4/𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘟 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴’ – 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯. ‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬?’ 𝘢𝘯𝘥 ‘𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰?’ […] 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.”

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