Our sustainability strategy is built around three core pillars: Environment, Society and Governance.

Each pillar reflects an area where we believe Shoosmiths can make a real and lasting difference. On the environmental side, we are actively reducing our carbon footprint and influencing our value chain to support a low carbon future. In society, we’re committed to advancing equity, inclusion, access to justice, and social mobility: through our people, our clients and our community partnerships. And our governance framework ensures that this work is not optional or occasional, but integrated into the way the firm operates every day.

We see sustainability not as a challenge to manage, but as an opportunity to lead—to shape stronger communities, fairer systems and better outcomes for everyone we work with. And while there’s always more to do, our progress so far shows what’s possible when ambition is backed by action.

We help clients act on sustainability in ways that make sense—commercially, strategically and legally.

• strategic support: We understand the environmental and social impacts of business and help clients address them in a practical manner.

• opportunity focused: Sustainability is not just a risk,; we enable clients to take advantage of the opportunities related to ESG.

• cross-disciplinary expertise: Our ESG work spans corporate, commercial, real estate, employment, and regulatory teams, ensuring holistic advice.

• partner led service: Our partners roll up their sleeves and lead on sustainability.

• client focused: We are available and responsive and ensure there is quality and consistency to everything we do.

• commercial: We get the deal done and we do not believe in point-scoring.

We are committed to transparency in everything we do. That’s why we publish our progress and support it with a robust data-driven approach. From detailed carbon reporting to the frameworks that shape our governance and accountability, we ensure our sustainability commitments are visible, measurable and grounded in fact. This approach gives our stakeholders clarity. Clients, colleagues, communities and partners all have a clear view of what we are doing, how we are tracking and where we are going next.

By being open about both our achievements and the areas where we can improve, we continue to build trust and push forward with confidence.