Shoosmiths today announces that it has become a Full Member of Legal Charter 1.5, joining over a dozen leading commercial law firms across the UK to collaborate on the complex management challenges around accelerating the industry’s response to climate change.
Made possible through our partnership with charter secretariat Achill Legal, the firm’s participation aligns Shoosmiths with the charter’s goals to embed action against climate change within law firm leadership, innovation, team collaboration and client engagement.
Achill Legal is renowned for supercharging sustainability across the legal profession by bringing together leaders from academia, business and professional services to work hand-in-hand to find structured solutions to the issues around climate change.
Shoosmiths will be actively involved in engaging with the Advised Emissions workstream of the charter, whilst also providing insight to the Matters and Mandates and Education charters.
Max Finney, Shoosmiths Senior Sustainability Manager, said: “We are proud to be a part of this industry-leading initiative that ensures that those at in the most senior positions in UK law firms are integrating climate change considerations to their agendas. As Shoosmiths continues on our journey towards achieving net zero by 2040, we understand the importance of sharing our learnings with the wider community as well as to achieve the 1.5-degree target.
“Many thanks to our friends at Achill Legal for their support in getting Shoosmiths involved and we look forward to working with them and the other brilliant firms in the charter.”
Amanda Carpenter, Director of Legal Charter 1.5 and CEO of Achill Legal, commented: “We are delighted that Shoosmiths has joined Legal Charter 1.5. Shoosmiths’ ambition is to halve their emissions by 2030. Building on work to reduce their own carbon impact, they are enabling their workforce to support their clients and supply chain in their own decarbonisation efforts. We know that this is where the legal profession can have significant impact. We look forward to working with Shoosmiths to address the urgent challenges of climate change.”
This development supports Shoosmiths’ Sustainability Vision is to become a low-carbon law firm, delivering for our clients and communities to enable a sustainable future. The firm’s Sustainability Strategy, launched in April 2025, is designed to halve emissions by 2030 and support clients and our supply chain in their own decarbonisation efforts.
Over the summer, Shoosmiths won the Law Firm Internal Operations ESG Award at the 2025 Legal ESG Awards.
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