Skip to Footer SEARCH Services People Difference International Knowledge Alumni Join us Newsroom Contact us Environment We recognise that environmental issues are one of the biggest challenges facing the modern world. As a leading business, we want to do our bit to drive change. Home Difference Environment Overview As one of the UK's leading full-service law firms, we believe we are in a unique position to help not just ourselves, but also our colleagues and others to create real change. We recognise the climate crisis and are actively seeking to reduce our overall carbon footprint. This is in addition to our wider goal of reducing the firm's consumption of non-sustainable and non-renewable materials, products and food, wherever possible. We are also investing more in our pro-bono efforts to ensure we help others by providing access to our legal and other skills. For example, we actively support the Chancery Lane Project, a collaborative effort of UK lawyers to develop new contracts and draft legislation to help fight climate change, as well as being long-standing members of the Legal Sustainability Alliance on climate change. In addition, we will shortly be selecting our new "Charity Partner" this year (which will last for two years), and have decided on selecting a charity committed to protecting the Environment. We remain committed to taking on environmental projects where we believe our involvement can create tangible impact and improvement. Our Sustainability webpages provide further information on the wider work we are doing for our clients in this area. By carefully monitoring our own suppliers and business partners, we hope to influence others to ensure environmental commitments remain on the agenda. Every new journey starts with a Thoughtful. Step. Environmental Policy Environment Committee Achievements and Initiatives News, Events and Useful resources Environmental Policy Overview Travers Smith is committed to acting in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way. Travers Smith recognises the climate crisis and is actively seeking to reduce its overall carbon footprint. This is in addition to our wider goal of reducing the firm's consumption of non-sustainable and/or non-renewable materials, products and food (wherever possible). Whilst we are proud of our achievements to date, we are keen to continue our good progress in this area. The Travers Smith Environment Committee, which includes representatives from across the firm, has been tasked with minimising the firm's environmental impact and encouraging the best environmental practices amongst all our staff and suppliers. Our policy Read our full Environmental Policy to find out more about our environmental activities and achievements to date. Environment Committee The Committee presents periodically to the Environment Board, which is made up of representatives from the partnership, management and business services. The Environment Board meets on a regular basis to both support the Environment Committee on its internal environmental initiatives as well as looking at pro bono, knowledge and other efforts aimed at promoting wider environmental and sustainability goals. This framework reflects our commitment as a firm and at a senior level to ensuring that environmental challenges and opportunities are addressed and promoted. Key objectives of the Environment Committee include: Setting achievable objectives to minimise the firm's environmental impact and measure the firm's progress against these objectives; Promoting awareness of environmental best practice among our employees and other third parties, including through communications and events; Encouraging the use of recycling options for paper, IT equipment, catering and maintenance waste; and Reviewing and updating the firm's Environmental Policy and other related documents on at least an annual basis. Our Committee Members include a broad spread of people within the firm across a range of different departments who are all committed to helping the firm reach its environmental objectives. Our current members Paul Mullis – Sustainability and Health & Safety Officer Maddy Gowlett – Partner, Tax Tom Coulter – Partner, Corporate M&A and ECM Laura Smyth – Senior Associate, Environment & Operational Risk Claire Watts – PR & Communications Consultant Paul Way – Director of Facilities Rachel Smith – Executive Chef, Kitchen Kandis Ridley-Burton – Print Services Achievements and Initiatives Overview Examples of our achievements and initiatives to date include: 98% Travers Smith was awarded a Recycling Gold Standard Award in 2017 by waste management company First Mile. Out of 20,000 commercial customers in London, the firm finished in third place with 98 per cent of our waste being recycled. 2* The Travers Smith’s client kitchen holds a 2* rating (out of 3*) from the Sustainable Restaurant Association due to its commitment to using local and seasonal produce, serving more vegetables, less and better quality meat, responsibly resourced fish, and supporting global farmers as well as the local community. +7 For over 7 years Travers Smith have been part of the Legal Sustainability Alliance of law firms that are committed to improving environmental sustainability. We won the Legal Sector Alliance Award for Environmental Responsibility in 2010. January 2020 - Getting rid of all of our disposable packaging in our office cafeteria, Braithwaite's Introducing follow-me-print, to reduce our paper consumption and to sourcing all of our paper from Forest Stewardship Council certified providers. Providing reusable coffee cups to all members of staff. News, Events and Useful resources ALL NEWS EVENTS USEFUL RESOURCES Springwatch Paul Mullis appointed Sustainability and Health & Safety Officer Sustainability in the Travers Smith Kitchen Environmental Awareness Week Travers Smith is a proud member of the Sustainable Restaurant Association UN Climate Change Calculate your carbon footprint COP26 Supplier Code of Conduct KEY CONTACTS Read Tom Coulter's Profile Tom Coulter Partner +44 20 7295 3343 Email me Read Madeline Gowlett's Profile Madeline Gowlett Partner +44 20 7295 3411 Email me Read Paul Mullis's Profile Paul Mullis Sustainability and Health & Safety Officer +44 20 7295 3127 Email me Read Laura Smyth's Profile Laura Smyth Senior Associate +44 20 7295 3239 Email me RECENT ARTICLES, KNOWLEDGE AND NEWS VIEW ALL SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COMMENTARY 24 NOV 2021 Discrimination by association and hybrid working LEGAL BRIEFING 19 NOV 2021 Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: The UK's new sustainability disclosure regime PODCAST 18 NOV 2021 Podcast: The significance of "substance" for taxpayers and tax authorities Back to top Transactional Contentious Regulatory Advisory People Difference International Knowledge Search Alumni Join Us Contact Sitemap Privacy Policy Recruitment Privacy Policy Cookies Suspicious Emails Legal Status, Rules and Modern Slavery Environmental Policy Pay Gap Report Follow us Follow us on Linkedin. 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