Clifford Chance Home People & Places Expertise Opinions Briefings About us Careers Alumni In this section Who we are & how we work A responsible business Community & pro bono People Environment Corporate Responsibility Reporting Policies Media centre A RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS We believe that, as an industry leader, we have a duty to run our business responsibly. This is reflected in our approach to how we run our firm and manage risk, how we deliver value to our clients, the commitments we make to the principles espoused by the UN Global Compact and the firm's CR programme, which we seek to align with our overarching business strategy. Our membership of the UN Global Compact provides us with a valuable framework for understanding our performance against independent benchmarks and encourages us to refine our understanding of what acting responsibly means at Clifford Chance. And we recently became one of the first major international law firms to adopt a human rights policy. In these pages we show how we're achieving our Corporate Responsibility vision – alongside the stories of some of the people who inspire us. Our CR strategy Our vision is to implement an outstanding corporate responsibility programme that has a significant positive impact on our firm and the communities in which we operate, in support of our ambition to lead the elite group of international law firms. Our vision is underpinned by our Principles – the values that unite and differentiate us. We will achieve it by focusing on three priorities: our people, our community and our environment. Our people. To build an inclusive and supportive culture that embraces our diversity and which provides opportunities for the best and brightest individuals from the widest range of backgrounds to develop their skills and broaden their experience. Our community: To have an outstanding pro bono and community outreach programme that enables everyone in the firm to engage enthusiastically and which delivers effective assistance to our charitable and not-for-profit partners, enabling us to widen access to justice, to finance and to education. The environment: To take a responsible and effective approach to measuring and managing our own environmental impact and to be a leading player in finding legal solutions for our clients to facilitate the implementation of sustainable energy technologies and projects. We set ourselves ambitious and challenging targets in each area of our CR strategy, and we report our progress against these targets in our annual CR Report. Engaging our people Engaging our clients Engaging our NGO partners Find a Lawyer Sectors All Banks Consumer goods & retail Energy & resources Government & public sector bodies Healthcare, life sciences & chemicals Industrials Insurance Funds & investment management Private equity Real estate Telecommunications, media & technology Transport & logistics Sovereign wealth Legal areas All Antitrust competition, EU & trade Banking & finance Capital markets Construction Emerging markets Employment, employee benefits & pensions Project development & finance Environment Insurance Intellectual property Funds & investment management Islamic finance Litigation & dispute resolution M&A corporate PFI PPP Public policy Real estate Regulatory enforcement & white collar Restructuring & insolvency Tax Telecommunications, media & technology Offices All Abu Dhabi Amsterdam Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Brussels Bucharest Casablanca Doha Dubai Düsseldorf Frankfurt Hong Kong Istanbul Jakarta Kyiv London London Coleman Luxembourg Madrid Milan Moscow Munich New York Paris Perth Prague Riyadh Rome São Paulo Seoul Shanghai Singapore Sydney Tokyo Warsaw Washington © Clifford Chance Site map Accessibility Legal statements* Privacy statement Contact us Fraud alert