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ARTHUR COX

Sustainability at Heart

At Arthur Cox, sustainability is at the heart of its purpose across its varied projects shortlisted for this year’s awards

Arthur Cox is shortlisted in three categories of this year’s Sustainable Business Impact Awards – for its Sustainable Business Impact Report 2020/21 in the ‘Communications’ category; for its work with Free Legal Aid Centres (FLAC) in the ‘Community Programme’ category and for a collaborative project with other law firms supporting the Afghan community in the ‘Partnership with a Charity’ category.

COMMUNICATING IMPACT Arthur Cox published its inaugural Sustainable Business Impact Report 2020/21 in July 2021. The objective of this report was to provide a benchmark for the firm’s sustainable business activities and the development of the firm’s programme going forward. As conceptual frameworks

“In 2020 we took the decision to evolve our CSR programme into something more”, says Geoff Moore, Managing Partner at Arthur Cox. “The firm wanted to intentionally integrate social and environmental concerns into our decision-making and our mainstream operations. Our first Sustainable Business Impact Report for 2020/21 examined the firm’s achievements and progress for the financial year 2020/21. It maps activities across the four internationally recognised core dimensions of a sustainable business programme: Community, Workplace, Marketplace and the Environment.”

Arthur Cox strives to continue to take responsibility for the firm’s impact on society and to integrate sustainable and responsible business practices into all of its decision-making as a firm. “We

AS A FIRM WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE OPERATE IN A MANNER THAT IS BOTH IMPACTFUL AND SUSTAINABLE

for corporate responsibility and sustainability have evolved in business, so too has Arthur Cox’s approach. The firm wants to build on the solid foundation of its rich heritage of giving back to the community. As a forward looking firm, it is keen stay ahead. want to ensure that we continue to grow and develop each pillar of our Sustainable Business programme and to build on our successes year on year,” continues Moore. “Our first report was a celebration of the work that we do in partnership with many organisations in the Geoff Moore, Arthur Cox

community – our charity and volunteering partners and our pro bono clients. Annual reporting is a useful way of communicating what the firm is doing to its own people, its clients and the wider business.

The Arthur Cox Sustainable Business Impact Report also provides a platform for the wonderful organisations and individuals in the community that the firm works with, to demonstrate the work that they do, but also how Arthur Cox has assisted them in various ways – be that financially, through manpower in volunteering activities or through the provision of pro bono legal expertise. Sustainability is a key focus of Arthur Cox’s business strategy. Reporting annually is a useful way of communicating what the firm is