Climate Change Data

Shoosmiths LLP

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020-05 to 2021-04, 2021-05 to 2022-04)

Reporting Period: 2020-05 to 2021-04

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:4,555 tonnes CO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:93
Scope 2 Emissions:563
Scope 3 Emissions:3,932
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:101.42 tons
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Client experience
  • Employee value proposition
  • Environmental responsibility
  • Community relationships
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Social mobility
  • Modern slavery
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Carbon net zero
  • Sustainable practices
  • Pro bono services
  • Ethical behaviours
  • Bribery and corruption
  • Human rights
  • Responsible supply chain management

Environmental Achievements

  • Completed remote site audits to assess legislative and best practice compliance in Birmingham, Solent, and Thames Valley offices.
  • Reduced general waste generated (though data is extrapolated and includes estimations).

Social Achievements

  • Achieved ‘Platinum Standard’ Investors in People status.
  • Increased colleague pro bono and volunteering hours.
  • Supported numerous charities through fundraising and donations.
  • Launched the Shoosmiths Foundation.
  • Published Social Mobility Plan and developed KPIs.
  • Supported employee-led networks.
  • Formalized longer-term diversity and inclusion ambitions.

Governance Achievements

  • Established the Shadow Board to bring diverse perspectives to Board discussions.
  • Implemented various committees to oversee ESG matters (detailed in Appendix 1).

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Commit to set science-based emissions reduction targets across the entire value chain consistent with keeping global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Short-term Goals:
  • Shoosmiths’ operations (scopes 1 and 2 emissions) to become carbon net zero by 2025.

Environmental Challenges

  • Delayed integration of environmental management into health and safety management system due to COVID-19.
  • Data limitations and exclusions (detailed in Appendix 3).
Mitigation Strategies
  • Engagement of a new Environment Health and Safety consultant to redesign guidance.
  • Addressing data limitations through improved data collection and reporting methods.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Shoosmiths’ supplier code of conduct includes human rights and labour conditions and engagement programme regarding slavery and trafficking.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17

Appendix 4 details how Shoosmiths' initiatives contribute to these SDGs.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed

Reporting Period: 2021-05 to 2022-04

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:16,655.1 tonnes CO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:72.3 tonnes CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:227 tonnes CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:16,067.6 tonnes CO2e
Renewable Energy Share:100% by FY2025 (target)
Waste Generated:198.38 tons

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Social Mobility
  • Community Investment
  • Pro Bono
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced Scopes 1 and 2 (market-based) emissions by 62% from 2019/2020 baseline.

Social Achievements

  • £90,000 awarded to End Youth Homelessness and Street League charities.
  • 1,570.7 pro bono hours recorded.
  • Launched third cohort of High Performing Women programme.
  • Continued participation in Pirical ethnic diversity benchmark.

Governance Achievements

  • Updated bribery risk assessment and gifts and hospitality policy.
  • Implemented new hospitality reporting form requiring line manager/divisional head approval.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Submit proposed net zero target applicable to the entire value chain to the SBTi for validation.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 50% by FY2030 from an FY2020 base year.
  • Increase annual sourcing of renewable electricity from 74% in FY2020 to 100% by FY2025.
Short-term Goals:
  • Shoosmiths’ operations (scopes 1 and 2 emissions) to become carbon net zero by 2025.

Environmental Challenges

  • 25% decrease in pro bono hours compared to the previous year.
  • Challenges in achieving targets related to travel management and modern slavery supplier training.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Continued encouragement of pro bono work and increased publicity of outcomes.
  • Planned audit to incorporate beam’s Terms of Ethics into preferred hotel programme.
  • Exploring further opportunities for collaboration in mitigating and preventing slavery and trafficking.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Three remote site audits completed.

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier code of conduct including human rights and labour conditions.
  • Engagement programme regarding slavery and trafficking.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013, Investors in People Platinum

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • 1
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 7
  • 8
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17

The report details how various initiatives contribute to these SDGs.