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We aim to:</p> <ul> <li>maintain responsible practices and behaviours that enable us to run our business sustainably and manage our environmental footprint;</li> <li>empower our people to deliver pro bono and other voluntary projects supporting environmental and social activities relevant to our sectors; and</li> <li>support our clients to in their net zero transition and develop thought leadership to enable positive change in our sectors.</li> </ul> <p><a name="people"></a></p> </div><div class="careers_2023_intro_flex_contacts"></div></div> </div> <div id="careers_1" class="careers_2023_images careers_2023_panel careers_2023_padding_no-top"><div class="container container_capped"><ul><li data-aos="fade-up"><span><img width="1200" height="400" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20400'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" 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https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Environment-Sustainability-shutterstock_1847169244-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Environment-Sustainability-shutterstock_1847169244-768x358.jpg 768w, https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Environment-Sustainability-shutterstock_1847169244-1536x716.jpg 1536w, https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Environment-Sustainability-shutterstock_1847169244-2048x955.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 3560px) 100vw, 3560px" /></noscript><a href="#planet" target="_self" class="careers_2023_images_colour_green">PLANET</a></span></li><li data-aos="fade-up"><span><img width="1282" height="598" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201282%20598'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042.jpg 1282w, https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042-300x140.jpg 300w, https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042-768x358.jpg 768w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px" data-lazy-src="https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042.jpg" /><noscript><img width="1282" height="598" src="https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042.jpg 1282w, https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042-300x140.jpg 300w, https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Meeting-flipped-shutterstock_1317506042-768x358.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px" /></noscript><a href="#practices" target="_self" class="careers_2023_images_colour_blue">PRACTICES</a></span></li></ul></div></div><div id="careers_2" class="careers_2023_panel careers_2023_padding_default"><div class="container container_capped"><div class="careers_2023_intro" data-aos="fade-up"><h3>CREDENTIALS</h3> <h4>People</h4> <p>As an international law firm employing around 1,400 people across 15 countries, we aim to have positive impact within the communities in which we operate by working in partnership with charities and educational organisations to provide financial support and share our skills and expertise.</p> <p>Our lawyers deliver pro bono legal advice across a range of social issues including access to justice, action on energy poverty and helping improve working conditions within our sectors. In the 2023/24 financial year, our lawyers recorded almost 2,500 legal pro bono hours, an increase of 7% compared to the previous year. Our people are also empowered to deliver non-legal pro bono support and fundraise for charitable initiatives globally, with almost 1,000 voluntary hours recorded in the last financial year in addition to legal pro bono matters.<a name="planet"></a></p> <h5>Case study: <a href="https://www.wfw.com/firm-culture/rb-news/mei-lin-goh-study-abroad-scholarship/">Mei Lin Goh Study Abroad Scholarship</a></h5> </div></div></div><div id="careers_3" class="careers_2023_panel careers_2023_padding_no-top"><div class="container container_capped"><div class="careers_2023_intro" data-aos="fade-up"><h4>PLANET</h4> <p><a name="practices"></a>Our Planet pillar reflects our commitment to using our skills, expertise and resources to help address key environmental issues relevant to our firm and sectors. We have supported a number of environmental causes specific to our sectors in recent years, including helping develop and launch the Poseidon Principles and Pegasus Guidelines to support sustainability within the maritime and aviation sectors respectively.</p> <p>In 2024 we launched a long-term nature restoration partnership with social enterprise Treeapp, committing to planting one tree for every WFW deal that closed in the preceding financial year, focussing initially on three sites in Europe (the UK and Germany) and Asia (Indonesia) – each providing distinct environmental and social benefits.</p> <h5>Case study: <a href="https://www.wfw.com/firm-culture/rb-news/pioneering-sustainable-aviation-the-pegasus-guidelines/">Pioneering sustainable aviation – the Pegasus Guidelines</a></h5> </div></div></div><div id="careers_4" class="careers_2023_panel careers_2023_padding_no-top"><div class="container container_capped"><div class="careers_2023_intro" data-aos="fade-up"><h4>PRACTICES</h4> <p>WFW has committed to global environmental targets, approved by the Science-Based Targets initiative (“SBTi”), to reduce our overall carbon footprint by over 50% by 2032. To support delivery against our targets and set us on the path to Net Zero, in FY24 we published a refreshed firm-wide Carbon Reduction Plan and Global Environmental Charter, co-developed with global consultancy WSP.</p> <p>Since 2019, we have reduced emissions from our offices by 35% and continue to transition to renewable energy sources across our global network whilst seeking to improve energy efficiency. We remain reducing Scope 3 emissions from business travel and in our supply chain as well as continuing to improve data quality. Read our latest environmental data <a href="https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WFW-Carbon-Reduction-Plan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>here</strong></a> and our environmental policy <strong><a href="https://www.wfw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WFW-Environmental-Policy-2024-25.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>.</p> <h5>Case study: <a href="https://www.wfw.com/firm-culture/rb-news/empowering-climate-action-our-partnership-with-giki/">Empowering climate action – our partnership with Giki</a></h5> </div><p class="careers_2023_panel_back_top" data-aos="fade-up"><a href="#mc-overall-wrapper">Back to top</a></p></div></div><div id="careers_5" class="careers_2023_panel careers_2023_padding_default"> <div id="home_insights" class="home_insights_archive"> <div class="container clearfix"> <h2>Read our Insights</h2> <ol><li class="article_1"><div class="home_features_col"><article><div class="home_features_col_img"><a 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