Environment

Reduce

Mishcon de Reya is dedicated to reducing emissions produced by our day-to-day operations, which have an impact on the environment. We have aligned with the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi), the leading corporate climate target organisation that have helped us set robust targets to reduce our emissions on an annual basis.  

In the short term, we aim to reduce our emissions 42% by FY 2030, with a long-term goal of achieving a 90% reduction by FY 2050 for our net zero target. 

Every year, we capture our emissions data to accurately measure our carbon footprint. We will report annually on our carbon footprint and progress against our emissions reduction targets. In 2023, we partnered with Net Zero Now, a carbon accountancy platform, to allow us to enhance our data capture and report granular details on all our associated emissions across the firm. This analysis has given us in-depth detail, putting us ahead of the growing number of carbon-related standards and regulations, and enabling us to plan how to reduce our emissions in line with the firms' business strategy. 

Download our Carbon Reduction Plan 

Capture  

In addition to reducing our operational emissions, we are committed to offsetting 100% of our unavoidable emissions, which are the emissions we cannot reduce through our operations, every year, through nature-based carbon capture. We have invested in carbon capture and removals in support of the global transition.  

In our view, there are significant challenges with many of the existing voluntary offsetting schemes. We propose to avoid these and, instead, pay for carbon equivalent to our emissions being sequestered through known innovative UK nature-based projects, which measure the carbon captured and deliver a positive social and environmental impact. To date this investment has gone to UK projects involved in peatland and wetland restoration, capturing carbon from the atmosphere and storing for long periods in the soil.

Catalyse  

We work to enable our clients and people to drive transformation to mitigate and adapt to climate change, including with our suppliers. We are taking action to support: 

Our people, by providing training, environmental volunteering opportunities and a sustainability app for enhancing personal sustainable practices. 

Our clients, by advising on the implications of climate change, upcoming regulations and how to act to address them; by working with entrepreneurs in the development of innovative new technologies and markets; and using the law to hold those responsible for harm to account. 

Our profession, by pursuing a strategy to catalyse the decarbonisation of the legal sector.