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Burges Salmon targets 50% emissions cut by 2030
Latest firm to set green goals 🌳

Pinsent Masons and Osborne Clarke up eco efforts with net-zero emissions targets
More firms look to cut carbon

Slaughters targets 90% emissions reduction by 2040
Joins growing number of City firms implementing green goals 🌍

Eversheds becomes latest City firm to target net zero emissions
By 2050 or sooner

Linklaters looks to slash emissions by up to 70%
Magic circle player latest to up its green efforts 🍃

A&O targets 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030
Addresses direct and indirect emissions produced by firm

Herbert Smith Freehills targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2030
Follows 2025 aim set by CMS

Powering progress: The role lawyers play in leading the global energy transition
White & Case’s Ryan Gawrych and Hannah Bragge unpack life in the firm’s busy Energy, Infrastructure, Project and Asset Finance team

What are ‘green killer acquisitions’?
Law student Avisha Dhiman analyses the implications of anti-competitive practices in sustainability

Inside the Legal Cheek–ULaw Spring Virtual Vacation Scheme 2025: Key moments and takeaways
Insider insights on everything from real estate and restructuring to tax, disputes and trainee tips

Shoosmiths offers £1 million bonus pot to encourage AI use among staff
Cash rewards for reaching one million prompts on Microsoft Copilot

Blue bonds: Pioneering a sustainable future for our oceans
University of Edinburgh law student Tara Tell explores the rise of blue bonds, their impact on the sustainable bond market and their potential to drive marine conservation efforts worldwide

Navigating the high-stakes world of commodities law
Hill Dickinson partner John McNeilly talks about geopolitics, ‘firefighting’ and volatility in the world of commodities law

Top commercial awareness topics to watch for this training contract application season
From AI to interest rates -- lawyers have their say

Will fashion giant Shein get its London flotation?
Durham Uni modern languages grad Alicia Boothroyd analyses the challenges Shein faces in listing on the London Stock Exchange

Dentons launches ‘low carbon service’ with lawyers working from home, e-signatures and no printing
Carbon footprint reduced by 44%

Green contracts: the hidden key to ESG enforcement?
City Uni law grad Sammar Masood explores the viability of ESG clauses in commercial contracts

Bank Holiday round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend

The rise of the ‘climate refugee’ and why you need to care
Université Toulouse Capitole LLM student Sean Doig shines a spotlight on climate refugees

The ‘E’ in ESG: How to tackle emission disclosures
Law student Indrakshi Chaku offers a comparative analysis of the UK and India’s disclosure regimes