Legal Sector adopts
online Carbon Management
Law firms across England
and Wales now have the opportunity to measure and report their
carbon emissions online.
The Legal Sector Alliance [LSA],
an inclusive movement of law firms and legal organisations
committed to working collaboratively to take action on climate
change, and Greenstone Carbon Management, a global specialist
carbon solutions company, are announcing a partnership to provide
an online portal for LSA member firms to measure and report their
carbon emissions.
LSA members will be able to
calculate and report their carbon emissions using Greenstone's
online Acco2unt Carbon Management Solution.
- The free tool will enable LSA
members to process data more quickly and with greater accuracy as
part of the annual reporting process. It will help law firms of all
sizes to calculate and report their carbon emissions in an easy and
time efficient way.
Law Society Chief Executive
Desmond Hudson said: “The online portal provided by
Greenstone will provide our members with a user friendly tool to
upload their business data and review their performance year on
year. It will make our annual reporting process much more
efficient and enable us to focus more time on advising firms how to
reduce their carbon emissions.”
Matthew de Villiers, Chief
Executive at Greenstone said: “We are delighted to be
providing LSA with an online carbon management portal. Many
LSA members already subscribe to our full Acco2unt solution and
this project is a logical extension of our work in the legal
sector. It is becoming increasingly clear that industry
organisations like the LSA need to have efficient central
processes, tools and administration to measure, report and
benchmark carbon emissions and these environments are ideal for our
Acco2untportal solution.”
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Notes to Editor
* Greenstone's unique Acco2unt
software product suite provides organisations with robust carbon
management and accounting solutions. It enables organisations
to measure, manage, plan, store and report emission data, track
performance on their carbon footprint at multiple organisational
levels and to accurately model carbon footprint reduction
strategies. Acco2unt can significantly reduce the burden of
auditing and reporting for compliance purposes, for stakeholders
and customers. An extensive list of emission sources is included in
the software's calculation covering energy, travel and transport,
IT, together with waste and water consumption.
About Legal Sector
Alliance
The Legal Sector Alliance is an
inclusive movement of law firms and organisations committed to
working collaboratively to take action on climate change by
reducing their carbon footprint and adopting environmentally
sustainable practices
We believe that acting on
climate change is in our collective interest and that a greater
impact can be achieved through collaborative action and the sharing
of knowledge and experience than could otherwise be achieved by the
efforts of individual firms.
To act as a framework for
individual and collective action, we have developed a set of
principles, which cover members' own operations, as well as their
wider influence on employees, suppliers, clients and policy
makers.
About Greenstone Carbon
Management Limited
Greenstone Carbon Management
Limited is a specialist carbon solutions company - based in
London, United Kingdom. Formed in 2006, it works in partnership
with major commercial and public sector organisations to help
measure, manage and report their carbon emissions to realise
business and financial benefits. Greenstone's proposition
comprises both consulting advice and access to a suite of Carbon
Management software tools through a SaaS model.
Typically, engagements with
clients follow a three step process: (i) Carbon Readiness
Assessment; (ii) Carbon Measurement and (iii) Carbon Reduction
Strategies. During the engagement, Greenstone will provide tools to
help measure and manage the organisation's carbon emissions, help
set up processes to gather data and to train personnel to manage
their carbon footprint on an ongoing basis.
Greenstone works with a range of
global businesses and respected brands such as the Fujitsu, G4S, DP
World, Freshfields, Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy. For
further information please visitwww.greenstonecarbon.com
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Notes to Editors:
Contact: Catherine Reed, The Law
Society
+44 (0)20 7320 5902