Global telecoms company Nokia’s legal team has launched an equality, inclusion and diversity scorecard to assess its panel law firms.

The scoring will take place quarterly and annually and aims to assess whether its key law firms are implementing an effective equality, inclusion and diversity strategy. Eversheds Sutherland, Roschier, Bird & Bird, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, McKool Smith, and Alston & Bird are the first group of law firms to take part in the new initiative, a statement on Tuesday said.