Allen & Overy (A&O) has been named as the firm with the largest carbon footprint out of of a group of 18 UK firms that have chosen to publicly reveal their environmental impact. Based on the Legal Sector Alliance's (LSA) newly-developed tool, dubbed the LSA Protocol, which enables law firms to make an estimate of the level of carbon dioxide emissions it is responsible for, A&O was responsible for 27,269 tonnes of CO2 - or 8.52 tonnes per employee.Magic circle rivals Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer were ranked second and third with total emissions of 20,848 tonnes and 16,270 tonnes respectively.
December 11, 2008 at 09:33 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Allen & Overy (A&O) has been named as the firm with the largest carbon footprint out of of a group of 18 UK firms that have chosen to publicly reveal their environmental impact.
Based on the Legal Sector Alliance’s (LSA) newly-developed tool, dubbed the LSA Protocol, which enables law firms to make an estimate of the level of carbon dioxide emissions it is responsible for, A&O was responsible for 27,269 tonnes of CO2 – or 8.52 tonnes per employee.
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