20 February 2020
Whether influencing government policy or managing their own plastics use, lawyers can help reduce environmental damage in a wide variety of ways
This NLJ digital supplement, now available online, covers a range of topics including the
importance of office air quality, some of the small steps lawyers can take to
make a big difference overall and why there are some reasons for optimism on
climate change.
IEMA chief
policy advisor Martin Baxter and non-executive director and barrister Safia
Iman consider how government can be kept to account on net zero carbon targets,
while the Bar Council’s Sam Mercer sets out how chambers can do their bit. Jim
Haywood from the Legal Sustainability Alliance presents six ways lawyers can
help the environment, whether fighting legal cases, working pro bono for an
environmental organisation or taking fewer flights.
