Sustainability

Ogier is on a sustainability journey. Our focus is on continual improvement through setting challenging targets, allocating the right resources and approaching decisions and activities with a sustainability mindset.

Ogier's Environmental Impact Policy sets out our approach to improving our environmental performance beyond its legal obligations. As part of this approach, we have set ambitious reduction targets for our carbon emissions through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) – targets grounded in climate science, in line with the global net-zero goal.

We are members of the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance (NZLA) an organisation we are working with to develop industry best practices. We were the first offshore law firm making these commitments and achievements.

Key for Ogier is how we are held to account and the strong governance we put in place to achieve our sustainability goals. With the full support of Global Managing Partner Edward Mackereth, our long-term sustainability commitments are supported by our Legal Executive Board and Ogier's Global Environmental Steering Committee. Our global network of sustainability champions and everyone at Ogier plays a part in the implementation of our sustainability programme.

Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of our top priorities in our long-term sustainability journey. 

As a business, Ogier commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 50% by 2030 from a 2019 base year. We also commit to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions 46.2% within the same time frame and looking forward, we are setting a net zero target.

To achieve these targets, we have developed strategies and are taking practical steps in the priority areas (energy, business travel, employee commuting and other relevant supply chain emissions). We are progressing our energy strategy involving a multiple-year firm-wide project to improve the energy efficiency of our existing space, sourcing renewable energy where possible and encouraging behavioural change.

We are proud to have completed SBTi's validation process for our 2030 near-term science-based targets and received its approval in September 2023. You can read our year one progress report below.

Key to our success is people power, which is why we invest in sustainability education. We provide learning and development opportunities and resources to raise our people's awareness of what they can do to help across a wide range of issues including climate, waste, material use and sustainable procurement.