Legal sector adopts online carbon management

21 September 2011

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 solution will provide an intuitive online process for LSA members to input their business data which is processed automatically by Greenstone's Acco2unt solution to calculate the associated carbon emissions. 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.”

Notes:

* 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 visit www.greenstonecarbon.com

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