Maurice Blackburn

At Maurice Blackburn we care about protecting the environment and are committed to being an environmentally sustainable law firm.

The firm's sustainability initiatives, spearheaded through our Sustainability Committee, are aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of the firm.

We aim to achieve environmental excellence through:

• implementing a Sustainability Policy, which articulates our commitment to protecting the environment, provides guidelines for sustainable practices across the firm and calls for staff compliance. The policy focuses on:
  • education of staff
  • energy and water conservation
  • waste reduction
  • sustainable decision making in purchasing or sourcing suppliers
  • supporting and encouraging the use of sustainable forms of transport for staff.
• undertaking a comprehensive, national carbon audit of our operations, to focus our emissions reduction strategy, provide a benchmark for measuring progress and facilitate carbon offsetting
• implementing environmentally sound building refurbishments to reduce energy and water consumption, for example installation of sensor lights, brown-out blinds and dual flush toilets
• facilitating and promoting the use of public transport and cycling to and from work, for example through establishing a bike users group and offering employees plans for purchase of yearly public transport tickets
• purchasing consumable products from environmentally and socially sound sources
• recycling used computers
• switching to 80 per cent recycled paper.

We are also committed to helping organisations that lobby to protect the environment. For example, we assist Greenpeace with work on a paid and pro bono basis.