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International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has released its latest annual Responsible Business report, showcasing its progress in advancing sustainability, fostering inclusion and supporting local communities.
The report spotlights major achievements across the past year, as well as outlining the firm’s ambitious goals and commitments for the next financial year.
An important milestone this year includes the onboarding of a new social value reporting platform to track the impact of WBD’s responsible business efforts, capturing initiatives such as its apprenticeship programme, carbon emission reduction, wellbeing actions, charitable giving and community volunteering, as well as pro bono work.
Key highlights this year include:
- 1,600+ hours given to charities across the UK through volunteering
- 85% of colleagues took a Wellbeing Day, a significant increase from 58% last year
- Celebrating Muslim Heritage month for the second consecutive year, the first law firm to champion this
- 29.7% reduction of office space footprint in London as part of our London office refurbishment
- Launching the WBD Foundation grant giving scheme, supporting groundbreaking projects across climate action, diversity and inclusion, as well as mental health and wellbeing.
Sally Dallow, Partner Lead for Responsible Business at Womble Bond Dickinson, said:
“Our firm's vision is to lead the way on responsible business. For us, it is not just a commitment, but it’s at the heart of everything we do and the compass by which we are guided. The initiatives and achievements highlighted in our report demonstrate the work we are doing to achieve that vision, whilst recognising our responsibility to continue to develop and grow our ambitions as we look to the year ahead.”
To read WBD's Responsible Business Report for 2024/5, please click here.
