Sustainability

As a firm, we are investing in resources to help us minimize our impact on the environment, improve the resilience of our business operations to environmental risks and impacts, and maximize our ability to help our clients transition to a low carbon economy.

We have a 2030 target to reduce emissions by at least 90% in scope 1 and 2 (market). These targets were formally approved by the Science Based Targets initiative in December 2023.*

Our transition planning includes actions to reduce our GHG emissions, to manage the firm’s risks arising from climate change, and to evolve our practice to be appropriate for a low carbon economy. This includes working towards sourcing 100% of our energy requirements from renewable sources, eliminating sources of Scope 1 emissions as soon as possible, setting climate related requirements for our suppliers, and engaging with our clients to support their sustainability journeys.

We regularly evaluate our progress across a multitude of material benchmarks and work to improve our performance. We participate in carefully selected sustainability initiatives and certifications including CDP (currently B rating overall with A- for supplier engagement) the UN Global Compact, and the Science Based Targets initiative.

*The Long-Term Targets wording approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in December 2023 is “Hogan Lovells commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 90% by 2030 from a 2019 base year, and to maintain at least 90% absolute reduction through 2050. Hogan Lovells also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions 90% by 2050 from a 2019 base year”.