EMW Law LLP
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
June 2023
Legal activities
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
United Kingdom
EMW is a top 200 law firm in the UK with offices in London, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Gatwick. It provides a full range of legal services to clients ranging from start-ups and SME's through to financial institutions, public bodies and household names. However, EMW identifies itself not by what it does but how it does it. EMW is comprised of talented people who care deeply about its clients and the journey they are on. They want to be the first people clients think of if they have an idea, challenge or opportunity and they take pride in delivering a service tailored to the individual needs of each and every one of them. That delivery also comes with a healthy dose of personality - down to earth and easy to talk to, EMW's lawyers take what they do really seriously, themselves less so. They are people clients relate to. EMW’s values are at the heart of everything it does and everyone it interacts with, from clients, suppliers and employees to the wider community within which it operates. Its people take pride in themselves, their clients and their work. They believe in community and have integrity, confidence and a humble self-belief in each other and what they are doing. They do not feel the need to conform. EMW is proud to be part of a force for good in the economy.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 18.9
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 18.9
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 34.5
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 22.7
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 10.7
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 4.1
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.