Freeths LLP
City of Nottingham, United Kingdom
January 2024
Legal activities
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
United Kingdom
Freeths is a leading, full-service UK law firm, with 1,200 freethinking colleagues working together to make the future better for our people, planet, clients and communities. We are friendly, straight-talking and use our expertise, integrity and brand values to deliver smart legal services and a dynamic, inclusive and rewarding experience. We offer a refreshing change; we are confident, caring, client-focused and great to work with. We never over-complicate things and are always honest, working hard to understand clients’ needs and thinking beyond the norm to provide fast, high-quality results. We can be counted on to do the right thing, go that crucial extra mile, and develop lasting relationships built on mutual respect. Because of all this and more, we’re trusted by the UK’s leading corporates, as well as charities, universities and private individuals. But don’t just take our word for it, as others recognise our expertise and excellence, including Legal Business, which named us Law Firm of the Year 2024. We also regularly list in The Times Best Law Firms, are an Investor in People organisation, and have been named a Stonewall Diversity Champion. Not only that, we are one of the very few firms to be accredited in the 2024 Legal 500 UK Green Guide, and regularly gain
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 16.8
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 16.8
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 34.6
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 17.6
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 9.2
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 3.2
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.