ESG Report 2024

Read our latest ESG report to discover how we have contributed positively to the communities in which we live and operate in within the last 12 months

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Building on our dedication to ESG

For over 45 years, we’ve built a reputation as one of the world’s leading IP firms and we — along with our owners, Sovereign Capital Partners — are committed to building upon our dedication to ESG initiatives. To us, this means ensuring that sustainability, social responsibility and ethics are at the heart of everything we do. This helps us to continue to add value to the communities in which we operate around the world as we achieve our ambitious business goals.

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Introducing our 2024 ESG report

We are delighted to introduce you to our fourth annual ESG report that not only showcases our sustained approach to contributing positively to the world around us, but also takes time to reflect on what we have achieved so far and inspires all of us across the business to do even more.

We are immensely proud of our people for going above and beyond their day jobs over the past 12 months. They have delivered the difference you can read about within this report, which includes special thank yous to our wonderful colleague-led groups that coordinate and advance our work in this area.

Please have a look through our report and discover our latest ESG initiatives, including how we have:

  • Raised awareness about a wide range of diversity and inclusion topics, providing resources to employees and facilitating training 
  • Continued to prioritise and support colleagues with their mental health and wellbeing
  • Further enhanced a number of colleague policies, including our agile working, maternity, paternity and adoption policies
  • More deeply analysed our carbon footprint data
  • Reviewed and strengthened our mandatory compliance training
  • Strengthened relationships with our global charity partners and supported colleagues with their own fundraising efforts
  • Introduced a new Volunteering Policy, with a pool of 200 volunteering leave days that colleagues can apply for

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