Corporate Social Responsibility

Fenwick Elliott LLP is committed to ensuring that all aspects of its business activities are conducted according to rigorous ethical, professional and legal standards. We are committed to operating with a strong sense of integrity, critical to maintaining trust and credibility with our clients, business partners, employees and stakeholders. We strive to review and continuously improve our corporate social responsibility programme.

To meet this commitment, Fenwick Elliott LLP seeks to fulfil the following objectives:

To provide our clients with the best possible service and respect their confidentiality and avoid conflicts of interest.
To support our employees in taking on social responsibilities.
To treat all employees equally and invest in training to improve skill levels across the firm.
To encourage involvement in charity and make charitable donations through corporate fund raising activities and individual effort.
To make a positive contribution to the environment and manage our environmental footprint to try and reduce any aspects of environmental degradation associated with our activities.
To conduct our business according to the highest ethical standards.
To maintain the highest standards of health and safety.
To be a great place to work.
To take an active role in the community in which we operate.
To improve internal and external awareness of its CSR activities and initiatives.

Environment: We continually assess methods to reduce our wastage and energy whilst ensuring that we motivate and educate staff about green issues.

Health and Safety Policy: Fenwick Elliott LLP has a comprehensive Health and Safety Policy to make sure that our employees can work safely and securely, with no risk to themselves or those around them.

Charities: We have adopted one main charity in recent years on which to focus our fundraising activities – The Lighthouse Club. This charity is known, recognized and regarded with respect and affection throughout every branch of the construction industry.

As well as our charity of the year, we make smaller, one-off donations and bursaries to charities, organisations and individuals where there is a link with our people, our industry or our local community.

Pro Bono: Fenwick Elliott LLP encourages and supports legal pro bono work carried out by its staff and partners.

Diversity: The Firm is committed to eliminating unlawful discrimination and promoting equality and diversity in its own policies, practices and procedures and in those areas in which it has influence.

This applies to the Firm’s professional dealings with staff and partners, other solicitors, barristers, clients and third parties. The Firm intends to treat everyone equally and with same attention, courtesy and respect regardless of their disability, gender, marital status, age, race, racial group, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality, religion or belief or sexual orientation.

People: We aim to provide an open, challenging and participative environment for all our employees. We identify employee development expectations through regular reviews and endeavour to ensure that pay and benefits are competitive. Fenwick Elliott LLP employees are expected to understand and abide by the firm's core values.

Corporate Social Responsibility Structure: Neil Elliot (Practice Manager) is responsible for reviewing our Corporate Social Responsibility policy and performance. Neil seeks to continuously improve Fenwick Elliott LLP’s performance on the key issues of the CSR programme and to promote and encourage the corporate responsibility programme into the management and culture of the business and into the minds of our employees.

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