Working collaboratively to promote sustainable practice across the legal sector

Sustainability Framework

AusLSA's Sustainability Framework is a map of the most important features that influence the broader value created by the Australian Legal Sector.

The Sustainability Framework developed by AusLSA has been developed to reflect management and reporting frameworks commonly applied in Australian and international organisations.

Whats included in the Sustainability Framework?

People-Workplace	Community	Environment	Governance
Gender Equality	Pro Bono	Environmental Management	Public Sustainability Reporting
Flexible Working	Non Legal Volunteering	Climate Action	Sustainable Supply Chain Management including modern slavery statements
Diversity and Inclusion	Corporate Giving	Greenhouse—gas-emissions from Electricity and gas	Ethics and Conduct
LGBTI Inclusion	Indigenous Reconciliation	Greenhouse-gas-emissions from Travel	Risk Management and Continuity
Physical Well-being		Paper Use and selection	External Reporting
Psychological Well-being		Waste and Recycling
Learning and Development		Renewable Electricity and Carbon Offsets Purchased

How was the Sustainability Framework Developed?

The current Sustainability Framework represents the evolution of Australian law firm's sophistication and capacity to identify, commit to and manage their most important sustainability aspects. The 2017 Sustainability Framework is the result of ongoing advice and consultation with AusLSA members and industry stakeholders and reflects a commitment to growth an ongoing improvement to the report.

The AusLSA Sustainability Reporting Framework has been being developed with reference to existing sustainability reporting methodologies including;

the Global Reporting Initiative
the UN Global Compact
Sustainable Development goals and
Australian GHG Protocol

The development of AusLSA’s Sustainability Framework is also greatly assisted by ongoing input from a group of key organisations who provide related programs and thought leadership. AusLSA has benefited greatly from the leadership shown by these organisations and groups and is grateful for their ongoing assistance in developing our framework:

The Australian Pro Bono Centre - legal pro bono programs
The Workplace Gender Equity Agency - gender equity and flexible working
Workplace Giving Australia - giving and non-legal volunteering
Pride in Diversity - LGBTI inclusion
The Legal Profession Reconciliation Network - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander reconciliation and
The Minds Count Foundation - psychological well-being \
World Wildlife Fund - sustainable paper certifications
EcoBuy - sustainable supply chain management
Ernst & Young