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Sustainability

Annual Report 2022-2023

We are committed to ensuring our procurement practices reflect our values by choosing suppliers with fair and sustainable business practices.

Elizabeth Lehmann, Disaster Response Legal Service solicitor, on outreach at Eugowra 2022 following severe floods in the region. We supported clients through recent bushfires and floods with the knowledge that they are symptoms of a changing climate. Elizabeth Lehmann, Disaster Response Legal Service solicitor, on outreach at Eugowra 2022 following severe floods in the region. We supported clients through recent bushfires and floods with the knowledge that they are symptoms of a changing climate.

Key achievements

  • We reduced our electricity consumption by choosing energy efficient appliances and increasing our use of green energy.
  • We continued to make our fleet of business vehicles more environmentally friendly by increasing the number of hybrid vehicles, meeting government fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles and reducing fleet size where possible.
  • We developed a climate change policy and renewed support for the Legal Aid NSW Green Committee.

The year ahead

  • We currently have 41 hybrid vehicles on order to replace petrol vehicles as leases expire.
  • We will continue to work closely with offices to see where we can reduce the size of our fleet by transferring underutilised vehicles between offices instead of ordering new vehicles.
  • We will continue to comply with our obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (NSW).

Key challenge

  • Several of our offices have added significant additional staff to their teams and will require upgraded spaces. We will ensure these changes are made in the most environmentally efficient way possible.