Certifications and affiliations

We have achieved a silver EcoVadis sustainability rating, which assesses 21 ESG indicators over four main themes: environment, labour & human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement.

We have been signatories of the United Nations Global Compact since 2020. It is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, helping businesses advance the SDGs.

Support the Goals is an initiative to rate and recognise the businesses that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), since joining in 2020, we have been working with their sustainability specialists to raise awareness of the SDGs across our Firm.

The world’s largest sustainability initiative which encourages businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation.

Our near-term carbon reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which drives ambitious climate action in the private sector.

62% of our operational sites are ISO 14001: Environmental Management certified.

We are a member of the Legal Sustainability Alliance (LSA), a collaborative network of lawyers providing advice, information and resources to support the legal sector’s transition to net zero working.

The Green Performance Pledge Scheme is a performance-based landlord-tenant collaboration working towards shared sustainability goals. Kennedys Hong Kong has signed the pledge and is working with landlords to achieve ESG goals.

The Clean City Awards Scheme (CCAS) is run by the City of London Corporation to help drive sustainable business. We are a member of the scheme and help to improve engagement around sustainability and the transition towards a Plastic Free City.

We have joined over 350 organisations participating in The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP): the largest global network of lawyers and business leaders using the power of climate contracting to deliver fast and fair decarbonisation.

Kennedys is a founding signatory of the Greener Litigation Pledge. Greener Litigation is a collective of solicitors' firms, barristers' chambers and other disputes professionals actively committed to reducing the environmental impact of dispute resolution and litigation conducted in the courts of England and Wales.

The Canopy Project improves our shared environment by planting trees across the globe. We have committed to donate £5 to plant a tree for every hour of volunteer time that is recorded.

The Mansfield Rule aims to boost representation among historically underrepresented lawyers in law firm leadership. We are Mansfield 2022-23 certified and achieved Mansfield Plus status in the UK and US.

As signatories of The Law Society's Women in Law Pledge, we are committed to promoting gender equality across the legal profession by breaking down prejudices, stereotypes and biases that women face.

We are an official sponsor of the Insurance Supper Club (ISC), a business community that provides personal, professional, and business development for women in insurance across the world.

We are a member of Legal CORE (Collaboration on Race and Ethnicity), a leadership-led, cross-firm collective which aims to tackle the underrepresentation of ethnic minority groups in the UK legal sector.

We joined 2,500 other organisations in signing the Menopause Workplace Pledge to encourage the growing movement to support women through the menopause at work.

We are an official Gold Sponsor of the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, an industry-wide, independent, volunteer-run network that supports multicultural inclusion across the insurance sector by promoting multicultural inclusion and progression, engaging with allies, and celebrating the benefits of inclusion and diversity in the industry.

We are an official Bronze Sponsor of myGwork, a global business community that empowers the LGBTQ+ community by offering individual members a safe space where they can connect with inclusive employers, find jobs, mentors, professional events, e-learning/training, news and much more.

We are a Platinum member of MyPlus, reflecting our commitment to attracting, supporting and retaining talented individuals with disabilities.

We partner with GROW to advance social mobility in the legal profession by delivering a mentoring programme where Kennedys lawyers volunteer to mentor GROW members.

GAIN: Kennedys is a corporate member of GAIN, a group which focuses on promoting the inclusion and support of autistic and neurodiverse individuals within the insurance sector.

We signed the Women in Law Pledge in support of the progression of women into senior roles in our firm, by focusing on retention and promotion opportunities.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer for all our people in the UK, which includes third party contractors such as cleaners and security staff.

We are a founding Affiliate Board member of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) UK and Associate Board member in the US; the IICF is an industry-led foundation that provides grants for charities and community groups across the UK and the US.

We are one of 80 law firms participating in the UK’s Collaborative Plan for Pro Bono, to develop the systems and infrastructure required to allow pro bono services to be effectively delivered to address unmet legal need.

Bright-Tide empowers organisations to take action on climate change and biodiversity loss. We have partnered with Bright-Tide on the Save the Vaquita Hackathon and A Whale of a Solution for Climate Change.

We have teamed up with The Children’s Society to fund vital mental health and wellbeing support for vulnerable young people.

Envision’s mission is to empower young people from less-advantaged backgrounds to develop essential skills and confidence as part of their Community Apprentice programme.

Future Frontiers is a two-year programme that supports a young person's post-16 transition to further education, employment or training, helping them fulfill their potential.

​​​​​​​ICADE Legal Clinic is a pro bono programme where law students from ICADE voluntarily participate in different projects with non-governmental organisations (“NGOs”).

Every Child Online is a forward-thinking start-up charity with the mission to bridge the digital divide and make a substantial impact on eliminating digital poverty.

Chapter One aims to create a world where all children possess the literacy skills needed to thrive. To achieve this, they provide one-to-one reading support at the time it is needed most.