Our Commitment to Sustainability
Empowering the legal sector through sustainable solutions.
Our Reporting Principles
These principles provide a framework that supports member firms in taking meaningful sustainability action and reflect AusLSA’s commitment to promoting best-practice ESG performance across the Australian legal sector.
Our Framework
Built around the four pillars of People, Community, Environment and Governance, AusLSA’s sustainability reporting framework has been continuously developed and refined to provide a robust and relevant approach for the Australian legal sector.
Key Member Services & Programs
Comprehensive Sustainability Reporting Framework
AusLSA provides a comprehensive ESG reporting framework tailored specifically for Australian law firms and aligned with global standards, including:
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
- Greenhouse Gas Protocol
- UN Global Compact
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
- ISO 14064
Member firms report annually across key sustainability topics, including:
This framework supports consistent ESG disclosure, improves data quality, and enables firms to track performance, benchmark against peers, and strengthen their sustainability capability.
- Climate action, emissions, and energy
- Environmental management
- Workforce wellbeing, diversity, inclusion, and development
- Community impact and pro bono activity
- Governance, sustainable procurement, and ethical conduct
This framework supports consistent ESG disclosure, improves data quality, and enables firms to track performance, benchmark against peers, and strengthen their sustainability capability.
Climate & ESG Readiness Support
AusLSA provides practical tools and resources to help firms build capability and prepare for emerging ESG and regulatory obligations, including:
- Measurement and reporting of emissions inventories, including Scope 3 categories
- Modern slavery risk assessment and human-rights due diligence
- Strengthening supply chain sustainability and responsible procurement practices
- Supporting firm commitments and action plans for First Nations reconciliation
Capacity Building Through Expert Education
Members gain access to ongoing educational opportunities, including:
These programs support teams across legal, operational, and leadership roles to build the skills and capability needed to respond effectively to key ESG challenges for firms.
- Webinars and workshops delivered by sustainability and legal-sector experts
- Training on climate governance, data collection for emissions measurement, and opportunities for reducing supply chain emissions
- Sessions on modern slavery risk assessment, human rights due diligence, and emerging regulatory expectations
- Workshops on sustainable procurement, ISO 20400 principles, and supply chain responsibility
- Insights into ESG disclosure trends and evolving reporting requirements in the Australian and global context
These programs support teams across legal, operational, and leadership roles to build the skills and capability needed to respond effectively to key ESG challenges for firms.
AusLSA Environmental Management System (AEMS)
The AusLSA Environmental Management System (AEMS) is a voluntary review and certification service available exclusively to AusLSA members. It is designed to support organisations in demonstrating structured, credible, and continuous environmental management practices aligned with industry expectations.
Under the AEMS program, AusLSA conducts the review and certification of members’ environmental management systems against its recognised framework. To ensure integrity and confidence in the process, the AEMS program itself is independently reviewed and certified by a qualified third-party consultant, providing an additional layer of assurance for members and stakeholders.
