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AusLSA Principles
As Members of AusLSA, we commit to:
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Measuring, managing and reducing
the environmental impact of our operations
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Working with external stakeholders
to reduce our indirect environmental impact
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Integrating awareness of
sustainability across our business
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Working collaboratively to engage in the
public debate on sustainability to develop, apply and promote best practice across
the sector
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Reporting on our progress and
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What do the Principles really mean? See
the Examples
These principles have been developed by the Foundation Members of the Australian
Legal Sector Alliance. AusLSA will review the principles annually based on feedback received from
all members, and their implementation experience. They will reflect ongoing learning and emerging
best practice, and the increased maturity of the Australian legal sector's approach to
sustainability.
The principles provide both a framework to support individual member action, and an outline of
AusLSA’s commitment to promoting sustainability.
The focus of the principles is to define and guide sustainable practices of AusLSA members, and
the wider Australian legal sector. 'Sustainability' extends to policies and practices which relate
to the environment, together with those which relate to individuals engaged in the Australian legal
sector, and those which relate to community and social engagement.
Environmental sustainability is the initial focus.
The principles cover members’ own operations, but also how members may influence clients,
suppliers, employees and policy makers.
Members adopt these principles voluntarily and independently. AusLSA recognises that members will
apply these principles as appropriate: they will apply to different members in different ways, each
of whom will be at different stages of promoting sustainability in their business. For this reason,
we provide non-prescriptive examples of how the principles might be applied. However, this is not
to be taken as a 'get-out clause'. Where it is impossible for a member to implement a particular
principle, they are invited to explain to members why they are unable to do so in their annual
report to AusLSA.
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