b'BACK TO NAVIGATION CODE OF CONDUCTAt Law firms Increasing demands for greater transparency on non-financial performance is permeating businesses around the world and in Australia.Critical suppliers like investors and financiers, insurance companies are all screening the sustainability risks that impact the value and continued viability of their own business. Regulators like the Australian Securities Commission, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Border Force are requiring greater information and are increasingly holding boards responsible for understanding and managing a wider range of sustainability exposures. And then finally and perhaps most critically law firm customers are also developing standards for firms they wish to work with and are setting expectations beyond service levels and price as they expand their sustainability boundaries beyond their own organisations and into their supply chains. They regularly require information on diversity and inclusion, pro bono activity, environmental policy and action and procurement practices during tendering processes and also in regular service reviews.The capacity of the not-for-profit sector to support law firms is growing strongly and an increasing number of law firms are joining these programs to help guide their activities and reporting. Examples of NGOs which provide high quality support to law firms include the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Pride in Diversity, Minds Matter, Workplace Giving and Reconciliation Australia. All these organisations provide excellent programs for law firms, and all require law firms to collect, report and communicate information on commitment and performance.2022 AusLSA Member PerformanceSince the beginning of the COVID pandemic, AusLSA has responded to the ongoing disruptions by providing more flexible timelines for the submission of sustainability information by AusLSA members. However, the scope and depth of the reporting provided by members has not only been maintained but have expanded since the start of the pandemic to include managing modern slavery risks in supply chains and to report on the use of serviced offices and commitments to climate action.Despite the continuing interruptions to their businesses and operations, disruption of record access and competing operational priorities, this year, 95 per cent of AusLSA members chose to participate in sustainability reporting, with 88 per cent publicly providing their sustainability report. The firms not reporting had only joined AusLSA late in the reporting year and did not have time to participate.Only 42 per cent of member firms promoted their AusLSA-produced report on their website last year, which increased from only twenty-eight per cent in 2017. An additional 24 per cent of firms have advised that they are preparing to publicise their report in 2022.INITIATIVES Standalone ESG/ sustainability report 24% Website - ESG targets & performance information 29% Website - Environmental sustainability targets & performance information 29% Standalone environmental sustainability report 29% UN Global Compact & SDGs 35% CDP Reporting 35% Website - ESG commitments information 47%Participation 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%77'