Kelly Noel-Smith shortlisted in The Legal500 ESG UK Awards – Environmental/Sustainable Champion Award

We are delighted to share that CSR Partner, Kelly Noel-Smith, has been shortlisted in The Legal500 ESG UK Awards – Environmental/Sustainability Champion.

The award acknowledges truly exceptional individual contributions to improving sustainability in private practice over the last year, with a focus on internal initiatives at law firms.

Since joining the firm as a Partner in 2009, Kelly Noel-Smith has pioneered our approach to sustainability, developing and leading our best practice programme. Kelly spearheaded Forsters’ 2021 commitment to a science-based emission reduction target to halve our greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. We were one of the first firms of our size to make this pledge. In Autumn 2023 our reduction target was approved by the Science Based Target initiative.

The winner of the award will be announced on 24 April.

We are also delighted that Forsters has been shortlisted for the Lexis Nexis Legal Awards 2024 – Award for Sustainability. Winners will be announced on 14 March.