Law firm announces B-Corp accreditation

Nottingham-based Freeths has is now a certified B Corporation. 

B Corp certification is awarded to businesses that demonstrate they meet B Corp’s high standards of environmental and social impact and good governance.

This is measured through performance, accountability, and transparency across all areas including employee benefits, charitable work, and supply chain practices.

Freeths will be working with the environmental company Planet Mark to help the firm create a net-zero plan and to establish interim and long-term Science Based (SBTi) net-zero targets.

Chris Freeston, head of the firm’s banking & finance practice, said: “I’m excited and hugely proud that Freeths has achieved B Corp certification. As a responsible business, it is a testament to the hard work of our people and it highlights these important issues and embraces the values that are integral to our firm, our people, our clients, and our communities. At Freeths, we take our commitments to people and the planet very seriously and this status demonstrates our ongoing performance in the field.”