{"id":266714,"date":"2026-05-01T07:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=266714"},"modified":"2026-05-01T07:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:58:16","slug":"winners-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/esg-awards\/winners-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Best Internal Support Network of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>E.ON UK<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Women in Law: Best Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Fletchers Solicitors<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Women in Law: Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Lisa Ardley-Price, NatWest<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Ethnicity: Best Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Legal CORE<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Disability\/Neurodiversity: Best Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Stephenson Harwood<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Disability\/Neurodiversity: Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Reena Parmar, Freshfields<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Social Mobility: Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In-House Legal Solutions<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pro bono initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>3VB<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Environmental\/Sustainability: Best Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>HFW<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Environmental\/Sustainability: Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Amanda Carpenter, Achill Legal<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Business and Human Rights<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Debevoise &amp; Plimpton<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Clean Energy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A&amp;O Shearman<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Environmental Protection<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Pogust Goodhead<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Best Law Firm Advisory Team: ESG Regulatory and Compliance<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Travers Smith<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Sustainable Finance<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>DLA Piper<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Green Ambassador of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>David Hunter, Bates Wells<\/p>\n<h4><strong>DE&amp;I: Private Practice Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Richard Fisk, Addleshaw Goddard<\/p>\n<h4><strong>DE&amp;I: Law Firm Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dentons<\/p>\n<h4><strong>DE&amp;I: Rising Star of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Nazmin Akthar, Womble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ESG: Private Practice Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sally Dallow, Womble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ESG: In-house Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Rebecca Danby<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ESG: In-house Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Expereo<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ESG: Law Firm Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Shoosmiths<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ESG: Rising Star of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ming Zee Tee, A&amp;O Shearman<\/p>\n<h4><strong>LGBTQ+: Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Oscar Davies, Garden Court Chambers<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Mental health &amp; Wellbeing Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>General Counsel Wellbeing Network<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>ESG: Bar Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Barbara Mills KC, 4PB<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ESG: Bar Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Fountain Court<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ESG: Client Service Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Latham &amp; Watkins<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ESG: Client Partner of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Stuart Neely, Norton Rose Fulbright<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Lifetime Achievement Award: Social Mobility<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Caroline Green, Browne Jacobson<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Lifetime Achievement Award: ESG &amp; Sustainability<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Silke Goldberg, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Internal Support Network of the Year E.ON UK Women in Law: Best Initiative of the Year Fletchers Solicitors Women in Law: Champion of the Year Lisa Ardley-Price, NatWest Ethnicity: Best Initiative of the Year Legal CORE Disability\/Neurodiversity: Best Initiative of the Year Stephenson Harwood Disability\/Neurodiversity: Champion of the Year Reena Parmar, Freshfields Social Mobility: &hellip; 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