Osborne Clarke LLP draws from multidisciplinary expertise across its UK offices to strategically assist major clients with developing and implementing ESG policy. James Watson heads up the firm’s decarbonisation practice which focuses on the energy transition and aiding companies in achieving their net zero goals.

In the renewables sector, the firm assisted abrdn with the debt financing of a portfolio of solar projects owned by a series of community interest companies. A recent client in the sustainable finance space was Amber Infrastructure regarding the launch of the NTCA Green New Deal, which targets green investments in the North East of England and aims to drive the ‘green growth economy’.

Since the pandemic, the firm relaunched its 20-year old sustainable business group as OC Planet, setting out up-do-date, clear objectives and holding the firm accountable for its ESG commitments. In Bristol, the firm is moving to a new sustainable office which is set to be one of the greenest in the UK targeting an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM accreditation. Among the firm’s external engagements is its long-time partnership with the Avon Wildlife Trust, including support of their project ‘My Wild City’.