Responsibility

Since 2007, Nixon Peabody’s Legally Green® initiative has been spearheaded by the firm’s Chief Sustainability Officer and a firmwide Green Operations Steering Committee. Through the efforts of our CSO, Green Ops, and our local sustainability teams, we have identified priority areas, established goals, and implemented sustainable practices firmwide. We ensure that we “walk the talk,” performing quarterly reviews to track office-based compliance with our firmwide commitments. And we continuously strive to improve ourselves, challenging our firm managers and office administrators to find new ways to achieve measurable progress in each of our priority areas.

Green leadership

Nixon Peabody LLP has been recognized as a sustainability leader by A Better City (ABC), a Boston-based, independent, membership-based organization that works to improve the economic competitiveness and quality of life of the Greater Boston region by advancing significant transportation, land development and environmental policies, projects and initiatives.
Recognized in 2011 by Computerworld as one of the top 12 green information technology (IT) organizations
Ranked #3 in Vault’s 2012 List of The Best Law Firms to Work For: Green Category
Recipient of Boston Business Journal’s 2009 Green Business Award (Workplace Category)
Highlighted in Vault’s Guide to Green Business Programs

Green innovation and investment

The first law firm to appoint a Chief Sustainability Officer
One of the first law firms in the nation to embrace sustainable building practices.

Our San Francisco office was LEED® certified for its commercial interior in October 2007—the first major law firm so designated.
Our portfolio of green offices continues to grow. Our Albany office and our New York City renovation attained LEED Silver certification in 2009, and our Chicago office earned LEED Gold certification in February 2010.

Piloted the American Bar Association’s “Triple Bottom Line” Model Sustainability Policy
Our purchase of Renewable Energy Credits qualifies us for participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership
One of the first adopters of the ABA/EPA Law Office Climate Challenge, undertaking best practices for office paper management
Pilot member of Law Firm Sustainability Network

Firmwide commitment to excellence

We engage all of our personnel, recognizing that we each have an individual role to play in creating a more sustainable world, and that, together, we can make a real difference. Some of our best ideas have come from our volunteer corps of local sustainability teams, including the suggestion to purchase a small fleet of firm-owned bicycles that are available to employees to run errands, meet clients, or appear in court.

We continue to challenge ourselves to be creative and innovative. For example, our Boston office participates in A Better City’s Challenge for Sustainability, setting annual goals to improve our sustainability performance. Our firmwide Pocket Change Challenge raises thousands of dollars in small change that is donated to local environmental organizations—a testament to the power of collective action. We recently developed an intranet-based Legally Green Pledge, which serves as an interactive educational tool that encourages us to make simple, personal commitments that collectively help our firm become a more sustainable workplace.

As proud as we are of our past commitments, we know that there is still much work to be done. To meet our firmwide goal of professional excellence we must not only provide the best client service, we must also honor our responsibility as a good corporate citizen. We view this as an ongoing challenge, and we continuously look for ways to better ourselves.

Green Practice Leadership Responsibility	Responsibility Since 2007, Nixon Peabody’s Legally Green® initiative has been spearheaded by the firm’s Chief Sustainability Officer and a firmwide Green Operations Steering Committee. Through the efforts of our CSO, Green Ops, and our local sustainability teams, we have identified priority areas, established goals, and implemented sustainable practices firmwide. We ensure that we “walk the talk,” performing quarterly reviews to track office-based compliance with our firmwide commitments. And we continuously strive to improve ourselves, challenging our firm managers and office administrators to find new ways to achieve measurable progress in each of our priority areas. Green leadership Nixon Peabody LLP has been recognized as a sustainability leader by A Better City (ABC), a Boston-based, independent, membership-based organization that works to improve the economic competitiveness and quality of life of the Greater Boston region by advancing significant transportation, land development and environmental policies, projects and initiatives. Recognized in 2011 by Computerworld as one of the top 12 green information technology (IT) organizations Ranked #3 in Vault’s 2012 List of The Best Law Firms to Work For: Green Category Recipient of Boston Business Journal’s 2009 Green Business Award (Workplace Category) Highlighted in Vault’s Guide to Green Business Programs Green innovation and investment The first law firm to appoint a Chief Sustainability Officer One of the first law firms in the nation to embrace sustainable building practices. Our San Francisco office was LEED® certified for its commercial interior in October 2007—the first major law firm so designated. Our portfolio of green offices continues to grow. Our Albany office and our New York City renovation attained LEED Silver certification in 2009, and our Chicago office earned LEED Gold certification in February 2010. Piloted the American Bar Association’s “Triple Bottom Line” Model Sustainability Policy Our purchase of Renewable Energy Credits qualifies us for participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership One of the first adopters of the ABA/EPA Law Office Climate Challenge, undertaking best practices for office paper management Pilot member of Law Firm Sustainability Network Firmwide commitment to excellence We engage all of our personnel, recognizing that we each have an individual role to play in creating a more sustainable world, and that, together, we can make a real difference. Some of our best ideas have come from our volunteer corps of local sustainability teams, including the suggestion to purchase a small fleet of firm-owned bicycles that are available to employees to run errands, meet clients, or appear in court. We continue to challenge ourselves to be creative and innovative. For example, our Boston office participates in A Better City’s Challenge for Sustainability, setting annual goals to improve our sustainability performance. Our firmwide Pocket Change Challenge raises thousands of dollars in small change that is donated to local environmental organizations—a testament to the power of collective action. We recently developed an intranet-based Legally Green Pledge, which serves as an interactive educational tool that encourages us to make simple, personal commitments that collectively help our firm become a more sustainable workplace. As proud as we are of our past commitments, we know that there is still much work to be done. To meet our firmwide goal of professional excellence we must not only provide the best client service, we must also honor our responsibility as a good corporate citizen. We view this as an ongoing challenge, and we continuously look for ways to better ourselves.	Services Cleantech Climate Change Environmental Renewable Energy Syndication See Our Legally Green® Brochure Contact Carolyn S. Kaplan, Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer 617-345-1345 ckaplan@nixonpeabody.com ‘USGBC’ and related logo is a trademark owned by the U.S. Green Building Council and is used by permission.
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