Adam Woodhall on how General Counsels can champion sustainability in their organisations

07/20/23 • 29 min

In this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law, Scott Brown speaks to Adam Woodhall, founder and CEO of Lawyers for Net Zero - a non-profit that supports GCs and their teams to utilise their position as a corporate leader to enable effective engagement with climate and ESG issues.

Adam shares the three lessons he has learned in law including:

· General Counsel are the most influential individuals in the legal sector. They interface with many colleagues in different roles across the organisation, and choose which law firms to work with.

· General Counsels have gone way beyond the ‘Department of No’!

· This is not theoretical - GCs are working on ESG and advocating for change in their organisations right now! If you, as a GC, are thinking of working in this field then know there are many others similar to you who are already making it happen.

Adam reveals how many GCs are using ESG initiatives as a way of exercising their leadership. GCs often sit on the board of organisations or advise very senior management and are doing so with regards to issues on sustainability.

Adam has worked with over 100 in-house lawyers via Lawyers for Net Zero's ‘Leaders Programme’, including the global GCs from Rolls Royce, WPP, BUPA, Centrica, National Grid and Specsavers. Hear all about the programme which focusses on supporting GCs to generate action via their role through peer-to-peer networking and training. You can find out more about the programme here.

Fancy a giggle? Check out Adam’s sustainable stand up on YouTube where he purports to be Head of Sustainability for the Death Star! Watch it here.

Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment.

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07/20/23 • 29 min

Lessons I Learned in Law - Adam Woodhall on how General Counsels can champion sustainability in their organisations

Transcript

Scott Brown (0:01)

Hi, welcome to Lessons I Learned in Law with me, Scott Brown, founder and Managing Director at Heriot Brown In-House Legal Recruitment. On this podcast, I'm joined by people from across the legal profession who are leaders in their field. And you get to hear about their career in law and the lessons that they've learned along the way. Hopefully, you leave it feeling inspired, and with new insights into what lawyers can achieve, were a great bunch. I'm delighted to be

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