HAVEL & PARTNERS builds on its many ESG activities and is the first law firm on the Czech market to join the United Nations Global Compact initiative. The initiative brings together a total of 15,000 companies and another 4,000 non-business entities from more than 160 countries committed to building a sustainable future.

The United Nations Global Compact is one of the most important international platforms promoting the principles of sustainability and equality in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. In doing so, it relies on ten principles that it sees as the cornerstones of its mission to achieve global change towards better economic and social conditions, more effective international cooperation, peace and development.

HAVEL & PARTNERS, as the leader on the Czech-Slovak legal market, also endorses these principles and sees sustainability as one of the key issues of the present day and as a challenge and opportunity for its clients, whom it advises in this regard.

“We address these topics intensively not only with our clients, but also within the firm. At HAVEL & PARTNERS we are fully aware of the need to actively contribute to sustainable operations, equality and the fight against corruption. That is why we have also joined the UN project, which is committed to upholding the principles that are part of our corporate values and have long been an integral part of our corporate culture,” says Veronika Dvořáková, partner at the firm.

HAVEL & PARTNERS is also a founding member of a platform called Climate & Sustainable Leaders Czech Republic, which promotes the reduction of the carbon footprint in the Czech Republic and motivates Czech companies to launch activities that will contribute to their transition to sustainable operating models.