Community Involvement
Minter Ellison was a founding participant in Australia’s Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI) in 2003 and is the only law firm to have obtained a Gold Ranking in the Index, placing it among Australia’s corporate social responsibility leaders.
Through its Community Investment Program, with its focus on pro bono legal services and community partnerships, the firm seeks to make a positive difference within the local communities in which it operates. The program has four priority areas - disadvantaged youth, homelessness, alleviation of poverty and access to justice .
Minter Ellison is also committed to sound environmental practices. The firm has been a member of the Commonwealth Government's Greenhouse Challenge since 2001. This program provides it with a framework to reduce its total carbon emissions .
Read more about this topic: Minter Ellison
Famous quotes containing the words community and/or involvement:
“Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs?—No—no, ‘tis your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.”
—Washington Irving (1783–1859)
“In the planning and designing of new communities, housing projects, and urban renewal, the planners both public and private, need to give explicit consideration to the kind of world that is being created for the children who will be growing up in these settings. Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older and younger than themselves.”
—Urie Bronfenbrenner (b. 1917)