ESG – Corporate Sustainability

Building a sustainable business that benefits all stakeholders.

Knights is committed to building a sustainable, future-proofed business.

A business that allows its stakeholders to thrive, empowers its people and communities, minimises its environmental impact and operates ethically with the highest levels of governance. These goals, which are fully aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity, underpin the Group’s investment case and are central to its vision of transforming legal services.

The Group is also informed by guidelines from independent agencies such as MSCI and aligns with external disclosure recommendations, including those set out by the London Stock Exchange and Knights is proud of the continued progress it has made across Environmental, Social and Governance reporting, having initiated a strategic programme in 2020 to underscore its commitment to make a positive impact.

The Group focuses on three key pillars within its sustainability approach:

Key performance indicators

Knights’ strategic ESG programme includes a framework of KPIs and goals which are continuously kept under review. These help us deliver for our people and our communities and are a vital part, not only of our ongoing efforts to modernise our business, but also how we integrate acquisitions.

• Employee NPS +24: Listening to our colleagues is fundamental to our collaborative culture, which allows us to continually evolve how we look after the health and wellbeing of our employees and support them in their careers.
• Gender diversity: 66% of employees are female, including good diversity at leadership levels. This reflects a strong meritocracy and a diverse and inclusive culture.
• Accelerated adoption of new technologies to encourage paper-light working and increased video conferencing to reduce unnecessary travel mitigating environmental impact.

“Our commitment to reducing the Group’s carbon footprint continued this year whilst we adapted working practices to accommodate for a return to a more normalised office based working and travel, following the pandemic.

“We continue to invest in technology and review our property portfolio to help us meet our long term carbon usage targets. We continue to deliver on our ESG initiatives and see increasing momentum in our work within our communities through our 4 Our Community initiative.”

Jane Pateman
Non-Executive Director
30 April 2023

Responsible for driving the Group’s ESG initiatives since FY20.