Annual Sustainability Report 2025

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has published its Annual Sustainability Report 2025, which provides an overview of the progress the Firm made in 2024 to advance its eight prioritized Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its broader sustainability strategy. 

The report highlights Baker McKenzie’s 2024 actions across key sustainability areas – spanning inclusion, diversity and equity, environmental impact, governance and the rule of law, and also reaffirms the Firm’s commitment as a longstanding active participant of the UN Global Compact, upholding its Ten Principles on human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption – and more broadly, its dedication to responsible business practices.

2024 was also the year of Baker McKenzie’s 75th anniversary, and the Firm celebrated this milestone by demonstrating its deep commitment to local communities through a “Make a Difference Month” in July 2024. 

Commenting on the report, Milton Cheng, Global Chair of Baker McKenzie, said, “This year’s Annual Sustainability Report is the last report during my tenure as global chair, and I am proud to report on our progress. If there is one thing that my years as Baker McKenzie’s global chair have taught me, it is that in times of turbulence, it is essential to double down on our core values and focus on how each one of us can contribute to the greater good. We believe that the notion of stewardship is intrinsically tied to the notion of partnership, and that those of us in our Firm today are holding our Firm in trust for those who come after us.”

Alyssa Auberger, Chief Sustainability Officer at Baker McKenzie, added, “Baker McKenzie’s actions in 2024 underscore the alignment of our sustainability objectives with the values that have long defined our Firm – a commitment to our people and communities, turning words into action, and responsible leadership – reflecting our ambition to build a sustainable law firm for the future. We believe that lasting progress can be achieved when like-minded organizations work together, and we remain committed to partnering with our clients to advance shared goals and amplify our collective impact.”

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