Linklaters has partnered with Pilotlight, the UK’s leading cross-profession pro bono charity, to support the UK’s first social impact programme for climate action.
The programme aims to enhance the effectiveness of charities tackling climate and sustainability challenges by bringing in skills and expertise from businesses to assist. The initiatives included in the programme range from Pilotlight Impact Day, a high energy event where teams of professionals take on specific, strategic challenges that charities face and provide suggested solutions, to Pilotlight Insight programme, in which teams are matched to emerging and aspiring leaders of environmental charities to provide them with analysis and support on strategy choices over a three-month period.
Recent studies by Pilotlight show that two-thirds of environmental charities seek external expert support to address climate issues, yet only one in five knows where to find such assistance. This partnership will bridge this gap, enabling charities to amplify their impact and scale their solutions to environmental challenges.
Last year, Pilotlight conducted a survey to understand the support needs of environmental charities uncovering valuable insights on the challenges faced by this group. The research also highlighted an urgent need for 100,000 skilled volunteers, whose expertise would greatly benefit environmental charities.
Pilotlight amplifies the impact charities, businesses and individuals can bring to make a better world. Since 1996, it has helped over 1,000 charities who tackle social disadvantage to ignite change that lasts and supported individuals to apply their professional skills to those who need it.
Matt Sparkes, Sustainability Director at Linklaters, commented:
Pilotlight’s leadership in bringing corporate expertise to high-potential and inspiring not-for-profits is renowned and Linklaters is delighted to be part of this hugely exciting initiative, facilitating intelligent, focused and meaningful engagement among leaders on critical environmental issues and across sectors.
Linklaters is committed to leveraging its expertise and resources to deliver positive social impact — find out more about the firm’s social impact work here.
Join us in driving sustainable change
If your business is interested in supporting environmental charities and making a real impact, join us in this initiative.
Our programme offers opportunities to bring your business expertise to the forefront of climate action and sustainability.
