# Law firm’s new SDG award offers £50k & 500 hours pro bono work for winning NGO

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/17/law-firms-new-sdg-award-offers-50k-500-hours-pro-bono-work-for-winning-ngo/
- Published: 2021-08-17T08:46:08+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Law firm Clifford Chance has launched a global Sustainable Development Goals Award
with the objective of supporting NGOs whose work contributes to the meeting of the
United Nations’ goals.**

The firm has previously offered Access to Justice and Racial Justice awards, and
as with these the Sustainable Development Goals Award will see the firm donate £
50,000 and 500 hours of pro bono support to the winning NGO.

The Award is open to NGOs around the world, with a focus this year on the environmental
focused [SDGs](https://sdgs.un.org/goals) 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, which cover sustainable
cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, 
life below water, and life on land.

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Those eligible to enter will be organisations seeking to address any of a broad 
range of environmental issues, including climate change, responsible supply chains,
pollution, biodiversity, and water insecurity. Entries will be reviewed by the same
criteria irrespective of the entrant’s size, geographical location, or previous 
interaction with Clifford Chance.

The [application process](https://www.cliffordchance.com/sdgawardhttps://www.cliffordchance.com/about_us/responsible-business/community-and-pro-bono/clifford-chance-sustainable-development-award.html)
is now open, and closes on 17 September, with the winner announced the following
month. They will be chosen by a judging panel including representatives of Clifford
Chance, the firm’s strategic pro bono partners, and clients.

Clifford Chance Senior Partner and Environmental, Social & Governance Board chair
Jeroen Ouwehand said:

> “I believe we must use the power of the law to work towards a sustainable future.
> As a business, we work towards environmental sustainability in our operations,
> as well as through the work we do in the communities in which we operate, through
> our work with clients, with NGOs and via the Clifford Chance Foundation. We are
> committed to working with organisations to contribute to the achievement of the
> UN Sustainable Development Goals and we look forward to announcing the winner 
> to advance this cause.”

Clifford Chance’s Access to Justice Award ran from 2010. Previous winners included
Columbia Law School’s Center for Institutional and Social Change, the European Roma
Rights Centre (ERRC), Sierra Leone focused charity ADVOCAID, and the UK-based Hope
and Homes for Children.