About us

General Counsel Sustainability Forum is a non-profit working to support GCs and CLOs to build their capabilities and gain insights from their peers.

There are 40 current participants, many of whom are the global GCs of FTSE100 and equivalent sized corporations including those of Rolls Royce, Centrica, Specsavers, BUPA, Dentsu, Intercontinental Hotels Group, National Grid and WPP.

OUR MISSION

Is to provide a highly effective forum for some of the most influential leaders in business and society, global GCs and CLOs, as they proactively handle ESG challenges and assist in achieving corporate sustainability goals and commitments.

OUR VISION

Our vision is an accelerating societal transition in the 2020s so that younger generations inherit a sustainable and thriving planet.

OUR INSPIRATION

The catalyst for our founding was the recognition in early 2021 that there was a massive, but largely unrecognised, opportunity for influential in-house lawyers to support their organisation to deliver significant sustainability action.

OUR IMPACT

Increasing numbers of top tier GCs and CLOs are now helping drive the sustainability transition and we are delighted that many are members of the Forum.

100% NON-PROFIT:

We are a 100% non-profit ‘Community Interest Company’ (CIC), enabling us to be laser focused on delivering the activities that will best support GCs and CLOs to drive sustainability in their organisation.

TEAM:

Team

Meet our team of highly experienced and passionate individuals, led by Adam Woodhall our CEO and Founder, and supported by a team including Dr Kris De Meyer our Chief Advisor.

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TALENT NEEDED:

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Events

EVENTS:

Find out about events we are involved in, both past and future.

MEDIA:

Media

Browse articles, podcasts and webinars featuring our team and Forum members.

WIDER LEGAL COMMUNITY:

Our initiative is part of a wider community of climate and environmental sustainability projects in the legal sector including:

In Memoria

We were deeply saddened by the passing in July ‘23 of our Chair, the inspirational legal leader Professor Paul Watchman.

He was, amongst many things, responsible for the seminal UNEP Finance Initiative report in 2005 which established the term ESG and it’s legal framework for institutional investment.

We were very grateful to Paul for his enthusiastic support since before we launched, and wish to commemorate his contribution to making the world a better place over many decades.

About us

General Counsel Sustainability Forum is a non-profit working to support GCs and CLOs to build their capabilities and gain insights from their peers.

There are 40 current participants, many of whom are the global GCs of FTSE100 and equivalent sized corporations including those of Rolls Royce, Centrica, Specsavers, BUPA, Dentsu, Intercontinental Hotels Group, National Grid and WPP.

OUR MISSION

Is to provide a highly effective forum for some of the most influential leaders in business and society, global GCs and CLOs, as they proactively handle ESG challenges and assist in achieving corporate sustainability goals and commitments.

OUR VISION

Our vision is an accelerating societal transition in the 2020s so that younger generations inherit a sustainable and thriving planet.

OUR INSPIRATION

The catalyst for our founding was the recognition in early 2021 that there was a massive, but largely unrecognised, opportunity for influential in-house lawyers to support their organisation to deliver significant sustainability action.

OUR IMPACT

Increasing numbers of top tier GCs and CLOs are now helping drive the sustainability transition and we are delighted that many are members of the Forum.

100% NON-PROFIT:

We are a 100% non-profit ‘Community Interest Company’ (CIC), enabling us to be laser focused on delivering the activities that will best support GCs and CLOs to drive sustainability in their organisation.

TEAM:

Meet our team of highly experienced and passionate individuals, led by Adam Woodhall our CEO and Founder, and supported by a team including Dr Kris De Meyer our Chief Advisor.

TALENT NEEDED:

Curious about volunteering or working for GCS Forum?

EVENTS:

Find out about events we are involved in, both past and future.

MEDIA:

Browse articles, podcasts and webinars featuring our team and Forum members.

WIDER LEGAL COMMUNITY:

Our initiative is part of a wider community of climate and environmental sustainability projects in the legal sector including:

In Memoria

We were very grateful to Paul for his enthusiastic support since before we launched, and wish to commemorate his contribution to making the world a better place over many decades.

You can read more about Paul here.