Eversheds Sutherland’s international operation has amended its partnership deed to ensure a portion of its profits is used for environmental, social and corporate governance initiatives, following a wide-ranging review.

The firm’s non-U.S. partnership unanimously voted through the changes in December for a minimum of 1% of the business’s net operating profit to be ring-fenced for the firm’s ESG efforts, which include reducing internal carbon emissions and charitable trust donations.