Sustainability

Since 2019 Legance has been joining the program “Corporate Golden Donor” in support of the FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano), the Italian entity that from 40 years promotes and preserves the patrimony of art and landscape in Italy. This support included a two-year agreement for the sponsorship of Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli.

In 2021, Legance supported FAI with a donation for the maintenance of Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan and, in 2023, Legance supported as a sponsor the exhibition “Adriano Pallini.

IBBY, International
Board on Book for Young people, is an international non-profit organisation
which aims to bridge the gap between books and younger generations.

In 2021, Legance signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IBBY, whereby it committed to support in particular the project “BILL – Library of Legality”. The project aims at spreading the culture of legality and justice among younger generations, by distributing volumes of a selected bibliography in suitcases and making them available to schools and libraries.

In 2019, Legance launched the “Zero Emissions” project, an internal initiative aimed at raising awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including, in particular, the development of sustainable cities and infrastructures, global warming and promoting sustainable consumption methods.

The project aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the various offices to zero, via environmental compensation projects and rationalisation of energy expenditure.

In 2022 Legance became a carbon neutral law firm,

Antigone is an association “for the rights and guarantees in the criminal system”. It is a political-cultural association whose members are mainly judges, people operating within the prison service, scholars, parliamentarians, teachers and citizens interested in criminal justice for various reasons.

In particular Antigone: (i) promotes debates on Italian criminal law and procedural models and their evolution; (ii) collects and distributes information regarding prison life, (iii) takes part in the drafting of law proposals and amendments to the law proposals being approved.

The Polisportiva “Atletico Diritti” Club was founded by Progetto Diritti and Antigone, with the patronage of the Rome university Università di Roma Tre.

In particular, Legance sponsored Atletico Diritti football club to take part in the third category of the Rome championship 2017/2018, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.

The Atletico Diritti football team is a made up of migrants, detainees, former prisoners and university students, it was set up with the aim to play football for social integration,

Legance is one of the founders of the Pro Bono Italia Association, the first association of lawyers, law firms and judicial associations, to promote pro bono culture in Italy.

Through its associates, the Association provides free legal advice and on a voluntary basis, in favour of non profit organisations pursuing social purposes, providing assistance to natural persons who have difficulty in obtaining legal assistance and access to the justice system, promoting the protection of human rights and the improvement of the legal system.