Bingham Mccutchen Llp

BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP

One Federal Street GREEN PROGRAM CONTACT Boston, MA 02110 Toni Belding Phone: (617) 951-8000 Chief Real Estate & Facilities Officer Email: [email protected] Phone: (617) 951-8594 Email: [email protected] LOCATIONS Boston, MA • Costa Mesa, CA • East Palo Alto, CA • Hartford, CT • New York, NY • Los Angeles, CA • San Francisco, CA • Santa Monica, CA • Washington, DC

Hong Kong • London • Tokyo

What types of green programs has your company implemented?

• Company carpools

• Energy conservation

• Green facilities

• Waste reduction programs

• Promoting green workplace when discussing job opportunities with prospective candidates

• Emphasizing eco-friendly business practices on company website

• Educational seminars during company hours

Who is accountable for helping your company meet its green-related goals?

Environmental Team (comprised of employees)

How have you responded to growing consumer demand for green/eco-friendly products and services?

Our clients (“consumers”) immediately detect our green/eco-friendly practices simply by entering the office. We have eco-friendly policies in place for our conference rooms and public spaces within the office. Listed below are several examples:

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• Most guest offices are equipped with motion sensors to turn on/off the lighting, conserving energy.

• All water is served in reusable pitchers and compostable cups (or reusable glasses) instead of disposable plastic bottles.

• Conference rooms and coffee stations provide biodegradable utensils, napkins and plates, in addition to reusable mugs for coffee.

• Not only are there recycle bins at every workstation or office, but also in every guest office as well as conference room.

• Duplex printers are available to all guests visiting the offices

How does the company communicate its environmental goals to its employees and its stakeholders?

• Email memos

• Workshops

• Seminars

• Company intranet

What mechanisms does the company have to allow employees to innovate or provide feedback about ways in which the company can meet its goals?

• “Write to us” section on intranet

• Open-door policy with executives

• HR solicitation for feedback

• Other: Our internal Green Teams are open to anyone who would like to join and they discuss and implement their own ideas, as well as ideas that have been brought to their attention by colleagues.

How does your business model promote sustainable practices?

• Consciously prefer to do business with suppliers or third party vendors that have green practices in place

• Other: During expansion and remodeling of the office spaces firmwide, the firm promoted sustainable practices by incorporating eco-friendly design, construction and furniture. Examples include:

• Interior glass walls to maximize natural light and minimize energy consumption

• Motion sensors in most offices to turn on/off the lighting, thereby conserving energy

• Furniture made from sustainably harvested materials

• Investment in chairs that are composed of recycled & recyclable materials

• Water filtration system installed to provide safe drinking water while reducing dependence on plastic water bottles

• Upgrading audiovisual equipment to more energy-efficient models that can accommodate more frequent video-conferencing and, therefore, reduce carbon footprint related to extensive travel

• Interfaced with building management to support their green initiatives

What initiatives has the company encouraged its employees to participate in that help to limit carbon emissions on an operating basis?

• Recycling electronics

• Green cleaning products

• Recycling paper

• Donating surplus supplies

• Other : Additional initiatives include:

• Electronic distribution of internal telephone directories and other updated materials

• Duplex Printing

• Eco-friendly email signatures asking recipients to consider the environment prior to printing

• Composting food waste (in cities where this is available)

• Reusing supplies

• Our marketing department uses printing companies that use recycled paper and soy-based inks according to our requests and have done so for many years to date

• Encourage use of drapes in offices to effectively control office temperature and reduce consumption of HVAC-related energy

• Copy machines and computers revert to sleep-mode when not in use

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• Printers are set to utilize power-save feature which puts printer in sleep mode when not in use

• Toner cartridges are recycled

Do you have any goals with a short-term timetable in place to ensure measurable progress?

The San Francisco office is actively organizing an external audit of the recyclables and compostables. The goal is to complete the audit before the end of the year.

Please provide your sustainability mission statement if you have one.

Mission statement: Bingham has a responsibility to its employees and clients to be environmentally conscious—not because we have to, but because we want to and because it is the right thing to do. The firm is committed to doing its part to make the environment cleaner, and in doing so, reinforce eco-friendly habits among its lawyers and staff. Taking steps to use less, reuse more and conserve energy make Bingham a healthier place to work, and benefit the many communities where we work and live.

Please provide any additional relevant information on your firm’s environmental goals and programs.

Our firm has several projects underway that further our green initiative

• An after-hours lighting system which will automatically turn off all non-emergency lighting in the offices and hallways unless personnel makes a special request for extended lighting

• Transition to purchasing coffee pods in biodegradable packaging as opposed to Mylar

• Education of catering vendors to encourage participation of recycling and composting practices when using our office

• Annual clothing drives that not only encourage reuse, but also benefit local charities

• Ongoing cork recycling

• Ongoing battery recycling

• Ongoing use of biodegradable cleaning products (examples: dish soaps, microfiber towels instead of paper towels).