Weightmans’ Head of ESG, Abhay Srivastava, has won Outstanding ESG Leader Award at the 2025 Legal ESG Awards.
The awards celebrate excellence, innovation and leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance across the UK legal profession.
Abhay Srivastava, Head of ESG, Weightmans, said:
“I am thrilled to have won this award, especially considering the strong calibre of my fellow nominees, who are all doing great work in this space. Of course, this isn’t about me but more about the hard work and passion for ESG that is demonstrated every day at Weightmans by our leadership and my colleagues.
“This shows just how serious we are about advancing positive change within the legal sector and beyond, both in our own journey to become one of the most socially responsible and environmentally conscious UK-based law firms, but also in the work we do for our clients in supporting them with their own ESG challenges.”
Established to recognise the pivotal role legal professionals play in building toward a more just, equitable and sustainable society, the Legal ESG Awards, produced by Inside Practice, spotlight client service, internal operations, internal initiatives and individual leadership in ESG. Winners were selected by a multidisciplinary judging panel of academics, practitioners and industry specialists.
The win is the latest in several plaudits for the firm’s ESG strategy in the last year:
- Received the highest possible rating - platinum - from global sustainability intelligence platform EcoVadis and achieved ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certifications for the fifth consecutive year
- Named ESG Law Firm of the Year at the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards 2025
- Maintained its place in The Legal 500’s UK Green Guide for the second consecutive year, cited as a law firm that is “leading the way in sustainability”
