Colorado Offices of Hogan & Hartson Launch Pilot Program Combining Environmental and Employee Wellness.DENVER -- Hogan & Hartson LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol has launched a unique pilot program in its Colorado offices designed to simultaneously promote "green" business practices while improving the health of its 175 Colorado employees. The firm will use its experience in Colorado to determine the direction of its efforts in the firm's other offices around the world. The firm's new "EarthWell" initiative puts in place standards and policies to reduce energy use and minimize waste at the firm's offices in Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. . At the same time, the firm is enhancing its employee wellness program by offering information, services, and incentives for participation. "We see a direct relationship between protecting the environment and helping to ensure the long-term health and wellness of our people," said Warren Gorrell, Chairman of Hogan & Hartson. "We're asking everyone here to consider the impact their work has on our planet, and to help make sustainability an even stronger part of the firm's culture," said Cole Finegan, managing partner of Hogan & Hartson's Denver office. "We also recognize that we've got a stake in the health and welfare of our employees in what may sometimes be a high-stress business environment." As part of its EarthWell initiative, Hogan & Hartson announced a commitment to purchase wind power credits for its Denver office, and has set a goal to reduce office waste in all Colorado offices. The firm is installing energy-efficient office equipment, eliminating paper dishware, buying "green" office supplies Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who works with the collection, refinement, and output of information (colloquially referred to as "paper work"). , and has adopted a double-sided printing policy. In addition, the Denver and Boulder offices have joined the American Bar The American Bar is a drinking establishment at the Savoy Hotel in London. Opened in 1898 when cocktail were being first introduced to London. The term American Bar comes from the 1930s when cocktails were first gaining popularity in the United States. Association's Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and Law Office Climate Challenge, which promotes sustainability among law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
As part of the employee wellness component of the firm's EarthWell initiative, Hogan & Hartson recently hosted its first "health month," which included complimentary health screenings, educational programming, and a fitness challenge with prizes to employees that excelled at meeting personal goals. Employees were given stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. water bottles and pedometers, to help meet a firm challenge for employees to walk between 5,000 and 10,000 steps each day. To build awareness, the firm will provide regularly scheduled programs on both environmental and health topics, in addition to making a wide range of informational materials available. "Individually, these are all small steps," said Finegan. "But taken together across all of our three Colorado offices, and potentially our worldwide operations, it's a big step for our employees and the communities we serve." About Hogan & Hartson Hogan & Hartson is an international law firm founded in Washington, D.C. with more than 1,100 lawyers in 22 offices worldwide. The firm has a broad-based national and international practice that cuts across virtually all legal disciplines and industries. Hogan & Hartson has offices in Baltimore, Beijing, Berlin, Boulder, Brussels, Caracas, Colorado Springs, Denver, Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Moscow, Munich, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Northern Virginia, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo, Warsaw, and Washington, D.C. For more information about the firm, visit www.hhlaw.com. |
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