Community Involvement
At HLB Mann Judd, we believe we have a responsibility to contribute to and support the community.
We support a number or organisations throughout Australia via internal fundraisers and participation in charitable events such as Jeans for Genes day, Movember and The Biggest Aussie Pie night. These organisations include:
- AMAQ Foundation
- beyondblue
- Challenge
- Children's Medical Research Institute
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Mater Foundation
- Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
- Uniting Care
- Young Care.
We also provide services to a number of entities on a pro-bono or concessional fee basis and partners of member firms are presidents, governors, representatives or consultants on various boards and community associations including:
- Ardoch Youth Foundation
- Cabrini Institute
- International Social Service
- Jirrawun Arts
- Noahs Ark Family Resource and Toy Library
- Red Cross Committee International
- The Mirabel Foundation INC
- Travellers Aid Society of Victoria
- YALP.
Our member firms are also working towards reducing their impact on the environment and climate change. Our Melbourne firm has established an Environmental and Sustainability Committee to implement an environmentally-responsible policy in its firm. This involves looking at its processes, practices and infrastructure and will lead to a range of carbon reduction and offset measures. Since the committee was formed in December 2007, the Melbourne firm has implemented the following initiatives:
- Made duplex printing the default option. Together with other measures, the firm reduced its paper consumption by approximately 132,000 sheets or 266 reams, in the first six months
- Switched to 100% green power, reducing the firm’s carbon emission from electricity consumption to zero effective July 2008
- Started a review of its suppliers to identify ‘green’ options
- Removed individual rubbish bins and created a central bin location, encouraging more environmentally-aware practices
- Replaced some of the firm’s older photocopiers with more environmentally friendly models.
The firm has also become a network member of Sustainability Victoria’s Waste-Wise program. The next step is to perform a waste audit, which will form the basis of the firm’s waste minimisation plan for submission to Sustainability Victoria to become a “Waste-wise” accredited work place.