Eversheds Sutherland Purchases RECs From Cobb EMC Representing 100% of US Office Expected Electricity Usage Through 2027

This purchase is part of the firm’s sustainability commitment to continuously improving its environmental performance.

Since 2008, the firm has been committed to being a leader among law firms in enhancing the sustainability of the practice of law through efforts to significantly reduce waste and promote conservation of energy and resources. Led in the US by Eversheds Sutherland Partner Thomas H. Warren, Co-Head of Global Energy and US Sustainability Partner, the purchase of these RECs fulfills an important commitment to Eversheds Sutherland’s sustainability goals and in meeting the firm’s US net-zero targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in 2024 (see full press release).

The RECs will be supplied from Cobb EMC’s Azalea and Sandhill solar projects in Georgia.

"We are focused on supporting the renewable energy and sustainability objectives of our clients and, in turn, are very pleased to collaborate with a client in pursuing our own sustainability goals for the firm’s US offices,” said Mr. Warren. “We have been purchasing RECs from Cobb EMC since 2021 and are pleased to continue this arrangement.”

“As part of Cobb EMC’s 2030 clean energy goals, we continue to increase clean energy and partnering with other forward-looking organizations helps us achieve this objective,” said Tim Jarrell, VP of Power Supply, Rates and DER Strategy at Cobb EMC. “We are pleased to continue supplying renewable energy credits to Eversheds Sutherland, which also supports their US sustainability goals.”

About Cobb EMC

Cobb EMC is a member-owned electric cooperative that provides reliable and affordable electricity to nearly 200,000 residential and commercial consumers across Cobb, Bartow, Cherokee, Fulton, and Paulding counties in Georgia. For more information, visit www.cobbemc.com.

About Eversheds Sutherland 
As a global top 10 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 74 of the Fortune 100, 66 of the FTSE 100 and 128 of the Fortune 200.

With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in over 70 offices in more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe.

Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services, including corporate and M&A; dispute resolution and litigation, energy and infrastructure, finance, human capital and labor law, intellectual property, real estate and construction; and tax. 

Eversheds Sutherland is a global legal practice and comprises two separate legal entities: Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (headquartered in the UK) and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (headquartered in the US), and their respective controlled, managed, affiliated and member firms. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland is for description purposes only and does not imply that the member firms or their controlled, managed or affiliated entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. For more information, visit eversheds-sutherland.com.