Corporate Social Responsibility

Giving Back to the Community

Krishna & Co. Lawyers is driven to ensure that we do our fair share bit of community work. We have a ‘pro bono program’ in place which allows us to take on specified number of matters that are meritorious in nature but may not be able to have the legal representation because if financial and resources inadequacy.

Apart from taking on pro bono cases and assisting with start ups, the firm greatly supports community legal awareness wherein we identify and approach communities that do not have access to legal representation to provide awareness on the basic rights that they have under the Laws of Fiji.

If you feel you meet our pro bono criteria, please send us an email on krishna@connect.com.fj and we will get in touch regarding your matters.

cHARITY AND HUMANITARIANISM

We believe that the fact we advocators of justice gives us a platform to assist individuals, communities and organizations in mean other than legal representation.

We have an “Adopt a Friend” program in place within the firm wherein we identify individuals unfortunate and disadvantaged and under the program, we provide them with basic needs such as food, clothing and reasonable financial contributions that help them get by.

We also champion supporting local and small businesses and are often scouting to back individuals that have ventured into small scale businesses by engaging in business transactions with them. we have seen over the years that it does not only boost their confidence in the business that they have started but also gives us the satisfaction of knowing that we have done our bit.

we also strongly support the PINKTOBER” and “MOVEMBER” movement where our firm has special uniforms that reflect our support for the breast and prostrate cancer awareness. We also do our bit in providing financial assistance to the Cancer Society as our show of solidarity with all the survivors and the soldiers still battling their fights with cancer. We believe that hope all is what we all need.

LET'S CUT CARBS - CARBON FOOTPRINT THAT IS !

Apart from providing our clients with proper advice in regards to environment and climate related risks, impact & opportunities, we also have internal mechanisms that help us do our bit towards environment responsibility.

At Krishna & Co. Lawyers we aim to be paperless by 2025 which is why most of our filing systems have been replaced with electronic files. we aim to seek alternative options that can contribute to an ‘eco-friendly’ approach at running the firm and this has seen us

  • Phasing Out manual posting of letters to external parties.
  • Reducing printing & photocopying of documents where ever possible.
  • Embracing a nature-oriented office.
  • Utilizing recycled content in production.
  •  Setting target to reduce energy consumption by 25% by 2022.
  • Using technological means to facilitate meetings whenever possible as oppose to travelling.

We are continuously looking for alternatives and options that will help improve our environmental performance.