Rooftop hives give City bankers lessons in CSR

Lewis Silkin has been featured in an article by Ethical Corporation about the firms use of bee keeping. The article discusses how bee keeping across the city is helping young people prepare for the workplace, control emotions and develop positive relationships.

Steve Forster, Head of Facilities at Lewis Silkin, who persuaded the company’s CSR committee to get involved. “We invite our staff and clients to take part in bee inspections. Lots of people want to come up. Some of them are quite frightened at first but once they get to understand what the bees are doing, they’re very interested.” Meanwhile, the young people who lead the hive visits “get to see what a corporate law firm is like”.

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