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Corporate
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Communicating corporate social responsibility: Corporate responsibility as a negotiation between organisation and stakeholders
September 28, 2021
Richard Costa, Director and Head of Corporate Reporting at Ensemble Studio There is a great deal of ambiguity that shrouds the concept of corporate responsibility. Not only is there a lack of consensus as to what it actually means, more than ever companies are also expected to communicate theirs. It’s a riddle wrapping an enigma. How should corporations approach communicating corporate responsibility? In the third post, 'Corporate responsibility as a strategic activity', we examined the idea...
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Inside Labour Business Day 2021: Finding a new normal
September 27, 2021
The party conferences are back and with them the challenge of speaking to multiple audiences – to the party faithful, to the general public and to competing interest groups. But where does business feature in this mix? At Labour Business Day 2021, the party is signalling that it cannot achieve the better future it seeks for the workforce, the planet and for local communities without working better with business. But how will it cultivate this...
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FleishmanHillard Ensemble Studio wins at the Corporate and Financial Awards
September 24, 2021
FleishmanHillard Ensemble Studio celebrates another award win, this time at the Communicate magazine Corporate & Financial Awards! The team picked up Bronze for Barclays' 2020 annual report in the 'Best printed report: FTSE 100' category. Ensemble Studio united the print and digital annual reports with portrait photography and a cheerful colour palette in a distinctive style. One judge said, “I liked the flow of the document and the digital-first approach in terms of layout while...
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Communicating corporate responsibility: Corporate responsibility as a strategic activity
September 23, 2021
Richard Costa, Director and Head of Corporate Reporting at Ensemble Studio There is a great deal of ambiguity that shrouds the concept of corporate social responsibility. Not only is there a lack of consensus as to what it actually means, more than ever companies are also expected to communicate theirs. It’s a riddle wrapping an enigma. How should corporations approach communicating corporate responsibility? In the second post, “Corporate responsibility as social conformity or CSR”, we looked...
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FleishmanHillard CEO, Jim Donaldson joins PRCA Global Advisory Board
September 21, 2021
Jim Donaldson, FleishmanHillard CEO UK and Middle East has been named an inaugural Board member of the PRCA Global Advisory Board. The Board's remit is to help expand the Association’s international operations, and build on its position as the world’s largest professional body for PR professionals. The PRCA’s international growth has accelerated rapidly over recent years, with the Public Relations and Communications Association now operating in 70 countries worldwide. "The new Global Advisory...
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Communicating corporate social responsibility: Corporate responsibility as social conformity or CSR
September 20, 2021
Richard Costa, Director and Head of Corporate Reporting at Ensemble Studio There is a great deal of ambiguity that shrouds the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Not only is there a lack of consensus as to what it actually means, more than ever companies are also expected to communicate theirs. It’s a riddle wrapping an enigma. How should corporations approach communicating corporate responsibility? In the first post in the series, 'Communicating corporate social responsibility', I...
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Communicating corporate social responsibility
September 15, 2021
Richard Costa, Director and Head of Corporate Reporting at Ensemble Studio. There is a great deal of ambiguity that shrouds the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Not only is there a lack of consensus as to what it actually means, more than ever companies are also expected to communicate theirs. It’s a riddle wrapping an enigma. How should corporations approach communicating corporate responsibility? Corporate responsibility, three ways In the absence of an immediate answer...
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Companies need to prepare for more scrutiny on their environmental performance
September 7, 2021
There is no doubt about it, 2021 is the year of climate milestones, headlined by COP26 in November, with public and corporate engagement on the subject of climate action growing around the world. Companies need to prepare for more scrutiny than ever on their environmental performance – even if they doing good things to reduce their climate impact. This year’s Authenticity Gap research shows nearly two-thirds of consumers believe that for a company to be more credible than its competitors, it must...
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FleishmanHillard Ensemble Studio shortlisted for Best Annual Report
August 4, 2021
Thrilled to be shortlisted in the Corporate & Financial Awards, 'Best printed report: FTSE 100' category for our annual report for Barclays! Winners are announced on 23rd September. Contact us...
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Crisis Management: What to do when you know it’s going to be bad news
June 25, 2021
Hannah Cambridge, Director I hate to admit it, but comms alone can’t fix a really bad business issue. You’ll know the kind - when it would be fair for a regulator to come down hard, when you’re completely going against the popular opinion or when you were just in the wrong. We help our clients to navigate all types of issues. Our latest Authenticity Gap research for 2021 placed data security and data privacy as...