Archive
Diversity and Inclusion
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FleishmanHillard announced as finalists in European Excellence Awards
November 10, 2021
The complete shortlist is published and FleishmanHillard UK has been announced as a finalist in the European Excellence Awards 2021! Amongst over 800 submissions, we're thrilled to make it into the Top 5 for our category. The EEA Large Agency of the Year will be announced on December 10th. Contact us...
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FleishmanHillard UK is PRCA’s Large Consultancy of the Year
November 10, 2021
FleishmanHillard UK collected top honours at the 2021 Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) National Awards, winning the PRCA's Large Consultancy Award to take home the title of 'Large Consultancy of the Year'! The PRCA is the world's largest PR association. It's great to be recognised by them and our industry peers for our outstanding people, the fantastic work we do for our clients, and the inclusive culture of our agency. The judges said: 'Tangible...
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The top 3 actions companies must adopt to take authentic action on diversity, equity and inclusion
October 28, 2021
Taking authentic action on DE&I There has never been a more important time for brands and businesses to take an honest look at how their actions either remove or reinforce barriers to equity, particularly standing up and championing minority voices and traditionally marginalized communities. From our Authenticity Gap research, it was clear that informed consumers expect companies to be credible and authentic, bold and true - acting and leading with empathy and taking actionable steps...
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FleishmanHillard is PRWeek’s Large Consultancy of the Year!
October 21, 2021
FleishmanHillard UK has been crowned 'Large Consultancy of the Year' at the 2021 PRWeek UK Awards, beating stiff competition to take home the top prize. After our best year on record, in which we have also been awarded PRmoment’s 'Large Agency of the Year' and Creative Moment’s 'Creative Agency of the Year', we have continued to invest in our people alongside supporting a number of partnerships with organisations that share our values in diversity, equity...
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WEBINAR: Is meritocracy a myth? The case for socioeconomic diversity in our working lives
September 30, 2021
Join us on Thursday 14th October at 1-2pm (BST) for a panel discussion on socioeconomic diversity and inclusion, hosted by Ben Levine, director & partner of FleishmanHillard TRUE Global Intelligence, in conversation with: Sarah Waddington CBE, Co-founder of Socially Mobile Saeed Atcha MBE DL, CEO of Youth Leads UK, Social Mobility Commissioner and Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester Dr Louise Ashley, Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London and Research Fellow, The Bridge Group Register...
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The Voice of the Climate Generation: Understanding Gen Z and Climate Comms
September 16, 2021
When it comes to ‘issues we care about’, the climate crisis is a uniquely oppressive force on a young person’s mind. Not because it threatens every society’s way of life. Not because it requires systemic changes to the way we eat, move and make things on a scale never seen before. And not even because we are aware that simply by going about our daily lives, we are contributing to the problem. It’s because we’re...
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FleishmanHillard extends diversity, equity and inclusion offering True MOSIAC across Europe
September 9, 2021
FleishmanHillard today announces its continued focus and investment in bringing leading diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) expertise across the UK and Europe with the launch of True MOSAIC across 15 markets, further advancing its global diversity, equity and inclusion strategy and supporting its ambition to become the most inclusive agency in the world. The galvanized DE&I consulting team in the UK and Europe includes fifteen key markets: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Paris, Frankfurt, Dublin...
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Toward tangible change: the power of campaigning for modern sports activists
August 26, 2021
“Everything,” as the German novelist Thomas Mann observed, “is politics”. Sport in particular, with its enormous appeal across borders, cultures and classes, combined with the truly global reach of its showpiece events, is a very effective and oft-deployed diplomatic tool. As an industry or career, it is also intensely meritocratic. More than almost any other, its professionals have tended to be promoted and revered on account of their ability – rather than their race, class...
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FleishmanHillard and Omnicom agencies support the International Paralympic Committee launch of #WeThe15
August 19, 2021
FleishmanHillard, Porter Novelli and Portland have teamed up with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and adam&eveDDB to launch a global integrated campaign that sets out to become the world’s biggest human rights movement for persons with disabilities. The launch of #WeThe15 marks the start of a 10-year campaign to advance the lives of the 15% with disabilities and sees a coalition of twenty organisations unite behind the cause to put people with disabilities at the...
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The role of a joint agency-client charter in mental wellbeing
August 10, 2021
Mental health and the PR industry The numbers in the PRCA’s mental wellbeing report in October 2020 made for grim reading: nine out of ten PR professionals reported struggling with their mental health. With little improvement from the previous year, the report also showed that few were willing to take time off to reset, citing work pressures and poor work-life balance. And, while more PR professionals were willing to talk about their mental health than...