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  • Davos 2023 Wrap-up

    February 3, 2023

    Catch up on the goings on at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, Davos 2023 from our team of FleishmanHillard WEF watchers who had their finger on the pulse of all the key news and developments from the global conference. Davos Digest 2023: Issue One In the highest town in Europe, a rare winter heatwave has resulted in dwindling snow atop the craggy Swiss mountain peaks. A telling backdrop for this year’s Davos, where the...

  • FleishmanHillard shares new global energy crisis research

    January 13, 2023

    Earlier this week the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the financial support that has been provided for energy usage by businesses over winter will come to an end on 31st March, with a heavily watered-down package taking its place. But the pan-European energy crisis continues to significantly affect the economy, as well as have a wider impact on geopolitics and climate action, according to new polling by FleishmanHillard on global business leaders’ views about...

  • COP27 Review: Global action slows despite notable successes

    November 21, 2022

    Michael Hartt, Senior Partner and Head of International Affairs  Despite the intense last-minute wrangling as COP27 carried on for two days beyond its scheduled close, the summit yielded little in the way of major breakthroughs. While the commitment to a loss and damage fund deserves celebrating, the failure to reach agreement in other key areas will likely leave delegates disappointed by the final text and dismayed that the goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C...

  • COP27 Reflections: Transforming Trade to Accelerate Climate Action

    November 18, 2022

    Tim Harding, Associate Director and International Trade Lead  COP27 has been framed as being all about implementation, with delegates looking for substantial but practical solutions to a challenge of immense scale: A report commissioned by the UK and Egyptian governments estimated developing nations will require $2 trillion per year by 2030 for energy transition alone. International trade can play a pivotal role driving climate improvement and make progress on this implementation gap, if only governments...

  • COP27 Reflections: Some optimism, need for action and transparency in net zero

    November 14, 2022

      Carly Hilkin, Director, Corporate Reputation & Purpose Heading into COP27 this year, I, like many I expect, felt cynical. How could you not be? However, watching the first week of conference headlines has struck a slightly different chord. The “implementation COP” has already seen multiple noteworthy successes: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottle’s innovative “Bridgetown Agenda” outlining solutions to providing more climate finance was broadly well-received, multiple countries announced new regulations for tackling emissions, and...

  • COP27 Preview: Five questions that will shape the climate summit

    October 27, 2022

    Michael Hartt, Senior Partner and Head of International Affairs One year after the notable progress on climate action at COP26 in Glasgow, government figures, civil society organisations, scientific experts and business leaders are now preparing to visit Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27. But even with clear evidence the climate crisis is worsening, this year’s summit will open with difficult questions for attendees about whether the pace and depth of action is enough. The Egyptian...

  • Forget taxes, the Tories need to tell us their plans on international trade

    July 14, 2022

    Tim Harding, Associate Director, International Affairs As the Conservative leadership election heats up, candidates are vying for pole position on who can lower taxes the most. But amidst a steep drop in UK exports, continued uncertainty over the trade relationship with the EU, and global supply chain difficulties, we need to hear much more from the candidates to be the next Prime Minister about their approach to international trade. That is what will shape the...

  • FleishmanHillard Davos Digest 2022: Day 4

    May 27, 2022

    Davos Digest 2022, Day Four: View from EEMEA Well, we made it. That’s a wrap on another year of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Today, the jets will take off and the cleaners will move in to sweep up all those discarded lanyards and business cards. Looking back at the week, a pretty clear consensus emerges: this has been the most politicised Davos conference in years, with the war in Ukraine completely dominating the...

  • Mike Kelly joins FleishmanHillard UK International Affairs team

    April 7, 2022

    Amid continued and significant growth over the last two years, FleishmanHillard UK has bolstered its International Affairs offer with the appointment of Mike Kelly as director. Mike joins FleishmanHillard UK from health-tech scale-up Cera, the UK’s second healthcare unicorn, where he built the company’s public relations and public affairs function across multiple markets. Prior to this, Mike spent almost five years with Edelman as part of its International Affairs practice, advising governments, private sector organisations...

  • Tackling International Trade: How Business Can Navigate the Challenges in Trade through Communications

    January 28, 2022

    2021 proved to be another tumultuous year for business and the uncertainty looks to continue into 2022. Nowhere is this more evident than in international trade – which now touches almost all aspects of business and society. That makes it even more vital for companies to be communicating about their trade priorities, shaping trade policy, and advocating for solutions that ease trade barriers and disruption. In the UK in particular, the combined effect of the...

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