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  • How companies can best prepare for COP26

    January 25, 2021

    Stephanie Bailey, senior partner, managing director of corporate and head of COP26 unit For a long time, there has been no hope. But it was clear from day one of the Biden administration that one of the world’s biggest economies was now prepared to re-engage with the climate issue. As we move towards November 2021 and the 26th UN Conference of the Parties (COP26), we can see the glimmer of something more positive. Like any...

  • Government’s COP26 Portal open for businesses signals FleishmanHillard Fishburn COP26 Unit

    January 21, 2021

    Launching today, the Government's COP26 Portal opens for businesses, organisations and civil society to apply to get involved at COP26, Glasgow in November. Opportunities include the hosting of events, creative installations, and exhibition space — across both the Blue Zone and Green Zone. This year marks the first time that the UK will host the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) from 1-12 November 2021. The conference will be the biggest international summit...

  • FleishmanHillard Fishburn launches COP26 Unit

    November 23, 2020

    With one year to go until the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, FleishmanHillard Fishburn has launched a dedicated COP26 unit to advise its UK and global clients in the lead up to, during and after the COP26 meeting. The cross-practice, fully integrated team brings together senior advisers with extensive experience in environment and sustainability issues from across the business, spanning corporate reputation, public affairs, international affairs, digital and social, and content strategy...

  • Sustainability series: Fighting the war on climate emergency

    September 24, 2020

    Carly Hilkin, Associate Director In times of hardship, community is more important than ever. We go to those around us for support, both out of necessity and a collective appreciation for what’s hit us. And this has never been truer than now, with COVID-19. Around the world, countless aid groups have been created to look after the most vulnerable in our communities – volunteering to pick up shopping, deliver medicines and personal protection equipment, the...

  • Fighting the ‘war’ on climate emergency

    September 15, 2020

    By Grace Duncan, Senior Account Executive. In the last few months, institutions have talked about the ‘war’ on COVID-19 and our ‘front-line heroes’ fighting a ‘deadly enemy’. While there has been debate about whether referring to a virus as if we were approaching World War Three is appropriate, it prompted rational and immediate reaction. With COVID-19 guidelines changing, the language change, and crucially the need for the public to react to that language change, has...

  • Changing voices of climate change

    June 2, 2020

    By Holly Rouse, Director & Partner Friday will be World Environment Day, with the annual awareness-raising initiative focused this year on nature. In these exceptional times, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on nature and the environment in ways that we could never have been predicted in such as short space of time. From falling CO2 emissions to clearer waters and bluer skies. The question playing on our minds however, is whether COVID-19...

  • Does Purpose matter in a pandemic-world?

    April 24, 2020

    By Holly Rouse, Director & Partner Purposeful Business Crises often bring out the worst, but also the best, in people. And businesses are no different. Before Covid-19, some started to question whether business Purpose was still relevant. While consumers expected businesses to play an active role in shaping society, there were doubts on whether companies were really meeting this expectation. Studies showed that many businesses were struggling to articulate, much less live, their Purpose. Just...

  • Bringing Brands Back to Earth

    April 23, 2020

    By Amity Harrold , Account Director A few months ago, I would have bet on Earth Day 2020 being D-day for brands to prove their sustainability creds. The consumer mindset well and truly shifted to ‘green’ in 2019, with many changing lifestyle and consumption habits to reduce their personal impact on the climate. Businesses had been put on notice: Either step up and address consumer sustainability demands on products and operations or risk being blacklisted...

  • The Covid-19 pandemic: lessons for the climate crisis

    April 6, 2020

    By Daniel Silberhorn, Corporate Communications and Sustainability Managing Supervisor With COVID-19, we experience a major crisis – but we act. Politicians listen to the voice of science and put clear, binding rules in place that turn daily life upside down. With some countries being more consequent and clear than others. Rather than protesting, the majority of people comply; many acting as effective multipliers for the official message. Even though the measures dramatically limit personal freedom...

  • Davos Digest 2020: Issue Four

    January 24, 2020

    Finally, it's over! Is it us or is it just exhausting watching the endless proclamations from companies that really should have done a lot more, a lot sooner? Oh. To be fair, this year has been a welcome relief from the empty promises of yesteryear. Finally, there is something to get our teeth into. Yes, we had slightly gimmicky gestures as a group of young activists were invited to the hallowed slopes but we also...

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