Archive
Year: 2018
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EnergiseEurope roundtable – Report: “Delivering Paris – the difficult part: Decarbonising the EU industry”
February 16, 2018
On 13 February 2018, FleishmanHillard hosted its 2nd ‘Energise Europe’ roundtable, discussing the challenges of decarbonising EU industry by 2050 in accord with the Paris Agreement. Two projects were presented. Mark Driessen, from the Port of Rotterdam Authority, explained plans to create a CO2 collection hub at the Port from which the gas would be piped for deep storage in depleted gas fields beneath the North Sea. Tony Smith, from the UK’s Peel Group, described...
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High-level discussion: Italian elections – National dynamics and European perspectives
February 14, 2018
INVITATION Italian elections | National dynamics and European perspectives Wednesday, 21 February - 12.00 - 14.00 FleishmanHillard – Square de Meeûs, 35 (2nd floor) - Brussels The 2018 general elections in Italy will be as key as those that have taken place in France and Germany in 2017, in terms of potential consequences. Relations with the European Union and membership to the Eurozone are on the table and the rise of populism is not...
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Plastics Strategy: Coming Full Circle
February 9, 2018
On Tuesday, January 30th, FleishmanHillard hosted its Plastics Strategy roundtable in a very timely manner given that the strategy was published just two weeks before. The Plastics Strategy plays a key role in the broader Circular Economy package from December 2015 and seems to be on top of many people's minds at the moment The Commission’s vision, as set out in the Strategy, is to move towards “a smart, innovative and sustainable plastics industry, where...
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LinkedIn status updates: breaking every rule on social
February 1, 2018
When it comes to social in the policy advocacy space, I've always said that LinkedIn was the platform most likely to consistently deliver a real world outcome. If you give enough of your professional self there for people to actually get you, the ROI is phenomenal. Across our client base, we experiment a lot with tactics on LinkedIn that help build the real-life relationships needed to make policy outcomes happen. In that context, we've developed methodologies...
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Roundtable: “Delivering Paris – the difficult part: Decarbonising the EU industry”
January 23, 2018
On 13 February 2018, FleishmanHillard is organising another “Energise Europe” roundtable. This edition will be dedicated to "Delivering Paris – the difficult part: Decarbonising the EU industry". Delivery of the Paris Climate Agreement is one of the driving strategic priorities of the European Union, as both a commitment to tackle the challenge of climate change, and an opportunity for Europe to show geopolitical leadership in the world. Establishing how Europe meets its Paris targets across...
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Brussels bubble digital folks: beware the way of the webmaster
January 16, 2018
"Digital" has now fully entered the mainstream of EU policy advocacy which is a blessing (because progress) but partly a curse because digital is most often defined by its lowest common denominator (most easily understood) component: social media. Many organisations realise they need "digital" which to them means they need to hire someone with digital in her/his title to run their social feeds, which means that community management and social content creation are often the...