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  • What are Sweden’s priorities on chemicals in context of the European Green Deal?

    May 13, 2020

    Sweden is a key Member State when it comes to shaping EU environmental and chemicals policy. The annual report on Sweden’s progress on its environment objectives gives some clues about what the country’s priorities might be at the EU level. On chemicals, the main headline is that: “Sweden will not meet its non-toxic environment target by 2030”. Despite not keeping to the initial timeline, Sweden is continuing to work towards non-toxic products, for instance by...

  • What is Sustainable Finance and why is it important for the future of Europe?

    June 20, 2019

    Sustainability is about to transform the European agenda in an unprecedented way. The recent results of the European elections highlighted an increasing influence of the Greens in the EU Parliament. This, coupled with public demands for more government action on climate change, will inevitably stimulate more debates on sustainability - a key outcome of this year of change. EU leaders are gathering this week for the European Council summit and climate change will be central...

  • A First Look at the 2019 EU Elections Results

    May 28, 2019

    Last weekend’s European Parliament elections marked the first key milestone in 2019’s Year of Change calendar. They set the stage for further discussions and political developments over the coming months. Following a record high voter turnout, EU citizens elected a broad range of parties to the new EU Parliament, the composition of which will not only shape the future of Europe, but also its relationship with the rest of the world, especially regarding climate change...

  • ‘Hemicycle Views’: Interviewing Spanish MEP Soledad Cabezón Ruiz (S&D)

    May 8, 2019

    With the EU Parliamentary elections just two weeks away, we are coming to the end of our ‘Hemicycle Views’ series. Watch also: Our launch video and very first interview with MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen In the wave of national elections in Spain, our final interview is with MEP Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, a politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and member of the European S&D Group. Since joining the European Parliament in 2014, as Member of the Environment, Public Health...

  • EnergiseEurope roundtable: Sustainable Finance – What role for the energy sector?

    March 28, 2019

    The EU Long-term Decarbonisation Strategy and the Sustainable Finance Package adopted by the European Commission in 2018 will play a crucial role in shaping investments decisions and business models in the energy sector over the next decades. While political debates are tough and ongoing both at national and EU levels, and with EU elections around the corner, a trend towards decarbonising European economies has been set. A sense of urgency is also increasingly coming across...

  • The Future of FinTech Policy in Europe

    March 11, 2019

    In this video, FleishmanHillard’s FinTech team answers the strategic questions that will drive the EU FinTech policy debate in 2019. Innovation has always been at the heart of financial markets. But the current wave of digitalisation has brought new challenges to market participants, regulators and supervisors all across the globe. In Europe it will very likely lead to the next Commission taking more concrete action than what we’ve seen so far. Yet, there are still...

  • Roland Verstappen Joins the FH Brussels Advisory Board

    January 17, 2019

    FleishmanHillard Brussels is delighted to announce that Roland Verstappen has joined the firm as Senior Adviser and a new member of the company’s Advisory Board. Thanks to his distinguished Public and Government Affairs career at Global and European level in blue-chip corporations such as Heineken, ArcelorMittal and Ford Motor Company, Roeland will provide senior counsel across a range of major corporate issues including trade, competition as well as sectoral regulation. The FH Advisory Board is...

  • The fads, the fears, the future – what can we expect from tech trends in 2019?

    December 18, 2018

    FleishmanHillard today released “Tech Trends 2019: The Fads. The Fears. The Future” a new report offering insights and predictions for the technology industry. The report features an analysis of 1 billion tech-focused consumer conversations on Twitter between 2017 and 2018, along with insights from more than 25 technology thought leaders from around the world. “Technology changes at a rapid pace and what once consumers barely even imagined, today they barely even notice,” said Sophie Scott, global managing...

  • Robert Wright joins FH Brussels as Senior Vice-President

    November 6, 2018

    FH Brussels is delighted to announce the appointment of Robert Wright as Senior Vice-President. Robert will provide senior strategic counsel to FH clients across a range of policy areas including environment, chemicals and energy, reporting to SVP & Partner Rob Anger. He will furthermore add to the team’s existing senior expertise on key issues including Brexit. Robert is an Irish national with 25 years’ experience in public policy and regulatory affairs, having worked in several...

  • The future of energy: how will artificial intelligence impact the energy sector?

    October 31, 2018

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) certainly counts among the most important innovations within the technology sphere this decade, and it is expected to have a revolutionary impact across traditional industry sectors. The energy industry is no exception to this, and already AI is being used in applications from managing energy demand to mapping new energy resources. However, as AI rises so do questions about its impact on energy producers’ and suppliers’ business model as well as on...

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