Counting on Copenhagen

Fleishman-Hillard first announced our commitment to improved environmental stewardship in 2007. With this goal in mind, we have measured our own environmental footprint and participated in a global energy audit led by our parent company, Omnicom. We have made improvements in every office and community in which we operate. We have mobilized our Green Champions, a group of volunteer FH employees who are helping to reduce our energy consumption and improve waste management efforts everywhere we do business.

COP15 will be a defining event as world leaders try to reach a global deal that will enter into force when the existing Kyoto Protocol expires, and Fleishman-Hillard will be there to help our clients, employees, and stakeholders navigate it.

Watch this space for more information about key issues that will be covered in Copenhagen, including emissions targets, financing, personal carbon credits and clean developing mechanisms. Our experts from Beijing, Mumbai, Brussels, Washington D.C. and elsewhere worldwide will provide their perspectives, too. And we will report – in real time – via our Copenhagen Twitter channel as new developments unfold at the conference.

For more information, please download our:

• Guide to COP15 (PDF): A two-page backgrounder that outlines what the summit is about, who will attend, and some of the potential opportunities and implications for business.
• The Road to Copenhagen (PDF): A more detailed briefing paper that lays out the political backdrop, summarizes the position of the main players and provides a selection of key news coverage.
• Briefing on Emissions Reductions Targets (PDF): An overview of the current state of play, a summary of commitments made to date by world leaders, and the positions being taken by various business sectors.
• Financing Climate Change (PDF): A background note on current discussions around financial commitments that developed countries are expected to make at the Copenhagen conference to help developing countries cope with climate change.
• Briefing on Clean Development Mechanism (PDF): Delegates from around the world will grapple with a range of issues at the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December. This briefing focuses on reform of the Clean Development Mechanism.
• The Role of Technology Transfer in Climate Change (PDF): This paper that outlines the degrees of divergence/convergence in the countries’ positions on the role of technology transfer in climate change, as well as provides some experts’ and business leaders’ opinions on the matter.
• Outcome of COP15 (PDF): The Copenhagen Climate Conference did not meet most expectations. The two-page paper examines what happened and what happens next.