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Between 1st and 12th of November 2021, thousands of the public and delegates from global businesses and international organizations will descend on Glasgow and join online one of the most significant climate summits, COP26. The key goal of the summit is to slow down climate change and this report examines the topics, themes and stakeholders that drove impact ahead of the summit. A subsequent report will be published post the 12th November to analyse the full summit. Sign up to access further COP26 intelligence.

Download our new SDG Report, produced in collaboration with advocacy and communications consultancy, Leidar, and launched at January’s World Economic Forum in Davos. For the first time, our SDG study looks at the evolution of SDG discourse over recent years to appraise the impact of different stakeholder groups, sectors and markets. The results reveal a tipping point at the end of the last decade as concerns about climate action and life on land escalate to new heights and the need for partnership, effective global governance and systemic solutions comes to the fore. With heightened concerns about inequality, employment and economic growth…

In early 2019, Polecat interviewed global reputation professionals to gain a better understanding of how they are applying their efforts to get ahead and tackle the obstacles they face when managing corporate reputation. Read our in-depth report on just what challenges these professionals are facing and what they think are the most important initiatives that can help them to achieve Reputation Management success.

The current system for executive pay is largely tied to corporate financial metrics based on incentives, shareholder linked returns and board discretion.This outmoded industry measure of pay-to-performance is a reflection of a C-suite culture of reward, that now fuels social debate around overcompensation and fairness of pay. Remuneration, however, is not an indicator of corporate performance. In this report, we examine alternative indicators of performance and a more holistic understanding of what underscores the true value of leadership based on the reputation impact CEOs deliver on behalf of their respective companies.

The global plastics crisis and the environmental damage it has caused has forced us to take a global perspective. Of the 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste generated in the last century, 79% of it currently resides in landfill or in the natural environment. When companies leverage their resources and global market positions to tackle the defining challenges of our society they gain reputational capital that strengthens their market position and ensures their future survival and relevance. But these benefits cannot be realised through hollow gestures.