Brunswick Group - Provide the venue for the Ceremony and support to the Vice-Presidents

Brunswick is a corporate communications partnership. We provide informed advice at a senior level to businesses and other organisations around the world; helping them to address critical communications challenges that may affect their valuation, reputation or ability to achieve their ambitions.

Worldwide, we are one firm, a private partnership that has grown organically, person-by-person, from three Partners in one office in 1987 to over 50 Partners and 40 Directors in thirteen offices around the world today. In total, we are more than 400 people. Our predominance of senior professionals from a range of industry backgrounds gives us a major competitive advantage and our clients a significant benefit. As a result, we are ranked in first position in the league tables for M&A communications advisers in both Europe and North America.

Our clients often face demanding issues and audiences. They look to us for a team of highly experienced and dedicated communications specialists working together as one firm. We advise more than 250 retained clients, including large multinationals, small private firms and voluntary bodies. Half our clients have been with us for more than five years; a fifth for more than ten years. We aim to deliver a result that is visible, valuable and earns the respect of our clients and their subsequent recommendation.

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Saint Gobain

At Saint-Gobain we belive everything is possible.

This belief has led our growth and development since we were formed in 1665 to produce the glass for the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.

Today as one of the world's top one hundred industrial corporations we operate in 54 countries with a global workforce of 200,000, including 20,000 in the UK and Ireland.

One of the greatest challenges facing us all is protecting the environment for future generations.  And at Saint-Gobain we take our responsibilities further than most. Over their lifetime our products can help save more energy than was used in their manufacture.

Many of our companies are accredited with the ISO14001 environmental standard, with many more working toward its implementation.  And we are proud to say that Saint-Gobain can count itself among the FTSE4GOOD Index, which offers a benchmark of performance for socially responsible investors. 

One of the key focuses of the Group's environmental policy is to make better use of materials by minimizing consumption of natural materials and promoting the recycling and reuse of waste products.

www.saint-gobain.com/en/html/index.asp

Climate Care

Climate Care was set up to tackle climate change by reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We do this by offsetting - making CO₂ reductions on behalf of individuals and companies.

We were set up in 1998 as a company limited by guarantee - dedicated to reducing global warming. We are committed to leading best practice in our approach to offsetting emissions.

Climate Care offsets your CO₂ by funding projects around the world. These involve:

• Renewable energy - this replaces non-renewable fuel such as coal
• Energy efficiency - this reduces the amount of fuel needed
• Forest restoration - this absorbs CO₂ from the atmosphere as the trees grow

So as well as taking steps to reduce your 'carbon footprint' you can offset what remains, helping to promote low-carbon technologies where they have the greatest impact.

www.climatecare.org