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Jon McLeod is a partner of DRD Partnership, a strategic communications firm which promotes and protects clients’ reputations at moments of challenge and change. He specialises in regulatory policy challenges and has advised businesses and individuals on political relations, corporate governance, dispute resolution and reputation management. Bringing connections across political parties, the law and industry sectors, as well as particular knowledge of communications challenges arising from competition and anti-trust matters, where he has worked alongside leading legal firms in a wide range of transactions and investigations, Jon leads DRD’s competition and anti-trust practice. In 2021, Jon delivered the launch of the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS).Previously he was a Partner and Head of Public Affairs at Brunswick. Before that, Jon spent 21 years at Weber Shandwick, latterly as chair of its UK corporate, financial and public affairs practice, and of its Manchester office. Clients counselled include those in sports business, media, heavy industry, raw materials, technology, life sciences, leisure, trade and professional services.
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United Kingdom: Navigating in the eye of the ESG storm

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Baker McKenzie’s Joanna Ludlam and Jon McLeod of DRD Partnership set out how to deliver combined legal and communications response to contentious ESG challenges ‘The problem’ In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations have become pivotal for organisations across all sectors. ESG has become an established framework that helps stakeholders understand how an organisation manages core risks and opportunities beyond traditional financial metrics. Under a broad spectrum of factors, businesses…