Statement of business principles

FD aims to be the world’s most sought after strategic communications agency by offering world-class professional advice in all sectors and territories.

Clients
We aim to provide our clients with high quality levels of service at all times, bringing our collective energy, intelligence and expertise to bear on their behalf.

Employees
We seek to attract and retain the most talented professionals by providing a merit-based environment that rewards both personal achievement and strong team effort. We have an open, informal working environment in which people are encouraged to develop their skills and advance their careers within the company. We operate non-discriminatory policies in relation to recruitment, development, advancement and compensation. (see “Our Values”).
 
Suppliers
We work with professionalism and integrity with all our suppliers. We pay them promptly on agreed terms.

Environment
We seek to minimise our environmental impact by adopting best practice and innovation. We have adopted a range of measures to reduce our waste, energy consumption and business transport impact. We will take advantage of technological change to reduce our carbon footprint further and will, wherever possible, pass any cost reductions achieved on to our clients.

Community
We aim to make a positive contribution in the communities where we operate, by encouraging staff to participate in community activity and incentivising them to raise money for charities of their choice.
 
Society
We keep to the letter and spirit of the laws and regulatory frameworks in all the countries in which we operate. We strictly oppose any bribery, corruption or the concealment of any conflict of interest.