How do UK businesses walk the talk of net zero ambition?

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Business must deliver a step-change in its own ambitions and discourse if the UK is to meet a net zero target, Grantham Institute's Sam Unsworth argues

The UK set its first climate change target back in 1997 under the Kyoto Protocol. With a commitment to reduce emissions by 12.5 per cent below 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012, the target allowed for...

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