Why we set a Net Zero goal: Tesco's Kene Umeasiegbu on 1.5C goals, costed plans, and giving high carbon sectors more 'head room'

James Murray
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Tesco's head of environment reveals how the supermarket giant is working to deliver on its ambition to become a zero carbon business by 2050

As part of its Net Zero Now campaign, BusinessGreen caught up over email with Tesco's head of environment, Kene Umeasiegbu, to ask how the company came to embrace a net zero target and how it plans to...

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