CDP: More than half of firms not mapping plastic use and production in value chains

Stuart Stone
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Close to 3,000 firms disclose on plastic-related risks for the first time, but thousands have not set targets for managing impacts

Almost 3,000 companies with a combined $25tr in market value have provided data on their plastic use through the CDP platform for first time, revealing that corporate efforts to tackle plastic pollution...

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