For businesses, the journey to net zero starts with a single step

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Every journey starts with a single step. We have to help businesses to take that step if we are going to get to net zero in time, and we might not get another chance as good as this, writes Alex Rathmell, managing director for consultancy at EnergyPro

Since mid 2019 we've been helping Low Carbon Hub and Oxford Brookes University establish Energy Solutions Oxfordshire (or ESOx), a new venture that is working with SMEs in Oxfordshire to develop and implement...

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