Boiling point: Are companies ignoring the risks heat stress poses to the bottom line?

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Report warns increased levels of heat stress could lead to 25 per cent drops in labour productivity in some countries by 2045

Increasing levels of heat stress over the next 30 years could significantly reduce the productivity of the labour force in many regions of the world, according to a major new report released today...

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