Report: Suppliers are the 'weakest link' in climate information chain

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Almost half of suppliers to a group of major multinationals failed to provide information on their environmental impact

Half of key suppliers to companies signed up to a major supply chain responsibility programme failed to respond to requests for climate information, a new report has revealed. CDP, formerly the Climate...

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