Study finds greener companies outperform rivals

James S Murray
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New report uncovers "strong, positive, and growing correlation" between environmental and financial performance

Companies with sophisticated and comprehensive climate change strategies have financially outperformed their competitors over the last three years, according to a major new report from investment research...

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