Cisco plots departmental carbon quotas

James S Murray
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Executives to be made responsible for carbon budgets

Cisco has confirmed that it is preparing a carbon rationing scheme that will impose carbon quotas upon each department within the business. Phil Smith, vice president for technology and corporate marketing...

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