Green Fast Food: Really Here or a Green Dream?

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The fast food industry is seeing growing demand for environmental sustainability. But how can investors and consumers know which restaurants are truly embracing sustainable development and which are greenwashing? Anne Moore Odell investigates

With a third of all children in the US eating a fast food meal on any given day, the fast food industry is far reaching. The industry seemingly has a hold in every corner of American life and industry,...

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