The CCC recipe for getting UK carbon cuts back on track

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If government follows the Committee on Climate Change's recommendations, what could lie in store for UK businesses?

The latest update from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is another reminder of the scale of the task ahead if the UK is to achieve its legally-binding carbon reduction commitments. The Climate...

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