Clean and Cool 2017: How green start-ups can save a CSO's bacon

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Clean tech start-ups should focus on finding and helping those chief sustainability officers under pressure to deliver on ambitious green targets, advise Silicon Valley leaders

Those with a keen eye will need no reminding that the world of business is changing fast. From million-dollar green bonds to pledges to deliver 'carbon positive' operations, the old rulebook is being thrown...

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