Plastics, palm oil, and veganism: How prepared are consumer goods firms for climate risk?

Michael Holder
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CDP report shows that actions to capitalise on greener consumer trends can boost revenues while also tackling physical climate risks

Consumer-facing businesses face all manner of struggles to keep up with modern trends. And, in a rapidly warming world, there are also huge threats to their ability to simply keep making many consumer...

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