Bristol City Leap: Values, vision, and how to forge a successful private-public green partnership

Stuart Stone
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Bristol City Leap: Values, vision, and how to forge a successful private-public green partnership

Over the next 20 years, Bristol aims to take a great green leap towards its ambitious net zero goals - and a 'world first' private-public partnership between the city council and clean tech firm Ameresco has a central role to play

From the mid-19th century launch of SS Great Britain to creating the Bristol Pound, becoming the UK's first European Green Capital, and unleashing the likes of Damien Hirst and Banksy on the world, Bristol...

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