Does carbon labelling need a design overhaul?

Madeleine Cuff
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Carbon footprint labels are proving ineffective, according to new analysis of supermarket shopper data

Carbon footprint labels - often spotted on the back of household goods such as washing powders - are struggling to have any impact on consumer's purchasing habits. That is according to new research...

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