Survey of small businesses reveals keen appetite for green action

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Some 80 per cent of firms recycle, 77 per cent encourage greener behaviour from employees, and 64 per cent would consider introducing volunteering days for green causes

Britain's small businesses have a healthy appetite for promoting low-carbon behaviour, according to a new survey of 900 small and medium sized businesses in the UK and Ireland. Conducted by merchant...

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