Zoe Powers driving GLH towards greener cabs

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BusinessGreen's Young Sustainability Executive of the Year on how she embedded green policies in a family-owned, North London minicab company

Environmental policies were not on the agenda of North London minicab and courier company GLH when Zoe Powers first arrived in 2005. But eight years later the firm has a fleet of 220 low emissions Toyota...

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