Green lunch with… Shell's Matthew Tipper

Michael Holder
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Head of alternative fuels at Shell's New Energies division sits down at the Cavendish Hotel's Petrichor restaurant to debate clean technologies and the pace of change in the oil and gas industry

For Petrichor - ensconced on the first floor of the Cavendish Hotel, sandwiched between London's Piccadilly Circus and the Mall - sustainability begins at home. As part of its quest for 100 per cent...

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