'We can't lose sight of the issue of the century': Microsoft's Brad Smith on climate, COP27, and the clean energy transition

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Brad Smith is president and vice chairman at Microsoft | Credit: Microsoft
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Brad Smith is president and vice chairman at Microsoft | Credit: Microsoft

President and vice chairman of Microsoft chats to BusinessGreen about corporate climate diplomacy as businesses and governments gear up for COP27

At the top of the world's largest companies, executives are often as much diplomats as they are business leaders. They trot the globe surveying their company's interests, conducting meetings with politicians...

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