'Expectations of what a company should be are changing': Segro's Paul Dunne on 'greening' Europe's warehousing boom

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Warehouse demand was already soaring even before the pandemic hit, as consumers increasingly switched from physical stores to shopping online for food, clothes, and groceries. But the coronavirus lockdowns...

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