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

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Workers in a distribution centre | Credit: iStock

FTSE100 company’s operations director sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the warehouse giant's plan to deliver a zero carbon portfolio

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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