FTSE 100 firms failing to develop adequate climate strategies, research shows

Michael Holder
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Around 85 per cent of the top companies in the UK do not yet have adequate climate strategies in place to keep the planet within safe global warming limits, EcoAct report shows

The overwhelming majority of top companies on the London Stock Exchange do not currently have adequate carbon cutting strategies that are consistent with keeping global warming within relatively safe limits,...

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