'Keep stepping up': Race to Zero raises the bar for 'net zero' investors, companies, and cities

Cecilia Keating
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The Race to Zero campaign brings together cities, businesses and investors | iStock
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The Race to Zero campaign brings together cities, businesses and investors | iStock

Campaigners claim new rules ‘throw down the gauntlet’ to the various net zero alliances in the finance sector

The Race to Zero campaign has significantly raised the threshold that investors, companies, cities, and sub-national governments must meet to credibly claim to be working towards net zero emissions by...

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