Competition and carmaking: Can the auto industry embrace a new era of green collaboration?

Cecilia Keating
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Competition and carmaking: Can the auto industry embrace a new era of green collaboration?

A new report has urged the auto industry to work collectively in pursuit of net zero - but is competition law standing in the way?

If you work in corporate sustainability and decarbonisation, you are rarely far from an appeal for greater collaboration. And with good reason, given the enormity of the challenge of bringing all sectors...

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