'Big challenges, simple remedies': How firms can tackle upstream indirect emissions

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A new analysis of CDP reporting data points to three key factors which can catalyse corporate action to tackle supply chain emissions

Supply chain emissions typically comprise the majority of a corporate's climate footprint, and yet these so-called Scope 3 emissions remain largely overlooked. Environmental disclosure platform CDP...

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