World Benchmarking Alliance: 'Vast majority of large companies continue to take nature for granted'

Stuart Stone
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Some of the world's biggest firms are failing to assess and measure nature impact, non-profit's latest Nature Benchmark study claims

The vast majority of companies do not fully understand how they impact and rely on nature, a failure which is hampering corporate efforts to protect the environment. That is the headline conclusion...

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