Net Zero Festival: Why reports of CEOs wavering on climate action are overblown

Michael Holder
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BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray with Aldersgate Group's Rachel Solomon Williams and Climate Group CEO Helen Clarkson | Credit: Incisive Media
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BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray with Aldersgate Group's Rachel Solomon Williams and Climate Group CEO Helen Clarkson | Credit: Incisive Media

Aldersgate Group's Rachel Solomon Williams and Climate Group CEO Helen Clarkson gave their views on how to persuade executives to go further and faster on net zero

Are CEOs wavering on climate action? Certainly not nearly as many as some sections of the media might have you believe. That was the view of leading green business figures at the Net Zero Festival this...

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