How corporates are helping to drive the global clean power boom

Michael Holder
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Research from the RE100 initiative shows firms setting their sights on 100 per cent renewable electricity are playing an increasingly important role in accelerating the shift towards clean power

One of the most important - and strangely underappreciated - trends in the global economy remains the onward march of clean and renewable electricity, which has over the past decade become an unstoppable...

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