Global supply chains guilty of ignoring climate risks

James S Murray
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A third of suppliers responding to Carbon Disclosure Project believe climate change poses no risk to their business

Many key suppliers to the world's largest firms are still burying their heads in the sand over climate change, according to the first global supply chain study from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)....

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