Climate minister and Sainsbury's boss clash over carbon reporting rules

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Supermarket chief executive Justin King warns mandatory carbon reporting would create arbitrary regulations which would fail to drive real change

Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King has clashed with Climate Change minister Greg Barker over government proposals to force businesses to report greenhouse gas emissions and transform the Carbon Reduction...

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