UK companies ignoring climate threat to supply chains

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CDP report finds fewer than half of FTSE350 companies are engaging with suppliers on emissions or climate change

Many large UK companies are failing to consider the way climate change may affect their international supply chains despite around 70 per cent having overseas operations, a new study by CDP has revealed....

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