Siemens pledges to halve emissions and go 'climate neutral'

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German engineering giant becomes latest multinational to promise big emissions reductions within five years

Engineering giant Siemens has this week pledged to go "climate neutral" by 2030, in a bid to become the first major industrial company to fully offset its climate impact and deliver a "net zero carbon...

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