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Poll: Construction industry embraces carbon reduction trend

Jocelyn Timperley
clock 11 July 2016 •
Poll: Construction industry embraces carbon reduction trend

Survey finds three quarters of UK firms now operate a low carbon strategy

Three-quarters of UK construction companies now operate a low carbon or carbon reduction strategy, a new survey has shown. The research, which was commissioned by fleet management firm TomTom Telematics,...

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