Bank of America pledges to go 'carbon neutral' by 2020

Madeleine Cuff
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US financial giant promises to cut emissions by 50 per cent and source 100 per cent renewable electricity by the end of the decade

Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the US, has promised to become 'carbon neutral' by 2020 as part of a new suite of environmental goals launched on the first day of the annual Climate Week NYC...

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