Bank of America claims climate work has bumped US GDP by $14.8bn

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Banking giant says its $12.6bn environmental business programme supports almost 40,000 jobs and has avoided 2.37 million metric tonnes of CO2 being emitted in 2016 alone

New research has revealed the impact corporate giants such as Bank of America (BoA) can have on the green economy when their financial muscle is employed on a large scale. Data published yesterday by...

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