Former CBI boss to chair new Green Innovation Policy Commission

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John Cridland joined by Professors Mariana Mazzucato and Paul Ekins, as well as top executives from John Lewis, UPS, Arup and others, to launch new green innovation initiative

Some of the UK's top green innovation experts and academics have today formed a new Green Innovation Policy Commission, which will explore how new policies can drive clean technology innovation in hard...

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