Majority of UK's biggest firms lack net zero strategies, report finds

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Analysis of FTSE 100 companies finds just 16 per cent have realistic decarbonisation strategies in place, yet 45 per cent are targeting net zero emissions

Fewer than one-in-six of the biggest companes on the London Stock Exchange have a realistic strategy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, despite 45 per cent having committed to the target. That...

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