Sainsbury's pulls forward net zero target for own operations to 2035

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Sainsbury's pulls forward net zero target for own operations to 2035

Retail giant pulls forward its decarbonisation target, bringing it into line with a 1.5C warming trajectory

Sainsbury's today announced it has brought forward its net zero target by five years and plans to reach net zero across its own operations by 2035, in line with limiting global warming to 1.5C. The...

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