Emma Pinchbeck: 'If you want to build a future, you need everyone in the room to design it'

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Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the CCC, delivered the keynote speech at the Women in Green Business Awards 2025
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Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the CCC, delivered the keynote speech at the Women in Green Business Awards 2025

Climate Change Committee CEO calls for women and marginalised groups to play a bigger role in building a nature friendly, zero carbon society

Climate Change Committee CEO, Emma Pinchbeck, has called for women and marginalised groups to play a much bigger role in designing and building the net zero economy, emphasising that "if you want to build...

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