It's time for business to gang up on the barriers to change

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Businesses need to collaborate with NGOs, communities and the public sector to make serious change happen, argues author Penny Walker

There are some problems that seem too big to tackle. How will we ever build a circular economy which redesigns supply chains and closes resource loops when consumers are so used to the "buy-use-chuck"...

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