Small may be beautiful, but is it green?

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Helen Craig argues that a new approach is needed from government and businesses to engage smaller firms with the sustainability agenda

Small businesses are, by their nature, very efficient - if they weren't, they wouldn't survive - but that doesn't necessarily translate to being responsible natural resource users or sustainable product...

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