Sustainable Development Goals - why should businesses care?

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Good Energy's Juliet Davenport argues the sustainable development goals must be more than a 'box-ticking exercise'

Anyone with an ear to the ground in sustainable business circles over the past year will probably have detected murmurings about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals. Launched by...

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