The Square Mile Challenge - Making the whole supply chain visible

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We need to champion environmental successes made at every stage of the supply chain, argues Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy

Imagine this - every child in a school is presented with a single daffodil, cut at the stem and also a daffodil bulb, yet to sprout. They are told they can only keep one, the other they have to return...

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