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Where are green business' political champions?

Ed Targett, Green Party
clock 01 June 2017 •
Where are green business' political champions?

Green Party's Ed Targett believes the UK needs a major rethink of green policy if it is to remain a global leader in a low-carbon future

Once upon a time sustainability and the search for yield were seen as mutually exclusive. The battle lines seemed drawn: planet or profit; not both. How the times have changed. Environmentalists know it...

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