Carbon-conscious firms help boost productivity: Why don't we measure this?

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As official UK productivity figures are released, Frontier Economics' Matthew Bell argues they should take account of business progress on cutting carbon

Becoming more productive is the only real way to raise living standards. But the way today's productivity statistics have been calculated risks undermining efforts to address one of our most pressing challenges:...

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