Greenwashing 2.0: It's back and it's got more sophisticated

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Trewin Restorick argues that moves to tackle packaging waste have unleashed a new wave of dubious corporate announcements

The alarm bells started to ring with the growing number of emails from PR companies. A typical message runs along the lines of ‘Our client is phasing out some plastic packaging but it is going to take...

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