Data should be a net zero priority

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Building a reliable and comprehensive data infrastructure is crucial for net zero decision-making and accountability, writes TechUK's Susanne Baker

It was Clive Humby OBE, the British mathematician and data scientist, and architect of early supermarket loyalty cards, who coined the phrase "data is the new oil". Marketer Michael Palmer then took Humby's...

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