Now is the time to ensure digitalisation drives greener behaviour

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E-commerce, consumer goods and services firms must work together to encourage and incentivise green consumer behaviour, write Bruno Oberle from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Lazada's Janet Sarah Neo

The global economy as a whole may have contracted as a result of Covid-19, but one aspect has massively accelerated: digitalisation. According to a study by McKinsey, companies have accelerated the digitisation...

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