Businesses must rethink their values and revalue their assets to reach net zero

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The government's aim to make the UK the world’s 'first net zero-aligned financial centre' mean businesses have to rethink how and what they value, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's new mandate for investments post-2023 to have a sustainability plan, announced at COP26, will impact the business world far more widely than the institutions mandated. The latest...

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