How to get an organisation to net zero: Lessons I've learned at the Environment Agency

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Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan's speech to business leaders at Chapter Zero summit, in which he shares lessons and insight to help organisations progress toward net zero

Most of the really useful lessons in life I've learned from getting things wrong. I have often only found how to do something successfully by failing to do it the first time. And sometimes the second and...

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