Companies are not aligning their business practices with net zero goals

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As corporate climate targets become increasingly prevalent, the credibility of net zero goals is the real question, says Transition Pathway Initiative Centre's Antonina Scheer

Amid the normalisation of net zero targets but the ever-present potential that such commitments are just greenwashing, what can be said about the state of the transition towards a global low-carbon economy?...

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