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Businesses must understand what data sources exist and which are the most useful, says Craig Simmons of Best Foot Forward

You wait for ages for a carbon footprinting standard, then three come along at once. And while the release of the updated PAS 2050 standard went almost unnoticed, it was standing room only at the launch...

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