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The growing certainty around the science coupled with slow carbon pricing and regulatory decisions has created an environment of contradictions: where businesses need to be (or at least appear) more sustainable to stay competitive, while hedging their bets to manage risk.
While some companies have stepped up to that challenge in an impressive way, many others fall into dangerous patterns of analysis paralysis, half-baked action plans, greenwashing or even fraud – all of which keep us from crossing the finish line.
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