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Sustainability reporting needs interoperable framework, “pragmatic and proportionate balance” in disclosure rules: Google
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One-third of companies that lost SBTi net-zero target validation are from Asia Pacific
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Asia Pacific firms lead in ranking of world’s most sustainable corporations for first time in decade
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