In February, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a consortium of 2,500 climate scientists, attributed climate change directly to human activity. According to environment secretary David Miliband, it was "another nail in the coffin of the climate change deniers".
Consensus has grown in the scientific community since the last IPCC report. But business, too, is taking note, with some adopting ambitious green plans. Among the most far-reaching is Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy's promise to "transform our business model so that the reduction of our carbon footprint becomes a central business driver". Tesco aims to introduce a carbon footprint label for all its products-a move that could have a revolutionary effect on it, and its suppliers.
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