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Sustainable Consumption Business Dialogue
| Date: | 01/05/2006 |
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| Classification: | Sustainable Consumption & Production |
| Document type: | Consultant Reports |
| Download: |  Business-Dialogue-Report.pdf - 233 KB |
| Summary: |  Through a Business Dialogue event, convened on our behalf by the University of Cambridge Programme for Industry, the Sustainable Consumption Roundtable heard from more than thirty senior managers from retailers and big-brand manufacturers about what business and government could do to mainstream sustainable products... |
| Recommendations: | 1. Consumers alone cannot or will not change consumption patterns sufficiently 2. Business can and does do a lot and, if it is to do more, it must be as part of mainstream business operations 3. Government should lead by example, and support best practice 4. Build a broader (cross party) consensus |