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FTSE 100 firms need to 'urgently step up' carbon reduction strategies

More than 85 percent of the UK’s top 100 companies do not have sufficient carbon reduction strategies, according to the FTSE 100 Sustainability leaderboard and report. Published for its 9th consecutive year by carbon strategy consulting firm EcoAct, the report reveals that while 81 percent of the FTSE 100 companies have some sort of emissions...

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Marks & Spencer falls off FTSE 100 for first time

Marks & Spencer is to be demoted from the FTSE 100 for the first time since the list of the UK’s biggest companies was launched in 1984. The British fashion and food giant will drop off the list after its market value fell below the threshold for inclusion based on the closing price of its stock on Tuesday. The official announcement was made on...