Prince Charles urges business to put planet and people first

📆 11/01/2021 08:15:00
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Britain's Prince Charles will tell businesses on Monday they must put the planet and its people first as he launches a new charter of sustainability backed by some major global companies. The new 'Terra Carta' - evoking England's ancient Magna Carta that defined citizens' rights eight centuries ago - comprises nearly 100 actions that signatory companies must take for a sustainable future. 'I am making an urgent appeal to leaders, from all sectors and from around the world, to give their support to this 'Terra Carta', to bring prosperity into harmony with nature, people and planet over the coming decade,' Charles will say, according to advance excerpts from his speech.

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Yahoo Prince Charles has always struck me as the least emotionally available person in the UK so if he can find it in his heart to say that ... DO it ASAP!

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