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Corporate Environmental Responsibility at FAO

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Year of publication 2016

Pages 1p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO is committed to corporate environmental responsibility, in line with the efforts of the United Nations to become climate neutral. Environmental and financial efficiency, both at headquarters and in decentralized offices, has resulted in an overall reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of 29% since the start of the programme in 2008 and cumulative annual savings of more than USD 600 000.

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