Business in the Environment, the business campaign for environmental responsibility, has slammed construction and building materials companies for ignoring their impact on the environment. The campaign has drawn up an index to rate the environmental responsibility of companies to help investors predict business growth, which is increasingly linked to companies' concern for green issues.
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