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M&S Launches 2012 Sustainable Retail Challenge

In partnership with Cranfield University’s Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Marks & Spencer has launched its 2012 M&S Sustainable Retailing Challenge. The competition, open to MBA students across Europe, has a £5,000 prize for the completion of a series of tasks relating to sustainability issues in business.

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