Trouble in Spandexville

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The chairman squeezes his carbon footprint into a tight spandex costume while earwigging on some strangers

"Do you reckon the fact the market is currently experiencing a flood of climate change funds in any way counts as irony?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly sized investment company SmallBluePlanet as we enjoyed a pint or two of Environmental Footprint Reducer at The Probably Best Not To Wonder How They Calculate The Size Of These Things In The First Place. "Maybe," replied the chairman, who had that morning informed his fund technicians they had until the end of the week to come up with any sort of product that would allow SmallBlue to jump on this latest investment bandwagon. "...

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