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The importance of ‘active listening’ for business planning

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At IFC’s manufacturing conference in Morocco, Irache Pardo, finance and treasury director for Spanish hi-tech business CIE Automotive and Ian Welsh discuss the impacts of sustainability and industry 4.0 technology on the manufacturing sector.

They discuss how to link sustainability and profitability, and then target investment to bring about the best business impacts. And they debate how to get these impacts properly built into business planning.

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