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Firms demand more resources for CO2 cuts

Businesses need more resources to make deeper carbon emission cuts, according to new research.

The npower Business Energy Index (nBEI) of 200 senior managers and energy buyers found businesses broadly backed targets to cut CO2 emissions but saw energy efficiency as less important compared to a similar survey taken a year ago.

Only half of businesses measured their energy efficiency levels and only half had taken steps to increase their energy efficiency in the past six months, the survey found.

Three quarters of businesses in Wales said they backed the government CO2 reduction plans.

A quarter of respondents said they believed the UK was ahead of other nations when it came to tackling global warming.

But only a quarter of interviewees believed a smaller carbon footprint would provide them with new commercial opportunities.

Paul Coffey, managing director of npower business, said: ¿It seems businesses are increasingly interested in the role of carbon reduction in business and believe the UK is taking the right direction in terms of combating global warming, but it is how this is translated into their own businesses where there seems to be a disconnect.

Mr Coffey went on to say that energy efficiency was the best way to make CO2 reductions as it recognised bottom line costs while improving environmental performance.

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