Businesses 'gaining awareness of their carbon footprint'

News Article - 23 May 2008
Category: Environment

The Climate Change Bill will prompt businesses across the UK to look at ways of improving their energy efficiency as part of their business goals, the managing director of Carbon Footprint has suggested.

John Buckley explained that the introduction of the bill "will put more pressure on industry and businesses to reduce their carbon emissions".

He explained that organisations are gaining awareness about a variety of environmental issues, as they have confronted rising fuel and electricity costs.

"Businesses are looking to make reductions in their energy usage, not just to reduce their carbon emissions but to save money," Mr Buckley remarked.

One way that firms can save money and energy is by making changes to how they use IT, he added.

Firms that are exploring ways of reducing their carbon footprint may also be aided by the implementation of carbonaccounting software.

According to a December 2007 report from Global Action Plan, there are around ten million office PCs in use in the UK.

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