3/9/10 - News update from Eddie Proffitt

03.09.2010

Despite the threat of increased legislation, most of the UK’s largest companies do not currently measure their carbon footprint, a survey has found.

Three quarters (74 per cent) of finance heads from UK companies with more than 500 employees said their companies have not yet measured their carbon footprint in a poll published today by the Carbon Trust.

Nearly half (48 per cent) did not have a clear corporate target for carbon reduction and a further 16 per cent didn’t know if their company had a target or not.

The findings have been published just weeks before the registration deadline for the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme,