Working with business
Unless the business community takes seriously the challenge of tackling climate change the UK will struggle to meets it targets
Building a competitive low carbon economy has to be a shared national priority, involving partnerships between government, consumers and businesses at a national and international level.
Business, like people, need information and incentives to take action on climate change. UK businesses on average waste 30 per cent of the energy they buy and improvements to commercial buildings, adoption of efficient appliances and better use of transport would save costs.
Climate change presents a whole range of new business opportunities for UK plc. Across the world a number of corporations are already taking steps to develop the capabilities to capture these opportunities.
CBI works with over 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 70% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 companies.
The CBI is engaging the domestic and international business community to set the conditions for moving to a low carbon economy. The CBI is also seeking to share best practice among companies and to celebrate the successes of British-based businesses in a changing economic environment.
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