Business energy-efficient equipment 'of real benefit' to firms

23/08/2010

Firms should invest more in business energy-efficient equipment in order to reap the "real environmental and economic benefits", it has been suggested.

Euan Murray, general manager of the Carbon Trust Footprinting Company, said more organisations are starting to "think and act on their carbon footprint and energy emissions".

"If a business wants to reduce either its overall emissions, or the emissions produced through making a specific product, it is important that it works with experts to get a clear picture of where emissions emanate from," he said.

This helps them meet the standards for environmental best practice, as well as helping them save on costs for business electricity and gas, according to Mr Murray.

A recent survey by the Carbon Trust found that, at present, nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of firms do not measure their carbon footprint, which, if they did, would help them save on business energy usage.

Posted by Emma Noble