15 June 2006
UK businesses will waste a total of £570 million worth of energy this summer due to poor energy efficiency, according to a new report.
The Carbon Trust, which released the figure, said that the wasted summer energy would amount to over eight million tonnes of carbon monoxide, the key cause of climate change.
In response to the problem of wasted energy, the trust is launching a £4 million television and newspaper campaign today aimed to highlight the problem and encourage energy efficiency measures to be implemented.
"The sheer scale of the energy wasted is staggering and something businesses can no longer afford to ignore," said Tom Delay, chief executive of the Carbon Trust.
"Today's campaign will empower companies to make business sense of climate change by taking cost effective action – to cut carbon and make significant savings on their bottom line. Energy saving today is a no brainer for business and the environment."
Ian Pearson, the minister for environment and climate change, said: "We welcome today's campaign launch that will highlight the cost of carbon emissions to business and how it can be addressed."
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