CBI: "Businesses have to be green to grow" 26 November, 2007
Posted by Willy De Backer in Business and climate change, Climate change.trackback
One week before the climate summit in Bali, the Confederation of British Industries (CBI) will be presenting a report on the UK government’s efforts to reach its greenhouse gas reduction targets (6O% by 2050). The report recognises the business opportunities related to the fight against climate change and proposes new nuclear power plants as one of the solutions. It also warns that the necessary policies will cost the average home in the UK 100£ per year.
CBI has for years opposed most measures to tackle global warming but seems now to have changed its rhetoric by going for the “green is good for business” slogan.
Further reading:
- Guardian: CBI report urges business to tackle climate change
- The Independent: Emissions cuts to cost £100 a home, says CBI
The funny thing about the CBI report is that it assumes we will have the same lifestyles in 2020, 2030 and 2050. It says that every household will have to pay £100 per year for clean technology that allows us to continue living as we are now, but still meet the targets in the Climate Bill. What if we decide to consume less instead?