Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Executives slow on climate change strategy

Very few senior executives have a strategy in place for dealing with climate change, despite the overwhelming view that it is a serious issue for business, a survey has found.

February 19 2008

Most top executives in the survey were not aware that the government had committed itself to a 60 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The findings also showed half the corporate leaders thought the government was doing too little to educate business on how to tackle climate change.

Carried out by YouGovStone for KPMG, the study also found the number of executives who think climate change a significant issue rose sharply last year, from 52 per cent in May to 85 per cent six months later. More >>>