Green inspiration

So going green for a business means lots of legislation, more costs and less profit?

Not always so.

Jonathan Porritt, Eugenie Harvey and the Commercial Group recently demonstrated at a corporate CSR day I attended that with clear targets, small changes and a corporate 'can do' attitude, a well conceived CSR business agenda can really boost a company's sales and profits.

Porritt was illuminating, and expounded the view that the private sector is really making inroads in reducing carbon footprints. He gave many examples, including his direct experience with M&S and Sky. However he was less complimentary about the public sector, saying they just invented ambitious targets and 'hoped for the best'. This was confirmed today by the Policy Exchange . It makes depressing reading. (Click to read).

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