Thursday, January 26, 2012

Companies unsure of legal obligations to report emissions


The discovery was made in the first ever carbon accounting survey of 1,000 companies globally, by business software supplier Eipicor. The study also revealed 58% of business leaders had not even heard of the term "carbon accounting".

The UK is one of the first countries to implement a statutory reporting obligation on environmental emissions.

Last year the Carbon Reduction Commitment was introduced which forced organisations that spend more than £500,000 annually on energy bills, to account for, report and pay for energery related emissions.

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