ACCORDING to the UK’s Environment Agency’s annual Greener Business Report poor energy efficiency is costing UK businesses over £6 billion a year.
Notwithstanding this detail, the Environment Agency report that the UK’s industrial sector is showing an improvement in its environmental performance.
Over 50 percent of UK industrial sites monitored by the Agency achieved their highest ‘A’ rating for environmental performance and management, with nearly nine out of ten falling into the top two bands.
The energy sector remains the largest single source of emissions, totalling 75 percent of greenhouse gases, 82 percent of nitrogen oxides and 75 percent of sulphur oxides, but these have been significantly reduced over the last 10 years.
(Courtesy of Enigin PLC)
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