Green shoots can help fuel the recovery

摘要

The next few years will see a reduction in local authority budgets of more than one-quarter, together with similar targets for cutting carbon levels. The fundamental challenge posed by the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) also presents an opportunity for the 'other' CSR-corporate and social responsibility to start providing solutions. But, while corporate and social responsibility can be seen as a mechanism to produce an overall positive impact on society, including a cleaner environment, it can also be aligned with cost-saving measures, since the two go together-cost savings can lead to carbon reductions, while carbon savings and sustainability measures can result in cost reductions.