Call for more UK firms to set targets for emission reduction

摘要

A report out this month says that more UK companies need to be setting carbon emission reduction targets. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) FSE 350 Report lists manufacturers Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser among the UK corporations leading efforts in both performance and disclosure.rnThe report, produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers, shows UK companies are disclosing the highest ever levels of greenhouse gas emissions at 390 million metric tons of CO_2-equivalent, equating to 61% of total UK emissions. Yet despite the significant influence they hold in the UK's level of emissions, just 35% of companies listed on the FTSE 350 disclosed emissions reduction targets. This is lower than the 51% of Global 500 companies reporting emission reduction targets to CDP.rnCDP's chief executive Paul Dickinson says: "With regulation such as the Carbon Reduction Commitment and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme making climate change an increasingly material issue, a greater number of UK companies need to be setting emissions reduction targets."