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Friday, 29 June 2007 |
A business group that has been created in a bid to tackle climate change has agreed a work plan to ensure business is properly informed of the evidence of climate change.
The Climate Change Business Delivery Group, chaired by Scottish and Southern Energy shief executive Ian Marchant, will share ideas and challenge Scottish business to do more to tackle environmental challenges.
It will create two working groups. One will look at logistics, including staff travel, in order to reduce emissions, and the other will consider in detail measures to significantly reduce energy consumption
Each of the businesses on the group have pledged to go further in their own actions to reduce emissions from their own businesses.
Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson attended the group's first meeting to set out the government's plans to tackle climate change.
He said: "Climate change threatens our economy and our society and can only be tackled if we all work together.
"We will consult on a mandatory target to reduce our emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. This will be a long-term framework and business input will be crucial in shaping and developing the Climate Change Bill. The Bill will provide a framework for industry to invest in world-beating technologies, turning Scottish business into green business.
"The Climate Change Business Delivery Group will make a major contribution to challenging and persuading others to continually improve Scotland's response to the threats of climate change."
Marchant said:"The Scottish government's intention to target an 80 per cent reduction in emissions has again underlined the scale and importance of the climate change challenge. Scotland is exceptionally well-placed in being able to bring together in this way a diverse range of businesses committed to tackling climate change.
"I hope this Group will help Scottish businesses to do more to reduce emissions and to influence policy and practice throughout the country, thereby helping Scotland to have a leadership position in the fight against climate change."
Other members of the group include business leaders frmo BAA Scotland, BT Scotland, First Scotrail, Royal Mail and Lloyds TSB.
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