Current Issues...
Recent phenomenal growth in energy and transport use has led to more pollution, resource depletion, congestion, and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, which all contribute to climate change.
Given the current economic downturn there is also more focus on achieving goals with minimum cost and this can, more often than not, have an adverse effect on the environment.
New Government legislation and a worldwide awareness on the climate change debate has seen measures brought in to penalise companies that ignore their environmental responsibilities.
It is now down to companies to change the way they work, reduce their carbon footprint or risk losing revenue at a time when most cannot afford to. They also risk alienation in a world moving at pace toward a greener and more sustainable way of living.
