Firms Find the Green Line Hard to Follow across All the Red Tape; BUSINESSES WANT GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE CLEAR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY LEADERSHIP

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Byline: SION BARRY

THE majority of British businesses think environmental policy is unclear and there is a lack of cohesive thinking between the Government and climate change agencies.

Some 94% of organisations questioned said they anticipated environmental law affecting them in the next two to three years, but two-thirds said they felt environmental policy was ambiguous, revealed the survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Almost seven out of 10 (68%) of businesses said they wanted the Government to take the lead in tackling climate change through policy and regulations.

However, less than one in five (18%) of the 50 UK businesses surveyed said they …