Business Challenges
Organisations are facing considerable challenges with cash being king, additional pressures being faced by our customers include:
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Energy prices forecasted to rise.
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We all have to change our lights in the future due to the discontinuation directive from Brussells.
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Government currently incentivising/penalising organisations (dependent upon size) to reduce their carbon footprint.
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Customer perception and the increasing importance of an organisation's green credentials.
See below for further details:
Watchdog warns energy bills could soar by 60%
ITN – 9th October 2009
Households could see a 60 per cent increase in energy bills in the next seven years according to the UK's regulator.
http://itn.co.uk/c5a622d04740dc545edcc47bb74c797e.html
Brussels switches off our spotlights: 200m more bulbs to be axed in green crusade
Daily Mail – 7th September 2009
It comes a week after the ban on traditional 'non- directional' incandescent bulbs began. It is now illegal to import bulbs of 100 watts or more. Over the next three years the ban will be extended to 60, 40 and 25 watt bulbs.
UK to reduce its Carbon Footprint by 34% by the Year 2020
A legally binding target of at least an 80 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, to be achieved through action in the UK and abroad. Also a reduction in emissions of at least 34 percent by 2020. Both these targets are against a 1990 baseline
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/legislation/cc_act_08/cc_act_08.aspx
