Carbon counting is 'good for business' (BBC)

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By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News

UK companies that measure their carbon emissions do not find the exercise arduous or expensive - and some say it brings benefits, a report concludes.

The report was commissioned by the government as it prepares to decide if emissions reporting will be mandatory.

Just over half the firms surveyed said reporting emissions carried a net benefit for their business.

The CBI welcomed the finding, affirming that it "strongly supports" emissions reporting because it helps cut carbon.

The researchers - from consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a non-profit organisation helping companies to count carbon - used a range of methods, including a survey of 155 companies, focus groups, interviews and reviews of information already in the public domain.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11881663