International industry must assist climate change

McKinnon and Clarke calls on international industry to help curb climate change, following the recent reports of the worst CO2 emissions recorded in history last week

McKinnon and Clarke calls on international industry to help curb climate change.

The worst CO2 emissions recorded in history were reported earlier this week, prompting energy analyst, McKinnon and Clarke, to call on global industry leaders to address its energy wastage that, it claims, is a major factor in climate change.

The international energy analyst is urging industry leaders to play their part in dealing with the problem by addressing their energy usage, and says that businesses can no longer afford to ignore the 'freak' weather conditions that prove the environment is under threat: only recently Cornwall in the UK was shocked by floods, and South Africa and Florida were devastated by a series of hurricanes.

McKinnon and Clarke has urged the government to step up the pressure on the commercial sector to take responsibility for their energy efficiency performance.

Simon Northrop, Managing Director of McKinnon and Clarke explains: "While industry leaders may have become more shrewd in their utility purchasing as prices rise, this does not address the real issue threatening the world we live in - energy wastage.

Legislation is such that businesses are able to manipulate data and measurement principles to hit targets but we face the very real danger of hitting government targets in the future with no corresponding reduction in CO2 emissions.

"Industry can no longer afford to ignore a very real issue to which it is contributing.

Drastic action is needed if the environment is to be saved".

Background data: Although the Kyoto protocol ties those countries of the industrialised world that have signed up to it into carbon dioxide reductions of around 5% on 1990 levels, scientists say that reductions of around 60% are needed across the world to avoid climate change, mass extinctions and catastrophic sea level rise.

Plus this does not come into effect until 2010.

Established in 1976, McKinnon and Clarke has grown to become an international organisation with annual turnover of GBP25m.

McKinnon and Clarke has 19 offices throughout Europe, Asia and America and a client base that is currently spread over 30 countries and is expanding continually.

M and C has helped thousands of clients, encompassing every business sector, to achieve significant reductions in their utility expenditure and usage.

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