Posted in corporate action, energy efficiency on Jan 7th, 2008 No Comments »
An accountant highlighted GBP 2,000 of overtime in one month in a large energy intensitve industry, but did not mention that the monthly energy bill at GBP 50,000, amounted to 25 times the overtime paid. When this fact came to light, the production department counted energy instead of overtime and costs fell by GBP 13,000 [...]
Posted in corporate action, government action, individual action on Jan 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
An overwhelming majority of consumers—92 percent—agree that business, government, and consumers have an equal responsibility to reduce energy use.
Alliance to Save Energy, 2005
Posted in corporate action on Dec 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
While we have taken these actions and policy positions because they are the right things to do, I want to stress that there has also been a strong business case for what we have done. In working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we achieved more than $2 billion in avoided costs due to energy [...]
