Business turning a deaf ear to the green regime

Businesses are significantly less invested in the concept of greater sustainability that they were two years ago, according to a new survey. Photograph: iStock

Nearly four years after the Green Party entered the current Government determined to make Ireland more environmentally friendly, only half of Irish business say sustainability and climate change are issues that affect their decision-making, according to the latest SSE Airtricity Green Business Sentiment Index.

‘There are travel agents that used to book Ireland year in, year out. They can’t get capacity. They may not come back’ And over one in 10 are saying the unsayable — that climate change is not at all important for business — more than double the figure just two years ago.Cost is the main reason cited for the failure to do more to reduce their carbon footprint, cited by just under half of respondents, with one in five saying a lack of information on methods of decarbonisation is the main barrier.

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