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Small businesses can be green too

  • Amy Sims
  • 30 May 2007
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Smaller firms may not have the large budgets needed to deploy the latest green technologies, but, argues Amy Sims, there is still plenty they can do to limit their environmental impact.

Small businesses might be just that, but their carbon footprint and energy bills are a big problem. SMEs in the UK have an annual energy bill of about £3.5 billion and can waste as much as 30% of their...

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