More UK businesses are reporting their carbon emissions

Those are the findings of a report to be published today by the Prince’s Mayday Network, a charity dedicated to helping businesses reduce their carbon emissions and improve their resource efficiency.

The Mayday Network has seen membership increase by 105 per cent to 2,862 in the past year. Most of these new members are small and micro businesses and a growing number of them are reporting and reducing their carbon footprint.

Almost 70 per cent of network businesses managed to reduce their carbon footprint in 2010, while 25 per cent reported their carbon emissions. Methods of reporting employed included the Carbon Disclosure Project, Corporate Social Responsibility reports and the Mayday Network.

Promisingly, across the membership that reported its carbon emissions, a seven per cent overall reduction was achieved over the last 12 months. Reductions were achieved across most sectors, with business development (35 per cent), sports (33 per cent), chemicals (23 per cent), housing (20 per cent) and engineering (16 per cent) achieving the biggest reductions.

Although not certified, Mayday campaign director Katie Webber said the carbon findings were "very important. Increasingly companies that hadn’t reported before are doing so."

East of England is greenest
The Mayday report also suggests that businesses in certain regions are greener than in others. The majority of Mayday Network members are based in the East of England (508), suggesting businesses in this region are adopting sustainable practices in larger numbers than in other areas. Other regions were membership is high are London (433) and the North West (325). Membership is lowest in the North East (52) while the nation with the highest number of members is Scotland (323).

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