The pursuit of a ‘low carbon culture’ delivers a number of significant benefits:

• Brand Reputation Enhancement
  1. Particularly for first movers in each sector


• Brand Reputation Protection
  1. Any company not appearing to look at this seriously is in danger from competitors positioning themselves in a better light
  2. Eco- terrorism and whistle-blowing activities


• Carbon Compliance
  1. With increasingly stringent and rapidly changing international, national and sector requirements
  2. A low carbon culture does not ‘resist’ compliance but chooses to embrace or exceed requirements in areas such as:
     1. Energy use
     2. Buildings
     3. Waste
     4. Transport
     5. Water
     6. Manufacturing
     7. Recycling
     8. Supply Chain
     9. Procurement
     10. Product development
     11. Packaging
     12. HR Policies
     13. CSR

• Energy Savings
  • This can result in major financial savings – particularly in a world where all projections show considerable upward trends in fuel costs


• Carbon Opportunities Realisation
  • There will be huge fortunes made by companies able to exploit the new reality of a low carbon economy. New products and services will be required in every sector and every aspect of life.
  • Those organisations which don’t recognise the climate of change sufficiently quickly risk extinction – just as the invention of the combustion engine caused the extinction of all those cart manufacturers who failed to adapt to the new technology.