The recycling rates in the United Kingdom have gone up over the last year but most of the increases have come in household recycling. People are far more likely to take part in green activities if it affects their own pocketbook, but when it comes to the office, many people don’t carry their green practices to work. If you asked most people if they thought their office was environmentally friendly, most would think of the recycling bin next to the copy machine and answer that they thought their company was green. A recent study confirmed that most United Kingdom employees think that their company is green, when in reality it probably isn’t.
Corporate carbon emissions have long been a problem in the United Kingdom and many experts think that the practice of greenwashing, making public environmental gestures to cover up negative behavior, is contributing to the problem. Most people in the United Kingdom are clueless about what their company actually does, according to a recent study.The research, which was carried out by Lumison, a UK business ISP, nearly seventy percent of United Kingdom employees thinks that their company makes green issues a priority. The study revealed that this might not be the case, as less than a third of companies actually carry out a carbon audit which evaluates ways in which the company could reduce its carbon emissions.
This report reveals a problem that has plagued the world, which is that people tend to waste things that they do not have to pay for.
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