A government study published earlier this year suggests the UK’s low-carbon economy is already as big as the food and drink sector and twice the size of the chemicals industry, contributing £55 billion to the national economy and experiencing healthy growth.
For manufacturers, climate change policy has for too long been burdensome. The UK should seek to make its ambitious climate change targets a matter of economic ambition. Business and government need to work together to invest in making the low-carbon future not only transformational, but profitable.