Climate Click

Around half of businesses have said the government's carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme (CRC) is an unneccessary burden whose league table will be meaningless, a survey suggests.

The survey, conducted for npower, also found that 41 per cent of firms felt the CRC should be postponed until the UK's financial recovery is more secure. A similar number want financial incentives reintroduced and through that the CRC is now effectively a tax.

npower claimed that a significant number of firms will also miss the next milestone of the scheme - the submission of the first footprint report at the end of July.