Businesses ''should embrace renewable energy sources''

Companies have no alternative but to adopt sustainable construction products and renewable energy sources in their business operations, according to BusinessGreen.com.

A recent report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change suggested that the impact of environmental policies on businesses'' energy costs is greater than for household bills.

Andrew Charlesworth, a journalist for BusinessGreen.com, said that being environmentally friendly and embracing renewable energy makes good business sense.

He said: ''You''ve always got to compare the greening of energy sources with what the alternative is. If the alternative is sticking with fossils, then you have to make assumptions in your model about where those fossil energy prices are going to go.''

Mr Charlesworth added that firms really have no alternative to renewable energy, going on to say that, ''from an economic point of view'', the day is coming when businesses will have no choice but to embrace it.

Earlier this month, Emyr Williams, director of business website Bytestart.co.uk, suggested that smaller firms were to play a key roll in repairing Britain''s economy.

Posted by Robert Shields