Pivotal Year for Green Business...........In The UK

On this side of the pond we just like to talk about it and some push papers around while having meetings or conventions about! Almost forgot, we now like to set up education courses for anyone who wants to pay to learn all there is for those huge number of jobs a comin, even those who are in the trades!! Seems we do the same, for decades, about our infrastructure as well!!

2011 set to be pivotal year for UK green business

2011 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the low carbon economy and green business, according to UK firms and lobby groups.

13 January 2011 - GreenWise polled 25 firms, NGOs, business groups and commentators for their views on the outlook for the low carbon economy and green business in 2011. While some said it would be a year of mixed fortunes, most said the conditions were right for real progress on reducing carbon emissions and placing sustainability at the heart of business. There was also optimism expressed about the growing commercial opportunities in the market for green goods and services and the greater part businesses will start playing in protecting the world's ecosystems.

On the international front, most felt hopeful that a global climate deal would come about following better than expected progress in Cancun, while at home Government policy around electricity market reform, the Green Deal, Feed-in Tariffs and the Renewable Heat Incentive, were viewed as key measures in 2011 for establishing a low carbon economy.

But the jury is still out on whether the Coalition Government will deliver on its promises to be the "greenest government ever". And there is uncertainty about how recovery from recession, sovereign debt and the UK planning system will affect investment in the low carbon economy in 2011. {continued}