Environment Agency says businesses improving
A new Environment Agency report shows that overall businesses are doing better at moving towards sustainability despite difficult economic times.
The Greener Business report, published yesterday, states that poor performance from some industries, particularly waste firms, has been causing the most pollution incidents across the sectors that fall under the Agency’s care. However, the report, which covers England and Wales, also says that the majority of operators have shown improvement in their attention to sensitive environmental issues.
Over half of the sites that fall under the Environment Agency’s jurisdiction earned a top ‘A’ rating from the governing body. This is a 47 per cent increase from last year. The Agency rates industries from A to E based on environmental performance and nearly nine of 10 firms were in the top two tiers.
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