“It seems Britain is still the dirty man of Europe. These figures will shame the succession of ministers who promised Britain would be at the forefront of developing clean tech. As things stand, our economy is poorly placed to benefit from this century’s inevitable shift to low-carbon industry, while Germany looks well-positioned to gain from first-mover advantage.”Thus spoke Ben Stewart, spokesperson for Greenpeace on news that new research (by ethical investment consultant Eiris) showed of Europe’s top 300 companies, more than 50% of those most engaged in carbon-polluting sectors were based in the Britain and of those companies in the top 300 dedicated to solving or mitigating the problems of climate change, only 3 percent were located in Britain.
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