The government has committed to achieving ambitious targets in the reduction of the UK's energy consumption over the coming years.

As a result UK businesses are being targeted via legislation such as the carbon reduction commitment, as well as through direct taxation on other areas of environmental concern such as waste.

Putting sustainability strategies in place to measure and reduce your business's consumption of key resources can save significant money whilst benefiting the environment.

Benefits to Your Business

• Making considerable cost savings through reduced resource consumption
• Future-proof your business against anticipated legislative and taxation requirements
• Show your investors that your business has a tight control over future costs
• Demonstrate that your business genuinely cares about its environmental impact

What we can do for your business

4front consulting can work with your business to:

• Establish processes to measure your current consumption of electricity, gas, water or waste
• Establish suitable and realistic targets and timeframes for reduction in your consumption levels
• Develop strategies and provide implementation support in helping you to achieve this reduction
• Provide support to comply with current and upcoming legislation in this area (such as the Carbon Reduction Commitment)

Projections show:

• Electricity; expected to increase by c30% by 2020 and c80% by 2030 (DECC; 2010)
• Gas; expected to increase by c37% by 2020 and c41% by 2030 (DECC; 2010)
• Waste to Landfill; the tax currently stands at £56 / tonne (2011/12) and will increase by £8 / tonne each year to at least 2014)

93% of CEO's believe that sustainability issues will be critical to the future success of their business.

Source: Accenture 2010

29% of profit warnings for FTSE350 companies in 2011 are linked to increases in resource prices.

Source: Ernst & Young 2011