Around eight out of ten employees criticise the lack of environmental training made available to them in their workplace, according to research commissioned by the Carbon Trust.
Out of more than 4,300 people surveyed by YouGov on behalf of the trust, only one-fifth of respondents believed bosses were doing their utmost to shrink emissions, with an overwhelming 66% citing a lack of effort on their employer’s part.
Solutions Director at the Carbon Trust, Hugh Jones, explained how simple measures such as encouraging alternative forms of transport and appointing a ‘carbon champion’ within the company can make a difference to the environmental awareness of staff. He said: "Our research shows that those in workplaces where a carbon champion has been appointed say it encouraged more action to reduce emissions. You can put in a new energy-efficient boiler, or install low energy light bulbs, and those will make a difference, but many of the measures that will have the biggest impact and achieve the greatest savings require buy-in across your workforce."
A national campaign by the Carbon Trust for companies and their employees to unite together to reduce their carbon footprints follows the discovery that 93% of interviewees who had participated in green workplace training deemed it to be ‘fairly’ or ‘very’ useful.
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