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Making the Business Case for a Carbon Reduction Project - The Carbon Trust
This guide from the Carbon Trust will help ensure that projects for cutting energy costs and reducing carbon emissions get a fair hearing and the best possible chance of implementation.Energy or environmental managers, facilities managers and works engineers have always found it hard to compete for funding because historically their projects were in a ‘discretionary’ category. These projects have not been seen as essential to the survival of the business; nor are they usually mandatory from a legal or regulatory perspective.
The advice in this guide should help you overcome these challenges. It is based in part on interviews with people who hold, or have held, senior executive positions in substantial organisations, and the authors are grateful for their time and assistance.
To view the guide on the Carbon Trusts website, click here.
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