A leading business lobby group in the UK has called on the government to pursue the potential of the green economy.
John Cridland, director-general of the CBI said that there was no conflict between going for growth or going green and that this was being misrepresented as a “false choice”.
“The choice between going green and going for growth is a false choice. Green and growth do go together, and the statistics back this up. The UK’s low-carbon and environmental goods and services market is worth more than £120bn a year. That’s equivalent to more than eight per cent of GDP,” said Cridland.
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