The great green opportunity?

Transport operators believe public environmental concerns and government targets to reduce CO2 emissions represent a chance to grow business significantly. James Dark examines their prospects of cashing in on the Great Green Opportunity

There is no doubt that transport is a major ‘problem child’ in the government’s strategy to counter climate change. It is the only significant sector of the UK economy where CO2 emissions are still growing and now accounts for 21% of all emissions. Reversing this trend will be crucial to meeting the government’s climate change targets for the UK as a whole. By 2020 the target is for UK emissions to have fallen 34% compared to 1990 levels. In 2050, the target is for an...