Dire Cost of Ditching the Eco Innovations ; with Businesses On Financial Alert, Caring About the Planet Can Slide Way Down a Company's to-Do List. But If Innovators Take Their Eye Off the Ball Now, They Could Be Robbing Themselves, As Environment Correspondent Kelley Price Discovered

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FORGET the credit crunch, the current economic downturn could cause a carbon crunch when it comes to meeting the UK's ambitious reduction targets if eco-innovators take their eye off the ball.

And if they fail to keep pace with innovation elsewhere, then UK businesses could also lose pounds 25billion a year in overseas sales, according to UK Trade and Investment (UKTI).

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Dire Cost of Ditching the Eco Innovations ; with Businesses On Financial Alert, Caring About the Planet Can Slide Way Down a Company's to-Do List. But If Innovators Take Their Eye Off the Ball Now, They Could Be Robbing Themselves, As Environment Correspondent Kelley Price Discovered

The more foresighted Tees Valley companies are taking a long- term view - spending now to accumulate later, by developing eco- friendly products and services and cut...

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