Powerful argument

With a new 'cap and trade' carbon emissions scheme due to take effect next year, now is the time to look at your electricity consumption, writes Virginia Clegg.

BROKERS AND THEIR clients may be among the businesses affected by a mandatory 'carbon reduction commitment' scheme, which is being rolled out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The rules are scheduled to come into force in April 2010 and non-compliance could result in fines of up to £500,000 or up to two years in prison.

While 20,000 organisations are likely to have to participate, most will only be required to disclose information once every few years about their electricity usage

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