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More work needed on international supply chain emissions
Firms need to do more to cut carbon emissions from their international supply chains, after a new study revealed that the UK’s carbon footprint was almost 50 per cent higher than current estimates.
Research by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), which is due to publish its full findings later this year, found that emissions associated with imports to the UK are continuing to rise, despite a drop in domestic emissions.
Communications manager at the SEI, Robert Watt, said the findings illustrated the need to cut emissions associated with international supply chains.
"What the research shows is that while western companies importing goods from abroad may be able to reduce emissions domestically, emissions from those imports are almost as big an issue," he said.
"We are expecting the issue of embedded or exported emissions to rise up the agenda at the next round of UN climate talks in Poznan, because countries such as China and India are now saying that the west is creating much of their emissions through consumer demand."
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