The European Commission’s climate change combat plans have been broadly welcomed by manufacturers around the UK, but with some concerns as to the effect they may have on competitiveness.
The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has been of particular concern, with organisations such as EEF commenting on its possible cost threat to energy intensive sectors such as steel. “Our concern has always been that if a badly-designed ETS forced European companies to incur extra costs this would damage our competitiveness and increase emissions by forcing…
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