Modern expert opinion seems to be that if we neglect to become more socially responsible in respect of energy consumption, it is predicted that the earth's climate will rise by three degrees over the next 100 years resulting in, for example:

• 3 billion people could suffer increased water shortages

• Rising sea levels as the polar ice caps melt
• A fall in the numbers of fish, wild animals and birds
• Global food supplies reduced
• 290 million people could be exposed to the risk of malaria

Over the past few years, corporate social responsibility  has become one of the most pressing issues facing employers. Climate change, also known as global warming, threatens not only commerce but almost everything that we hold dear. It is no exaggeration to say that, in many cases, it will jeopardise not only livelihoods but lives.