Paul Browne of the British Retail Consortium said: "These kinds of certificate are useful for things like white goods. But I can't see how shoppers will decide to shop somewhere just because they have a good energy-efficiency certificate."
I'm sympathetic to the issue of businessed being overregulated, though I'm also concerned that they are safe and good value and, as in this case, they are aware of their environmental impacts and are able to help their customers to make decisions relating to environment when using their premises or products. So while this is not the answer to everything it could be a help to us in that. It may be true that a lot of people won't change their shopping habits on the basis of a cerificate, however, some of us might just do so or at least ask questions or make suggestions. Of course what would be better is ways to help them to become more efficient; it would cut their overheads...
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