Poll results: Does net zero present an untapped opportunity for UK business?

Published on January 13, 2023 by former energy minister Chris Skidmore, the review on the economics of UK’s net zero transition (Mission Zero: Independent Review of Net Zero) argued that whilst progress has been made, the UK has only scratched the surface of an economic opportunity could leverage £100bn of additional investment and support 480,000 British jobs by 2030. In our Jan 17-Feb7 poll, we asked whether you agree with this analysis.

Based on 1800 responses to a call for evidence and the findings of more than 50 round table sessions, the review represented one of the largest national engagement exercises on net zero and paints a broadly positive picture of the UK’s progress toward a zero-carbon economy.

In it, Skidmore - who signed the UK’s net zero pledge into law in 2019 whilst a minister at BEIS - hailed the push for net zero as an “historic” economic opportunity, arguing that whilst the UK has made huge domestic progress and played an important role helping to drive global transformation, it could do more to reap the benefits.