In the study, by recruitment company Spring Personnel, which surveyed over 100 UK businesses across a range of sectors and sizes, 87% professed an active interest in environmental issues with a further 12% stating they were beginning to do the same.
The study was conducted as part of Spring Personnel's ongoing campaign centred on corporate responsibility for the environment, which examines the detrimental effects that business operations can have on the environment, as well as the ways in which companies can counter their own negative influences by making small changes within the workplace.
Another encouraging finding of the survey was that 81% of respondents expressed an interest in making their business more environmentally-friendly, suggesting a number of possibilities for the implementation of environmentally- focused policies and procedures in workplaces across the UK.
When quizzed about methods they currently adopt to help to lessen their environmental impact, the most popular solutions employed by respondents included the encouragement of emailing over and above printing and posting (93%); the provision of recycling bins at work (91%); and the discouragement of all unnecessary printing (84%).
However, one area where significant improvement remains to be made is travel-related initiatives, with only 22% of businesses surveyed currently operating a cycle-to-work scheme.
Steven Kirkpatrick, managing director of Spring Personnel, said: "We have been overwhelmed by the positive responses that have emerged as a result of this campaign from companies that were keen to do their bit but needed an extra moral push or some constructive advice to help them on their transition into green territory."
"Now that companies and corporations are beginning to develop a moral conscience, industries can make a real difference to the cause by implementing clear policies and procedures in order to streamline and support targeted efforts."
