The overwhelming majority of finance directors are concerned that their organisations aren't doing enough to tackle their environmental impact, according to a recent survey by document management company Version One.

It's interesting to find out exactly what FDs think the government should be doing to incentivise companies to go above and beyond the usual easy route of just recycling paper. 'Money' springs to mind, but apparently only just under a quarter felt that financial incentives would encourage greener behaviour.

Surprisingly, perhaps, more believed that a 'green education' programme would be the best way forward to entice companies to drop their harmful ways as some 28% preferred this option. Just 8% felt legislation could do the job alone while 15% felt a mixture of legislation, financial incentives and green education would get the green ball rolling.

It's refreshing to find that finance directors are starting to make headway with the environmental agenda but disheartening to hear that they don't think the government is giving the business community enough solid ground to work on.