Japan's Daikin says new UK net zero plan will hit confidence

Daikin Industries

21/09/2023 15:50

LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Japanese industrial company
Daikin  6367.T , the market leader for heat pumps in Europe,
said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision to push back some of
Britain's plans to tackle climate change will undermine
confidence and international investment.
    "With its policy update, the government seems to have given
up on its commitment to see up to 600,000 heat pumps being
installed a year by 2028," Henk van den Berg, residential sales
manager at Daikin UK, said in a statement on Thursday.
    "This is going to undermine confidence, foreign investments,
and will have a significant impact on the growth in green jobs."

 (Reporting by Andy Bruce, Editing by Kylie MacLellan)
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