bangalore eighty five per cent of indian companies are of the view that government tax breaks are required to accelerate green investments a survey revealedthirty per cent of companies in india monitor their carbon footprint compared to the global average of 19 per centeighty five per cent of companies in india said if government offered tax incentives to invest in energy efficient or lowcarbon equipment businesses would significantly accelerate their green investments a global survey by workspace solutions provider regus revealedthe study revealed that only 51 per cent of companies monitor their energy efficiencyanother 50 per cent of companies had a policy to invest in energy efficient equipment running costs were found to be important to the majority 57 per cent of companies that declared that they would only invest in low carbon equipment if it were cheaper or the same to run as conventional equipmentsmall companies throughout were found to be below average on their actual and predicted level of green investment indicating that smaller businesses are harder pressed to select lowcarbon equipment when this comes at marginally higher price as shortterm needs are more urgent than longterm investmentonly 25 per cent of small businesses monitor their carbon footprint compared to compared to 45 per cent of large businesses similarly only 44 per cent of small businesses had invested in green equipment compared to 57 per cent of large businessesthe survey also analysed sector differences forty three per cent of companies in the ict sector measure their carbon foot print 53 per cent of companies in the sector had invested in green technology and 57 per cent had a policy to do so by contrast only 25 per cent of companies in the consultancy sector monitor their carbon foot print but 71 per cent declared that the majority of their equipment was energy efficient