BUSINESS leaders' willingness to cut carbon emissions has fallen since the launch of a raft of green taxes on industry, according to a report. Just 37pc of executives said investment in energy efficiency was a priority for their company, down from one half when the Carbon Reduction Commitment was launched last year. The survey of chief executives, board members and chief financial officers from 200 leading companies including easyJet, Coca Cola and B&Q, was carried out by TSystems, the IT provider, and the Economist Intelligence Unit and will be published on Thursday. It found 35pc of businesses plan to spend no money on reducing emissions this year, while another 38.6pc will spend less than ?250,000. Only 4.6pc said they were putting "maximum possible effort" into responding to the CRC cap-and-trade scheme, with 28.2pc saying they would make "no effort at all". Just 8pc of directors said shareholders were pushing for green technology. The CRC is now under review after angry businesses said it was a needles burden. It forces 5,000 large companies to register their electricity usage and then buy "permits to pollute". a league table will be published to "shame" inefficient firms. More than 40pc of respondents said the business case for green technology was unproven and the period of payback unclear. One in five cited lack of capital. "Somewhat counter intuitively, corporate interest in efficiency has dropped from a year ago, when the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme was introduced. Numerous interviewees noted a drop-off in engagement with the CRC scheme after various revisions wer