More than half of Greeks consider “green” enterprise a solution for growth says a survey by Kapa Research conducted on behalf of web TV channel ka-business.gr. The survey, carried out ahead of the 7^th Innovation and Growth Conference being held in Thessaloniki on Saturday and Sunday (Oct 10-11) is based on a sample of 808 adults around Greece. It shows that 56% of tose questioned see green business as growth and a solution to youth unemployment, whereas 63.8% said they would pay extra for something f they knew that it was environmentally friendly. More than half (55.4%) said that they would agree or probably agree to protests against investments if these are harmful to the environment. 56.8% would like to see tax reductions and 41.1% would support loan access and lower-interest loans for green business. Despite the evident support for green businesses, 83% of tose asked have not considered in investing in green economy activities. 45.2% of those who have considered investment in solar energy, 25% considered investments in recycling and 15.3% in alternative tourism.

Findings also showed a preference for support policies but not subsidies for green economy business.