Business Green: Companies are woefully under-prepared to meet carbon accounting standards should the current government guidelines become mandatory, according to a new survey published today. The survey of 100 listed UK companies by consultancy firm Deloitte found that the vast majority are falling short of the levels recommended by Defra in carbon accounting guidance published last year. Although well over half of companies reported carbon information to some degree – rising to 98 per cent among the FTSE100…