UK Emissions Trading Group

This article is part of the Climate project of Spinwatch.

The UK Emissions Trading Group (ETG) is a business-led association of companies and their trade associations who are affected by or benefit from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS); "ETG's membership represents 95% of UK carbon emissions covered by the EU ETS." The group is a forum on business issues with the EU-ETS and also informs the UK Government, influencing policy development "at a formative stage" and works closely with government on all emissions trading issues.

The ETG operates as a non-profit making company funded by member subscriptions.

History

The ETG was formed in 1999 under the auspices of Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment (ACBE) and Confederation of British Industry (CBI) as an informal body who would create the initial UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme that began in April 2002 (a 5-year voluntary scheme).

Membership

Trade Associations

• Aluminium Federation
• Association of Electricity Producers
• British Air Transport Association
• British Beer and Pub Association
• British Cement Association
• British Glass Manufacturers' Confederation
• British Lime Association
• Ceramic Federation
• Chemical Industries Association
• Combined Heat and Power Association
• Confederation of Paper Industries
• Construction Products Association
• Dairy UK
• Food and Drink Federation
• Gypsum Products Development Association
• MINESCO (mineral wool sector)
• Oil and Gas UK
• Scotch Whisky Association
• Society of British Aerospace Companies
• Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
• UK Petroleum Industry Association
• UK Steel
• Wood Panel Industries Federation

Companies

Company members include metals and mining industry, defence, energy industry, airlines, carbon trading and low carbon sector and energy intensive industries.

AEA Energy and Environment | Alcan Smelting & Power UK | Asda | BAE Systems | Baker & McKenzie | Barclays Capital | BG Group]] | BHP Billiton | BP | British Airways | British Energy | British Plasterboard | British Sugar | BSI Management Systems | BVQI UK | Calyon | Cantor/CO2e | Carbon Capital Markets | Carbon Registry Services | Carbon Trust | Castle Cement Ltd | Cemex | Centrica Energy | ChevronTexaco | CICS Ltd | Citi | Clifford Chance | Climate Change Capital | ConocoPhillips | Corus | Dalkia Utilities Services | Deloitte & Touche | DNV Certification | Drax Power | E.ON UK | Ecosecurities | EDF Energy | En Vision | Environment Exchange | Enviros | ERM CVS | ESB International | Eversheds | Exxonmobil | Eyre Consulting | Future Perfect | Grangemouth CHP Limited | Hammonds | Hedra | ICIS Technology/Siemens | Ineos Fluor | International Power | KPMG | Lafarge | Land Securities | LRQA Limited | Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP | Murco Petroleum Limited | My Carbon World | Nabarro | National Grid | Natsource Tullett Europe | Nera Consulting | Nestle UK Ltd | Novelis | Pilkington | Point Carbon | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Rocfuel | Rolls Royce | RWE npower | Sainsbury's | Scottish and Southern Energy | ScottishPower | Sd3 | Seabank Power Limited | SGS United Kingdom | Shell U.K. Limited | Singleton Birch | St Regis Paper | Tarmac Central | Teesside Power | Total | UK Coal

People

• Dr Anne-Marie Warris Chairman (LR)
• Dr Chris Anastasi Vice-Chairman - (British Energy) – Chairman, WG 5/6 (Allocation)
• James Anderson (MWH)
• Paul Dawson (RWE npower) – Co-chairman, WG 4 (Trading and Market Liquidity issues)
• Jim Rushworth (Lafarge) – Chairman, WG 3/7 (Permitting, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification)
• John Stockdale (British Glass) – Trade Association member
• Nick Sturgeon (Chemical Industries Association) – Trade Association member
• Penny Tomlinson (RWE npower)
• John Craven Head of Secretariat.
• Anne-Marie Ferguson secretariat executive.

Funding

The ETG operates as a non-profit making company funded by member subscriptions.

Contact

Address: Golden Cross House, 8 Duncannon Street, London WC2N 4JF

Phone: 020 7484 5274

Email:

Website: http://www.etg.uk.com/