20 August 2015

2014 Emissions Trading Scheme reports issued today

The Environmental Protection Authority has issued the latest annual data reports on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme on its website.

The reports issued today are:

• 2014 Emissions Trading Scheme Report under section 89 of the Climate Change Response Act

• 2014 Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levy Report under section 250 of the Climate Change Response Act

• NZ ETS 2014 – Facts and figures, a plain language overview of the operation of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme during the 2014 calendar year.

The reports provide information on how many businesses were in the ETS, how much greenhouse gas they emitted or removed, and give year-on-year comparisons. The Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levy Report provides details of how the levy was applied from 1 July 2014.

The EPA has responsibilities under the Climate Change Response Act for administrating the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and the New Zealand Emission Unit Register (NZEUR).

In doing this, we work with the other administrative partners (the Ministry for the Environment, the Ministry for Primary Industries, the New Zealand Transport Agency and the New Zealand Customs Service).

Publication of annual operational data maintains the transparency of the Scheme for participants, allocation recipients and interested parties.

Reports for the previous years of the operation of the ETS are also available at http://www.epa.govt.nz/e-m-t/reports/ets_reports/annual/Pages/default.aspx

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