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Carbon Emission legislation under fire from CBI

Businesses could soon be required to tell the government how much carbon they are emitting under new CBI proposals.

At DEFRA’s consultation on measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions, the business organisation submitted that mandatory carbon emissions would help firms to monitor and mange their emissions.

However, there are already several other mechanisms in place to report emissions including the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) and EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The CBI have called for overlapping regulation to be scrapped to prevent companies from becoming bogged down in bureaucracy.

By April 2012, the government must decide whether it will introduce mandatory carbon reporting in compliance with the 2008 Climate Change Act.

Rhian Kelly, CBI Director for Business Environment said: “Mandatory carbon reporting is a great way of making boardrooms aware of savings possible through energy efficiency.

“To be effective, it is important that the Government phases in the introduction of mandatory reporting and makes the process simple for companies to follow.”

By the end of the consultation period, the CBI is asking the government to introduce mandatory reporting requirements for CRC/ETS participants, whilst making the system more flexible for companies submitting data.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .