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Guide to Reporting for Industrial Process Activities under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

This guide provides an overview of requirements under the NZ ETS for people who produce aluminium, iron or steel, clinker, burnt lime, glass or gold.  It also provides further detail on data collection and emissions calculation procedures set out in Regulation.

1. Overview

As part of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS), persons who carry out the following industrial processes must monitor and report on their greenhouse gas emissions from 1 January 2010:

  • producing iron or steel
  • producing aluminium
  • producing clinker or burnt lime
  • producing glass using soda ash
  • producing gold.

The details of these reporting obligations are set out in the Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 2009 (SEIP Regulations).1


1. The Climate Change Response Act 2002 and related regulations are available at www.legislation.govt.nz