Climate Change - Emissions Trading  



Key Point Summary

  • Emissions trading is an efficient means of meeting environmental targets

  • BG Group favours emissions trading as the method for delivering greenhouse gas emission reductions from business, in preference to taxes or command and control regulation

  • BG supports the UK Emission Trading Scheme and provided extensive resources towards its development

  • BG is working with industry associations to promote the implementation of a workable EU emission trading scheme

  • BG will seek to use the Clean Development Mechanism to facilitate emission saving investments in developing countries where we operate.