History

ETG started life back in 1999 under the auspices of ACBE and CBI with just 30 ‘founder-members’ as an informal body, put together to prepare and submit outline proposals to the UK Government as the basis for the pioneering 5-year voluntary UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme that began in April 2002. We have been working closely with the UK Government on emissions trading implementation issues ever since.

During 2004 the Membership of the ETG agreed to establish the ETG as a non profit-making company (ETG Ltd) to be funded substantially from Member subscription. As emissions trading has moved from being on a trial basis to being an established fact of commercial life, the ETG now has a secure operational and financial base from which to continue to support the considerable UK business involvement, expertise and investment in emissions trading into the future.

Secretariat

The ETG Secretariat is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Group’s affairs, including arrangements for the various Working Group meetings and co-ordination of ETG’s work programme.

Head of Secretariat
John Craven
John.Craven@etg.uk.com
T: 020 7484 5274

Secretariat Executive
Anne-Marie Ferguson
Anne-Marie.Ferguson@etg.uk.com
T: 020 7484 5274

Board

The affairs of ETG are managed by the ETG Board which meets three times a year for review purposes. Directors are required to seek re-election - in rotation every two years – at the AGM which is normally held in May. The current elected members are as follows. Their organisational affiliation is shown in brackets for information. However, all Directors are appointed in a personal capacity.The elected members are:

Chairman - Dr Anne-Marie Warris (LR)

Vice-Chairman - Dr Chris Anastasi (International Power)
James Anderson (Amec)
Paul Dawson (RWEnpower) – Chairman, WG 4 (Finance and international mechanism and linking)
Dr Richard Leese (Mineral Products Association) –Trade Association member
Gareth Stace (UK Steel) - Trade Association member
Nick Sturgeon (Chemical Industries Association) – Trade Association member
Bill Thompson (BP) - Chairman, WG 5/6 (EU Schemes)
Penny Tomlinson (RWEnpower)

Working Group structure

The ETG operates through a series of specialist Working Groups (WGs), the structure of which is currently as follows:
WG1/2 UK Schemes - Chair Ray Gluckman
WG3/7 Permitting, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification – Chair (vacant)
WG4 Finance and international mechanism and linking – Chair Paul Dawson
WG5/6 EU Schemes - Chair Bill Thompson
WG 9 CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme - David Acres (EDF Energy)