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.
The affairs of ETG are managed by the ETG Board which meets quarterly to receive reports from Working Groups and Government and to review work programmes. 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 William Kyte OBE
Vice-Chairman - Dr Anne-Marie Warris (LRQA) – Chairman, WG 3, (Permitting, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification)
Dr Chris Anastasi (British Energy) – Chairman, WG 5/6 (Allocation)
James Anderson (Sd3 Global)
Steve Drummond (CO2e) – Chairman, WG 4, (Trading and Market Liquidity issues)
Garth Edward (Shell)
Jim Rushworth (Lafarge)
John Stockdale (British Glass) – Trade Association member
Nick Sturgeon (Chemical Industries Association) – Trade Association member
Penny Tomlinson (RWEnpower)
Working Group structure
The ETG operates through a series of specialist Working Groups, the structure of which is currently as follows:
WG1/2 Interaction of emissions trading and other relevant UK policies) Chair Ray Gluckman
WG3/7 Permitting, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification – Chairs Dr Anne-Marie Warris and Melanie Eddis
WG4 Trading and Market Liquidity issues – Chairs Steve Drummond and Paul Dawson
WG5/6 EU ETS Allocation - Chair Dr Chris Anastasi
WG8 EU ETS Phase III/post 2012 – Chair Bill Thompson
