Emissions and energy reporting in force in Australia

Australian businesses are for the first time measuring and reporting on their greenhouse gas emissions under the National Greenhouse and Reporting Act of 2007.
The NGER Act sets thresholds for greenhouse gas emissions and energy use and production. Businesses meeting those thresholds had to register by August 31.
Those businesses must report by the end of October on their emissions and/or energy generation or use for the 2008-09 reporting period.
The Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change, Greg Combet, says the measuring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by industry is an important step in the transition to a low carbon future.
Mr Combet says the NGER system, passed into law under the Howard Government, forms the first concrete step towards emissions trading. He says with the proposed commencement of the Carbon Pollution Scheme in mid-2011 there are another two reporting years to test and refine the system in preparation for emissions trading.