Industrial facility greenhouse gas reporting
Last updated on December 30, 2024On this page
Overview
B.C. requires industrial facilities that emit 10,000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per year and electricity import operations to report their emissions to government, as per the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulation.
Annual industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emission report summaries serve several important purposes, including:
- Increasing the accessibility of industrial emissions data
- Informing policy and actions to reduce B.C. emissions
- Informing the public about significant sources of emissions
Learn more about how emissions data is reported and verified.
Interactive map of large emitters in B.C.
B.C. emissions report summaries
Industrial emissions data may be updated throughout the year due to a process of continuous improvement. The report summaries below provide a snapshot of the data received as of October 17, 2023.
- 2023 emissions report summary (XLSX, 97KB)
- 2022 emissions report summary (XLSX, 95KB)
- 2021 emissions report summary (XLSX, 90KB)
- 2020 emissions report summary (XLSX, 110KB)
- 2019 emissions report summary (XLSX, 113KB)
- 2018 emissions report summary (XLSX, 111 KB)
- 2017 emissions report summary (XLSX, 113 KB)
2023 report summary highlights
Data from 2023 shows the following:
- B.C.’s industrial reporting operations emitted 18.51 Mt CO2e (not including 11.71 Mt CO2e from biomass listed in Schedule C of the Regulation), which is 1.4 percent less than the 18.77 Mt CO2e reported in 2022
- 131 B.C. reporting operations submitted emissions reports for 589 operations, not including three electricity import operations
- B.C.'s carbon tax continues to be one of the broadest-based tax structures in North America, covering 76 percent of the total emissions reported for 2023 (13.05 Mt CO2e of 18.51 Mt CO2e). This includes emissions from stationary combustion, mobile equipment combustion, natural gas flaring and venting and waste incineration