The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program

It requires operators of facilities that meet the criteria specified in the annual notice to report on their GHG emissions, and allow public access of this information by submitting it to Canada Gazette.

Issuer name

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Government ministry

Environment

More information

Operators of facilities that are subject to the reporting requirements use Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Single Window system to report their information. The Single Window system streamlines the reporting to national and various provincial jurisdictions, thus helping to reduce the reporting burden and the overall costs to governments

Organizations covered by the instrument

Large private and listed companies

Target organization notes

Applies to the largest industrial greenhouse ga emitters

Industry scope notes

heavy industry

Disclosure venue

GHG report (data disclosure)

ESG coverage - E (Environment)

Climate & GHG emissions

Status

Current

Country

Canada

Region

North America

Date of publication

1999

Issuer type

Governments (governmental department, agency)

Reporting requirements

Other e.g. action plan, strategy, programme, voluntary initiative

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

The geographical scope

National/federal

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