Australian National Greenhouse
and Energy Reporting (NGER)
The Australian National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Act 2007 came into effect on 29 September 2007. The NGER Act establishes a national system for reporting greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and production by corporations from 1 July 2008.
The NGER act precedes the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) and forms the basis of the monitoring, reporting and auditing required for the CPRS.
Key features of the NGER Act are:
- Compliance reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and production by large corporations
- Public disclosure of company level greenhouse gas emissions and energy information.
NGER and Your Business
Does my business need to report?
Businesses are responsible for assessing their liability under NGER, i.e. you will not be notified that you will need to report, however, if you do need to report, and don't, your business can receive significant financial penalties for failure to report.
Under the NGER Act it is your business responsibility to:
- find out about the reporting thresholds
- determine the activities and associated greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption and production for which your organization is responsible
- assess whether you have met a reporting threshold.
When must I register and report?
The deadline for registration for the 2008-2009 reporting (financial) year is 31 August 2009. The first reports were due on 31 October 2009.
Carbon Planet & NGER
Carbon Planet provides organisations with a full spectrum of NGER services:
- Assessing liability
- Registration
- Scoping (determining which emissions activities your business is responsible for under the act)
- Greenhouse Gas and Energy Accounting
- Reporting
- Verification.
Let Carbon Planet manage your businesses NGER requirements.
Carbon Planet's NGER Experience
The inception of the NGER reporting framework and the looming CPRS model has allowed Carbon Planet to help many of our clients in relation to both sets of legislation. This work includes:
- NGER Greenhouse Gas Audits in the Transport, Energy, Beverage Manufacturing, Education, and Retail Sectors
- NGER Greenhouse Gas Verification Assessments in the Mining, Transport and Cement Manufacturing Sectors
- Several of the audits in the Beverage Manufacturing sector specifically included Wastewater treatment.
Why choose Carbon Planet for your NGER needs
Carbon Planet has built a broad and comprehensive capability in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Energy Management since it began working with the business sector in 2005.
We have undertaken over 500 GHG Assessments across a diverse range of industry sectors including Mining, Construction, Food & Beverage Manufacturing, IT, Transport, Finance and the Public Sector.
We have experience working within these industries with organisations of various size, efficiency and capability.
Carbon Planet has the skills, experience and knowledge to help manage any organisation's reporting and compliance requirements.
Talk to us about your reporting and compliance needs.