Beijing levies carbon emission fines on 5 firms, including Microsoft   

北京下達首張碳排量罰單　微軟中國等碳排放超標企業被處罰

昨天上午，市節能監察大隊對百盛、微軟中國等5家單位的碳排放履約情況進行現場監察，市節能監察大隊相關負責人表示，由于上述單位沒有及時完成2013年碳排放配額的清算，市節能監察大隊將對超出部分按照市場均價處以3至5倍的罰款。罰單將在2周內開出，這將是本市首張碳排放罰單。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Microsoft China and four other firms in Beijing have been fined for not opening accounts in the city's carbon trading platform by June 27, the compliance deadline.

The city's energy-saving supervision team went to the five firms Wednesday to collect evidence and will issue a written notification in two weeks, which will be the city's first fines for carbon emissions.

All five firms' carbon emission exceeds separate quotas, the team said, and Microsoft China exceeded carbon permits by 400 tons.

Beijing is one of China's seven carbon trading pilot markets, and the others are Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangdong, Hubei and Shenzhen.

By July 1, big emitters traded up to 1.6 million carbon permits on the capital's pilot emissions market in its first seven months, according to data from the trading platform, the China Beijing Environment Exchange.