Paul Murphy
Question:515. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the top 100 companies with the highest emissions. [47203/19]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 November 2019
515. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the top 100 companies with the highest emissions. [47203/19]
View answerThe EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a cornerstone of the European Union's policy to combat climate change and its key tool for reducing industrial greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively. It is the biggest international system for trading greenhouse gas emission allowances and covers more than 11,000 power stations and industrial plants in 31 countries, as well as airlines. The system covers emissions of carbon dioxide from power and heat generation and a wide range of energy-intensive industry sectors including oil refineries, steel works, and production of iron, aluminium, metals, cement, lime, glass, ceramics, pulp, paper, cardboard, acids and bulk organic chemicals. Nitrous oxide emissions from the production of certain acids and emissions of perfluorocarbons from aluminium production are also included.
An installation is a single stationary technical unit where one or more activities listed under the ETS Directive are carried out. A company/operator may have a number of installations included in the ETS. In Ireland, 75 stationary operators and 13 aircraft operators are included under the scheme. These operate a 104 total installations.
The European Union Transaction Log is the public register of ETS licensees which provides verified emissions figures by Permit ID/Installation. The total verified emissions for each operator is displayed in the following table.
Stationary Operators - Total Verified Emissions (2018) by Account holder
Accountholder/Operator |
TOTAL (TONNES CO2) |
Ryanair Designated Activity Company |
9,879,100 |
Electricity Supply Board |
4,593,362 |
CRH plc |
1,810,780 |
Norwegian Air International Limited |
1,494,039 |
Limerick Alumina Refining Limited |
1,244,116 |
Synergen Power Limited Power Plant |
1,111,570 |
SSE Generation Ireland Limited |
849,704 |
Aer Lingus Limited |
848,646 |
Quinn Cement Limited |
806,637 |
Bord Gais Energy Limited |
678,359 |
Edenderry Power Limited |
565,097 |
Viridian Power Limited |
545,825 |
Tynagh Energy Limited |
510,382 |
Huntstown Power Company Limited |
497,590 |
Breedon Cement Ireland Limited |
424,139 |
Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery Limited |
321,932 |
Premier Periclase Limited |
174,831 |
Glanbia Ireland Designated Activity Company |
131,487 |
Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited |
123,041 |
Stobart Air Unlimited Company |
116,524 |
Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Limited |
93,266 |
Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited |
91,105 |
Bord na Mona Fuels Limited |
77,281 |
Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals |
59,644 |
Diageo Ireland |
51,514 |
Intel Ireland Limited |
43,367 |
ASL Airlines (Ireland) Limited |
42,838 |
Vermilion Exploration and Production Ireland Limited |
42,538 |
Carbery Food Ingredients Limited |
42,484 |
Irish Distillers Limited |
41,520 |
Nutricia Infant Nutrition Limited |
38,338 |
Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited |
36,221 |
PSE Kinsale Energy Limited |
36,215 |
CityJet Limited |
35,928 |
Anglo Beef Processors Ireland Unlimited Company |
33,674 |
Saint-Gobain Construction Products (Ireland) Limited |
31,460 |
FMC Manufacturing Limited |
30,987 |
College Proteins Unlimited Company |
25,111 |
Abbott Ireland |
23,098 |
Aurivo Dairy Ingredients Limited |
22,806 |
Baxter Healthcare SA |
20,916 |
Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited |
20,404 |
Arrabawn Cooperative Society Limited |
20,058 |
BASF Ireland Limited |
18,220 |
Tipperary Co Operative Creamery Limited |
15,924 |
Gas Networks Ireland |
14,893 |
EdgeConneX Ireland Limited |
14,413 |
MSD International GmbH t/a MSD Ireland (Brinny) |
12,983 |
Dublin Products Limited |
11,864 |
Pelagia Feed (Ireland) Limited |
11,339 |
Minch Malt Limited |
11,325 |
Allergan Pharmaceuticals Ireland |
9,926 |
DAA Public Limited Company |
9,827 |
Regeneron Ireland Unlimited Company |
9,485 |
MSD International GmbH (trading as MSD Ireland (Ballydine)) |
9,083 |
Medite Europe Designated Activity Company |
9,048 |
C&D Foods Unlimited Company |
8,825 |
K2 Critical Facilities Management (Ireland) Limited |
8,118 |
Guerbet Ireland Unlimited Company |
8,105 |
St. James's Hospital Board |
6,820 |
Mondelez Ireland Production Limited |
5,916 |
Health Service Executive West |
5,900 |
Genzyme Ireland Limited |
5,124 |
Lagan Brick Limited |
4,979 |
Alexion Pharma International Operations Unlimited Company |
4,715 |
Hovione Limited |
4,343 |
Janssen Sciences Ireland UC |
4,093 |
Novartis Ringaskiddy Limited |
4,069 |
Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited |
3,992 |
Upjohn Manufacturing Ireland Limited |
2,955 |
Smartply Europe Designated Activity Company |
2,557 |
Masonite Ireland Unlimited Company |
1,995 |
Wexford Proteins Limited |
1,618 |
Cushaling Power Limited |
939 |
Runways Information Services Limited |
539 |
Blue City Holdings |
417 |
Prime Aviation JSC |
268 |
Centurion Aviation Services Inc |
250 |
Waspar Limited |
193 |
Google Ireland Limited |
164 |
Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited |
140 |
Johnson & Johnson Aviation |
132 |
Friedkin Aviation Inc |
132 |
Flightstar Corporation |
79 |
Equinix (Ireland) Limited |
55 |
Equinix (Ireland) Enterprises Limited |
49 |
Warner Chilcott |
33 |
Vodafone Group Services Ireland Limited |
3 |
In relation to air travel, while reported by the EPA as a 'memo' item, emissions associated with international aviation emissions are not included in Ireland’s national emissions reported to the UNFCCC, or under Ireland's non-ETS targets under the EU Effort Sharing Decision. Domestic aviation emissions are included in Ireland’s national total for UNFCCC purposes.
Within the EU, CO2 emissions from aviation have been included in the EU ETS since 2013. The legislation applies to emissions from flights from, to and within the European Economic Area (EEA), EU Member States, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. In light of the adoption of a Resolution by the 2016 ICAO Assembly to implement a Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) from 2020, the EU has decided that the geographic scope of the EU ETS be limited to intra-EEA flights from 2017 onwards.