Beijing levies carbon emission fines on 5 firms, including Microsoft   

北京下达首张碳排量罚单　微软中国等碳排放超标企业被处罚

昨天上午，市节能监察大队对百盛、微软中国等5家单位的碳排放履约情况进行现场监察，市节能监察大队相关负责人表示，由于上述单位没有及时完成2013年碳排放配额的清算，市节能监察大队将对超出部分按照市场均价处以3至5倍的罚款。罚单将在2周内开出，这将是本市首张碳排放罚单。[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.