CIABATA is the subsidiary company of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), which manages and administers the chemical sector climate change agreement (CCA) with the the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)聽and the Environment Agency (EA) on behalf of participating members.
CCA participants聽qualify for relief from the Climate Change Levy (CCL), a tax on the use of energy by business, in exchange for committing to challenging energy targets up to 31 December 2022.
CIABATA鈥檚 role as the聽sector administrator is to support members鈥� participation in the CCAs and to represent them in interactions with BEIS, who set CCA policy, and the EA who are the scheme administrator.
Key elements of CIABATA鈥檚 role include:
Please find below some useful links providing further details about the Climate Change Agreements scheme: