Sandbag is a UK based not-for-profit organisation campaigning for environmentally and economically effective climate policies, with a focus on the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).
Our campaigns are supported by in-house research that monitors the environmental robustness of the ETS, the distribution of allowances, and how key sectors, installations and companies in the scheme are affected.
Through small changes in carbon markets, both in Europe and across the world, billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide can be prevented from entering the atmosphere; with our analysis and lobbying, we can make sure that’s what happens.
Join us in calling for tighter caps on emissions and/or take direct action to cancel carbon permits now.
Press clippings
19th Dec 2014
19th Dec 2014
EnergyDesk – Who's getting what in the UK power market?
10th Dec 2014
WWF – NGOs contest €39bn in free carbon emission allowances for industry
18th Nov 2014
20th Oct 2014
RTCC – UK calls for aggressive ETS reform ahead of EU2030 deal
20th Oct 2014
Reuters – Britain targets 2017 for start of European carbon market reforms
15th Oct 2014
RTCC – Take on the “fatcats” or scrap EU carbon market – think-tank
15th Oct 2014
Bloomberg – Europe Carbon Permit Glut Poised to Double by 2020
15th Oct 2014
10th Oct 2014
Business Spectator – Will a capacity market make UK electricity dirtier?
7th Oct 2014
19th Sep 2014
Bloomberg – EU Emissions Drop Seen Accelerating as Lawmakers Mull Supply Fix
17th Sep 2014
EnergyDesk – EU environmental policies could fail to limit coal firing
16th Jul 2014
30th Jun 2014
Reuters – 'Back door' climate fix to supplant EU emission goals
5th Jun 2014
19th May 2014
16th May 2014
Reuters – Campaigners say shortcomings in EU carbon permit data harmful
3rd May 2014
20th Jan 2014
Reuters – China carbon markets risk missteps unless more open
9th Jan 2014
10th Dec 2013
19th Nov 2013
The Carbon Brief – Unpopular but tenacious: A guide to the UK carbon price floor
28th Jun 2013
Point Carbon – Europe must fix ETS if it is to step up to the plate on 2015 climate deal
25th Jun 2013
RTCC – EU carbon market to ‘cancel out’ 700m tonnes of CO2 cuts
19th Apr 2013
Yesil Gazete – Avrupa Parlamentosu’ndan karbon ticareti reformuna ret
17th Apr 2013
eaem – Tory Euro-sceptics defy Thatcher legacy to scupper carbon trading
17th Apr 2013
RTCC – European Parliament rejects carbon market reforms
17th Apr 2013
Green Wise Business – MEPs vote against carbon allowance 'backloading'
16th Apr 2013
Wall Street Journal – Vote Leaves EU Emissions Trading in Tatters
16th Apr 2013
The Australian – EU carbon market 'near collapse' as legislators reject permit delay
16th Apr 2013
Utility Week – EU ETS backloading plans rejected
16th Apr 2013
Carbon Brief – Commentators: EU backloading failure makes carbon market “irrelevant”
5th Apr 2013
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung – Wie Duisburger Konzerne vom Emissionshandel profitieren
18th Feb 2013
15th Feb 2013
Kathimerini – «Πόλεμος» για τις εκπομπές ρύπων
15th Feb 2013
Tanea – WWF: «Το σύστημα Εμπορίας Ρύπων στην Ελλάδα χρειάζεται δομικές αλλαγές»
15th Feb 2013
AVGI – Speculation undermining the environment
26th Nov 2012
Steel Business Briefing (Platts) – ArcelorMittal takes lead in leveraging carbon offsets
19th Nov 2012
Point Carbon – CO2 offsetting by EU industry soars in 2011: report
16th Nov 2012
METRO/F – CHIFFRE DU JOUR
16th Nov 2012
L'AVENIR NAMUR – BASSE SAMBRE – QUOTAS DE CO2: C'EST INEFFICACE
16th Nov 2012
L'AVENIR+REG – QUOTAS DE CO2 : «UN SYSTÈME INEFFICACE»
16th Nov 2012
BELGA – ARCELOR ET DUFERCO CHAMPIONS DES QUOTAS CO2 EXCESSIFS EN BELGIQUE
16th Nov 2012
BELGA – BELGISCHE BEDRIJVEN GEBRUIKEN OVERSCHOT AAN CO2-RECHTEN VOOR EIGEN GEWIN
16th Nov 2012
MORGEN – INDUSTRIE MISBRUIKT MILIEUSUBSIDIES
15th Nov 2012
Echo – Arcelor et Duferco champions des quotas CO2 excessifs en Belgique
15th Nov 2012
TIJD – BELGISCHE BEDRIJVEN GEBRUIKEN OVERSCHOT AAN CO2-RECHTEN VOOR EIGEN GEWIN
29th Aug 2012
The Upside – How can NGOs police carbon pricing? Katerina Kimmorley talks to Damien Morris
27th Jul 2012
Environmental Finance – Sandbag calls for 'carbon-neutral Olympic legacy' from ArcelorMittal
27th Jul 2012
Point Carbon – Olympic sponsor ArcelorMittal urged to retire CO2 credits
26th Jul 2012
26th Jul 2012
RTCC – Green groups call on ArcelorMittal to underwrite Olympic carbon emissions
26th Jul 2012
ICIS – Commission defers to member states on auction delay plans
2nd Jul 2012
De Standaard – Gratis spaarpot voor industrie – Arcelor Mittal profiteert het meest van overschot CO2-rechten
22nd Jun 2012
The Australian – Carbon price means good news and bad for industry
22nd Jun 2012
Tyden – ČEZ může díky přebytečným emisním povolenkám vydělat miliardy
22nd Jun 2012
Ekolist – Velké firmy mají přebytečné emisní povolenky za 11,1 miliardy
22nd Jun 2012
Patria – Češi mají desítky milionů povolenek navíc. ČEZ může díky EU vydělat miliardy
22nd Jun 2012
21st Jun 2012
Environmental-Finance – EU emission allowance demand 2.2bn less than expected
21st Jun 2012
RECHARGE – Carbon price is effectively zero, warns Shell advisor
20th Jun 2012
Business Week – CO2 Demand 2.2 Billion Tons Less Than Foreseen, Sandbag Says
20th Jun 2012
Bloomberg – CO2 Demand 2.2 Billion Tons Less Than Foreseen
20th Jun 2012
Platts – EU ETS needs 3.1 billion mt CO2 removed to restore scarcity: NGO
20th Jun 2012
Point Carbon – Ten firms given 78 pct of surplus permits in EU CO2 scheme
25th May 2012
E2BPulse – Gov allows small polluters to "opt out" of EU ETS
18th May 2012
18th May 2012
15th May 2012
9th May 2012
Point Carbon – China ponders aviation in national ETS
2nd May 2012
IPS – Corporaciones de EEUU financian fraude de carbono en Europa
2nd May 2012
2nd May 2012
ICIS – Steep rise in surrender of CER/ERU carbon emissions offsets in 2011
24th Apr 2012
MINNPOST – Carbon trading: Why 'good' companies embrace 'bad' credits
24th Apr 2012
23rd Apr 2012
Point Carbon – Aviation in China ETS could solve row with EU: report
23rd Apr 2012
Platts – Little future for carbon capture in the steel industry
4th Apr 2012
3rd Apr 2012
edieEnergy – Troubled ETS must have 'robust' carbon price, say analysts
3rd Apr 2012
Climate Spectator – EU carbon prices at record low, emissions down 2.4% in 2011
3rd Apr 2012
energy and environment magazine – European climate policy in disarray as carbon crashes
2nd Apr 2012
2nd Apr 2012
EurActiv – Průmysl vypustil méně emisí CO2, ceny povolenek na minimu
2nd Apr 2012
Reuters – 3-EU capped emissions down 2.4 pct in 2011
2nd Apr 2012
EurActiv – EU emissions drop triggers carbon price freefall
11th Mar 2012
9th Mar 2012
E2BPulse – Environmental groups push Davey for 25% EU emissions target
6th Mar 2012
DeHavilland – Energy and Climate Change Committee – Sandbag and International Energy Agency – Low-carbon growth links with China
29th Feb 2012
Bloomberg – EU Carbon-Permit Set-Aside Option Backed by Parliament Panel
29th Feb 2012
4-Traders – EU Lawmakers Back Strengthening Of CO2 Market
29th Feb 2012
Environmental Finance – Carbon prices plummet despite favourable set-aside vote
29th Feb 2012
Wall Street Journal – EU Carbon-Market Changes Move Ahead
23rd Feb 2012
Bloomberg – EU CO2 Trade Cost on Airlines Outweigh Fuel Tax, Sandbag Says
17th Feb 2012
Energy & Environment Management – Germany and UK have greatest deficit of EU carbon allowances
15th Feb 2012
Chemie Technik – Emissionshandel schafft neue Herausforderungen
26th Jan 2012
Parliament.gov, UK – The Energy & Climate Change Committee, UK; Tenth Report: The EU ETS
24th Jan 2012
Environmental Finance – Carbon Retirement divides business among Sandbag, Palmetto
10th Jan 2012
Energy and Environmental Management – Exposed: airlines to make windfall profits from the EU-ETS
1st Jan 2012
20th Dec 2011
Associated Press – Europe fights to save cap-and-trade as crisis hits
9th Nov 2011
9th Nov 2011
9th Nov 2011
Schweizer Fernsehen – Emissionshandel: Klimapolitik in der Sackgasse
9th Nov 2011
Klimaretter.info – Abzocke beim Emissionshandel
9th Nov 2011
9th Nov 2011
8th Nov 2011
Die Linke. im Bundestag – Pressemitteilung – Überschüssige CO2-Emissionsrechte vom Markt nehmen
8th Nov 2011
8th Nov 2011
AFP – Missbrauch bei Emmissionshandel als Einnahmequelle hoch
8th Nov 2011
Boulevard Baden – Der Emissionshandel eine Gelddruckmaschine?
8th Nov 2011
8th Nov 2011
net tribute – Der Emissionshandel eine Gelddruckmaschine?
8th Nov 2011
Deutschlandfunk – Handel mit dicker Luft
8th Nov 2011
8th Nov 2011
8th Nov 2011
8th Nov 2011
Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung – Klimapolitik in der Sackgasse
8th Nov 2011
Berliner Zeitung – Die zehn größten CO2-Abzocker
8th Nov 2011
8th Nov 2011
ZDF Frontal21 – Frontal21 – Full program
8th Nov 2011
Handelsblatt – Studie: CO2-Verschmutzungsrechte als 'Geldesel'
28th Sep 2011
EurActive – Offsetting carbon: The UN's Joint Implementation scheme (JI)
9th Sep 2011
DeHavilland – Energy and Climate Change Committee hears from Baroness Worthington, Damien Morris and Larry Lohmann on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
27th Aug 2011
The Spectator Blog – Why energy bills will be one of the big issues of the autumn
27th Aug 2011
19th Aug 2011
The Carbon Brief – Those Daily Mail Figures keep coming – who's counting?
9th Aug 2011
Reuters – Exclusive: Sberbank CO2 role questioned after huge issuance
18th Jul 2011
zeroEmission News – Hedegaard: ETS strumento centrale per ridurre le emissioni
17th Jul 2011
Steelguru – EU should reject flawed Sandbag report – EUROFER
14th Jul 2011
Energia24Club – Troppe quote sul mercato delle emissioni: Eu-Ets a rischio flop
14th Jul 2011
DeHavilland – European Commission – Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action: EU ETS: Our central tool to reduce emissions
14th Jul 2011
8th Jul 2011
8th Jul 2011
Terra news – Europa, a rischio il mercato delle emissioni inquinanti
7th Jul 2011
ReCharge – EU ETS faces ruinous oversupply of permits, warns UK report
6th Jul 2011
EurActiv – Carbon price crash warning
6th Jul 2011
Reuters – EU CO2 permit set-aside should be 1.7 bln-report
6th Jul 2011
Econews Greece – Σύστημα Εμπορίας Ρύπων: κίνδυνος να τιναχθεί στον άερα λόγω υπερπροσφοράς
6th Jul 2011
edie.net – Europe risks carbon permit flood
6th Jul 2011
Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) Magazine – Europe votes against going it alone on emission cuts
6th Jul 2011
ICISHeren – EU needs to remove 1.7bn carbon credits
6th Jul 2011
Rinnovabili – Crediti in eccesso, l'ETS europeo rischia di fallire
23rd Jun 2011
Platts – EU carbon prices crash to 1-year low on wide loss of confidence
23rd Jun 2011
Reuters – Analysis: Polluters winners from carbon scheme
23rd Jun 2011
Trouw.nl – CO2-emissiemarkt trekt georganiseerde misdaad aan
23rd Jun 2011
Bloomberg – EU CO2 Has Biggest Fall Since 2006 as Oversupply Spooks Traders
22nd Jun 2011
21st Jun 2011
Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) Magazine – Huhne leads battle in Europe against 'carbon fat cats'
21st Jun 2011
DeHavilland – Today – Baroness raises concerns over carbon trading
21st Jun 2011
il manifesto – profittatori del clima
20th Jun 2011
Click Green – Big polluters set to earn billions from surplus carbon permits
20th Jun 2011
Bloomberg – ArcelorMittal, Lafarge Have Biggest CO2 Surpluses, Sandbag Says
20th Jun 2011
TheManufacturer.com – Carbon emission rules proving profitable for Europe's largest industries
20th Jun 2011
SF Gate (San Francisco Chronicle) – ArcelorMittal, Lafarge Have Biggest CO2 Surpluses, Sandbag Says
20th Jun 2011
3rd Jun 2011
ReCharge – EU emissions trading anti-fraud measures 'could backfire'
4th May 2011
3rd May 2011
28th Apr 2011
22nd Apr 2011
5th Apr 2011
EurActiv – EU steels itself for carbon rules challenge
5th Apr 2011
fd.selections energie – Klimaatruzie staalsector en Brussel komt voor EU-hof
1st Apr 2011
Bloomberg – EU Carbon Emissions Increase 3.5% in 2010, First Advance in Three Years
1st Apr 2011
Bloomberg Businessweek – EU Emissions in 2010 Rose for the First Time in Three Years
18th Feb 2011
il Fatto Quotidiano – Protocollo di Kyoto, l’Italia rischia 2 miliardi di multa
24th Jan 2011
24th Jan 2011
euractiv.cz – EU podpořila zákaz kreditů za likvidaci superskleníkového plynu
23rd Jan 2011
Euractiv – Europe votes to ban industrial gas credits
20th Jan 2011
Salzburger Nachrichten – Milliarden für heiße Luft
19th Jan 2011
Reuters – EU likely to delay 2013 carbon offset ban: sources
14th Jan 2011
Qualenergia – Mercato delle emissioni: certificati finti, la truffa continua
27th Dec 2010
24th Dec 2010
Bloomberg – Climate Lobby Sandbag Sells Carbon Permits as Christmas Gifts
21st Dec 2010
tripplepundit.com – Carbon Geiger Counter
19th Dec 2010
IBTimes UK – Italy risks wasting billions of Euros on foreign carbon credits
16th Dec 2010
EurActiv – Italy shields companies from CO2 cuts, says NGO
16th Dec 2010
greenews.info – “Carbo Diem”: l’assenza di strategia ci costa 1,8 miliardi
15th Dec 2010
Bloomberg – Italy Wasting EU2.2 Billion on Foreign CO2 Credits, Sandbag Says
14th Dec 2010
Click Green – Italy to waste taxpayers' billions on carbon credits, says new report
3rd Nov 2010
Reuters – EU states express doubts over carbon offset ban
26th Oct 2010
15th Oct 2010
CarbonMarketEurope – Brussels flags warning over non-ETS goal
15th Oct 2010
14th Oct 2010
Point Carbon – Non-ETS offsetting to make 30% EU goal easier: report
21st Sep 2010
17th Sep 2010
Eco Friend News – ETS could turn intended restrictions on pollution into a trap that commits Europe to increasing carbon emissions
16th Sep 2010
16th Sep 2010
Utility Week – Flood of permits will undermine carbon savings, says Sandbag
15th Sep 2010
Qual Energia – L'ETS che fa crescere le emission
15th Sep 2010
De Wereld Morgen – Europese industrie aast op CO2-credits uit bosprojecten
15th Sep 2010
Carbon Finance – EU ETS caps could ‘hinder low-carbon economy’ – Sandbag
14th Sep 2010
Modern Power Systems – EU ETS savings will be 'miniscule', warns campaign group
14th Sep 2010
Moja Energija – EU shema trgovanja emisijama prijeti Europi budućnošću zasićenom CO2
13th Sep 2010
Envido – EU emissions trading scheme to bring small carbon savings
13th Sep 2010
Klimaretter – Der Emissionshandel in der Klima-Falle
11th Sep 2010
11th Sep 2010
ekopolitan.com – The Swedish Greenhouse Gas Masquerade – The Swedish Government bought extensive amounts of HFC-23 carbon credits in China and India in 2009
10th Sep 2010
EurActiv – 'Minuscule' CO2 savings expected from EU scheme
10th Sep 2010
10th Sep 2010
Globe Net – EU Emissions trading scheme threatens to trap Europe in a high carbon future
2nd Sep 2010
The Economist – Carbon Markets – The smoking greenhouse gun
19th Aug 2010
19th Jul 2010
Steel Business Briefing – EU steelmakers buy Indian/Chinese carbon credits
14th Jul 2010
20th May 2010
12th May 2010
29th Apr 2010
Business Week – EU Emitters Face Deadline as CO2 Rises Above Recession, Fraud
11th Apr 2010
Herald Scotland – EU loophole gives big business a licence to pollute
2nd Apr 2010
EurActiv – EU CO2 emissions fell by 11% in 2009
2nd Apr 2010
ClickGreen – EU emissions drop leaves carbon trading "high and dry"
2nd Apr 2010
Solve Climate – EU Urged to Claw Back Surplus Carbon Trading Permits
1st Apr 2010
Business Week – EU greenhouse gas emissions down 11 percent
1st Apr 2010
Business Week – EU’s Carbon Pollution Drops Record 11% as Recession Cuts Output
24th Mar 2010
Wall Street Journal – Europe's Cap-and-Trade Lesson
17th Mar 2010
Carbon Finance – Steel sector major offsetters despite EUA surplus
14th Mar 2010
ClickGreen – Power companies Endesa and ENEL top Euro list of carbon offsetters
12th Mar 2010
Reuters India – Spain's Endesa leads CO2 offsetters in 2008-report
11th Mar 2010
Business Week – Endesa Used the Most CO2 Offset Credits in EU, Sandbag Says
10th Mar 2010
Carbon Finance – ‘Carbon fat cats’ sandbagged over surplus EUAs
6th Mar 2010
AFP – EU's 'carbon fat cats' get rich off trading scheme: study
5th Mar 2010
5th Mar 2010
EurActiv – Steel, cement to cash free emission permit billions
5th Mar 2010
1st Feb 2010
TreeHugger – Oh Canada, Your Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Pledge is Actually an Increase
17th Jan 2010
AFP – EU pushes for deeper carbon emission cuts
12th Dec 2009
7th Dec 2009
Eco Friend News – ArcelorMittal is the biggest beneficiary of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
7th Dec 2009
ClickGreen – UK's richest man could make more than £1bn from carbon trading scheme
27th Nov 2009
30th Oct 2009
Terra News – Gli obiettivi di Bruxelles e gli squilibri dell’emission trading
26th Sep 2009
Xinhua – British secretary for climate change will "fight for the most ambitious deal" in Copenhagen
25th Sep 2009
24th Sep 2009
5th Aug 2009
Eco Friendly News – Sandbag purchases carbon dioxide emission credits from Guy's Hospital
5th Aug 2009
CNET News – Sandbag is bagging carbon credits
29th Jul 2009
23rd Jul 2009
EurActiv – Industry stands to win over 5 billion euros from ETS
22nd Jul 2009
22nd Jul 2009
22nd Jul 2009
Carbon Finance – Mayday call for the EU ETS
22nd Jul 2009
Rocket News – Harrabin's notes
21st Jul 2009
Low Carbon Economy – EU carbon emissions trading policy accused of floundering
20th Jul 2009
20th Jul 2009
Financial Times – Emissions delay
20th Jul 2009
20th Jul 2009
20th Jul 2009
Point Carbon – EU needs a tighter ETS cap: report
20th Jul 2009
Climate Ark – Copenhagen must create more buyers for carbon markets
14th Jul 2009
29th Jan 2009
29th Jan 2009
28th Jan 2009
12th Sep 2008