Posted on 10 Oct 2011
South Korea said on Monday it aims to cut 8.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in greenhouse gases emitted by its industrial and power sectors in 2012 from projected emission levels.
Reduction targets for 2012 by major sectors are as follows: (in thousands of tonnes)
Sector
Power/Energy
Steel
Petrochemic Semiconductor
Display/ Electronics
Number of companies
33
38
76
34
CO2 Emission allowances
239,279
118,350
58,938
36,268
Projected CO2 emission
242,924
119,669
59,708
37,358
Reduction rate
1.5 pct
1.1 pct
1.29 pct
2.92 pct
Carbon emission cut goals for the country's top 5 emitters (thousands of tonnes, weighting on overall reduction)
Ranking
Name
Amount/Weight
1
POSCO
963/20.6pct
2
Samsung
429/9.2 pct
3
LG Display
327/7.0 pct
4
Hyundai Steel
192/4.1 pct
5
Samsung Mobile
129/2.7 pct
