Staff in Carbon Footprint Trial Face £100 Fines for High Emissions

People who emit more than their fair share of carbon emissions are having their pay docked in a trial that could lead to rationing being reintroduced via the workplace after an absence of half a century.

Britain’s first employee carbon rationing scheme is about to be extended, after the trial demonstrated the effectiveness of fining people for exceeding their personal emissions target. Unlike the energy-saving schemes adopted by thousands of companies, the rationing scheme monitors employees’ personal emissions, including home energy bills, petrol purchases and holiday flights.

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UK Carbon-Rationing Proposed

A report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has said that personal quotas for emissions may be needed if current policies fail to cut greenhouse gases.

These proposed "credits" would be used to buy gas and electricity for powering homes, fuel for cars and plane tickets for holidays.

People who did not use up their allocation could sell the excess to people who used more fossil fuels for their vehicles or vacations.

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