Multi-agency "carbon verification" falsification Ministry of Ecology and Environment: Resolutely investigate and punish violations of laws and regulations

  Carbon emissions trading is an important policy tool to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Accurate and reliable data is the lifeline for the effective and standardized operation of the carbon emissions trading market.

However, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment found in the recent special supervision and assistance that some institutions have tampered with and forged test reports, produced false coal samples, and reported distorted and inaccurate conclusions.

  This morning (March 14), the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment told reporters that from October to December 2021, the Ministry will organize 31 working groups to carry out special supervision and assistance for the quality of carbon emission reports, and provide key technical service institutions and their related The coal emission control enterprises in the power generation industry are the starting point, focusing on key links such as coal sample preparation, coal quality testing, data verification, and report preparation, and carry out in-depth on-site supervision and inspection.

  After investigation, China Carbon Energy Investment Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Carbon Energy Investment) tampered with the data and key information of the forged coal quality test report, and instructed the enterprise to make false coal samples. The quality of carbon emission reports was out of control, and the problem of data fraud was prominent.

  The inspection found that China Carbon Energy Investment used the editable test report template to tamper with the important information such as the date of inspection, date of inspection, date of report, report number and other important information of the inspection report of elemental carbon content of Inner Mongolia Erdos High-tech Materials Co., Ltd. and other emission-controlled enterprises. Submitting forgery samples is sent monthly and tested monthly, and the QR code of the original test report has been deleted.

Falsified the test results of elemental carbon content in some emission-controlled enterprises, and fabricated total moisture data to convert the received basic element carbon test data.

  According to the above-mentioned person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the inspection also found that in the consulting contract signed by China Carbon Energy Investment and the emission control enterprise, it promised that "under the condition that the allocation plan and accounting method remain unchanged, the carbon emission allowances for power plants can be turned into profits and realized. Affluent quotas”, and clearly “guide enterprises to carry out sampling and sample preparation for the detection of elemental carbon content of coal entering the furnace in 2019 and 2020, and contact the testing agency for external inspection”.

Knowing that the company did not retain historical coal samples, China Carbon Energy Investment instructed and instructed a number of emission control companies to temporarily prepare coal samples to replace the monthly mixed coal samples in 2019 and 2020 to supplement the elemental carbon content.

  In addition, the inspection also found that the carbon emission report prepared by China Carbon Energy Investment has falsely reported important production data such as coal consumption, heat supply, and purchased electricity, and errors in parameter selection and statistical calculation.

The quality control of carbon emission reports is lacking, and the authenticity and accuracy of important raw data are not reviewed. Some projects have multiple sets of production data reports and coal quality inspection reports with different values.

  This inspection found that Beijing Zhongchuang Carbon Investment Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Zhongchuang Carbon Investment) was entrusted by the local ecological environment department to verify that the carbon emission reporting procedures of emission control enterprises were not compliant, the verification performance was not in place, and the verification work went through the motions. .

  The inspection found that when China Venture Carbon Investment prepared the enterprise verification report, the signatories did not participate in the actual verification work, and the phenomenon of "official name" in the report was prominent.

The project review management system is in name only, the technical review check is not in place, and the quality of the inspection report is poor.

It "turned a blind eye" to the obvious problems in the carbon emission reports of emission control enterprises, such as false test reports, "unacceptable" units, parameter selection and statistical calculation errors.

  During the inspection of Qingdao Sino New Energy Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Qingdao Sino), it was found that Qingdao Sino was entrusted by the local ecological environment department to check the carbon emission reporting procedures of emission control enterprises, and the verification work went through the motions, and the verification conclusion was obviously untrue. .

  Qingdao Sino did not implement the requirements of the "Guidelines for the Verification of Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emission Reports (Trial)". During the on-site verification, it mainly walked around and took photos, and did not verify important documents such as environmental impact assessment and pollution discharge permits. The verification work went through the motions.

The phenomenon of "namely" in the verification report was prominent, and the personnel who signed the verification report did not match the actual on-site verification personnel.

Knowing that the emission control enterprises did not detect low-level calorific value for some time in 2019, they came to the conclusion that "the enterprise conducts daily monitoring according to the standard method", and the content of the inspection report obviously does not match the actual situation of the enterprise.

  During the inspection of Liaoning East Coal Testing and Analysis Research Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Liaoning East Coal), it was found that since 2020, Liaoning East Coal has issued elements with false dates for a number of emission control enterprises that have centrally submitted coal samples for inspection. Carbon content test report, tampering with the date of sample collection and test date.

Forged original files such as the original test records of the hydrocarbon meter, the sample test authorization letter, the sample number record sheet, the equipment use records, and the sample processing ledger.

  This year's National Two Sessions, many delegates also put forward opinions and suggestions on ensuring the authenticity of carbon emission report data.

  Li Yonglin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputy general manager of Sinopec, suggested that we should improve the construction of laws and regulations on the carbon market, formulate more scientific verification and data management systems, accelerate the construction and improvement of the carbon emission monitoring report verification (MRV) system, and set more scientific It will strengthen the supervision of third-party verification agencies, strengthen the punishment of data fraud, and ensure a fairer data statistics environment.

  The above-mentioned person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment stated that in the next step, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will continue to urge and guide local ecological environment departments to further investigate the technical service institutions and relevant enterprises that have the above problems, and resolutely investigate and deal with illegal data such as false reporting, concealment, fraud and other violations. .

At the same time, together with relevant departments and localities, we will further strengthen the supervision and management of technical service institutions, standardize consulting, verification, and testing service behaviors, ensure that the technical service process and results are true, compliant, and fair, and ensure the stable and healthy operation of the carbon market.