Request for advice regarding the Emissions Trading Scheme, emissions leakage and trade exposed sectors

Published: 24 Sep 2026

OIA Climate change
This OIA package contains documents on the Emissions Trading Scheme, emissions leakage and trade exposed sectors.
Reference:
26-OIAD-02097
Pages:
6
File type:
PDF
File size:
256 KB
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Original request

Can you please provide me with all advice to ministers you hold that relate to the problem of emissions leakage and trade exposed sectors and or individual companies. My request includes, but is not limited to, briefings, reports, aides memoire and cabinet papers. Please cover the period Jan 1 2025 to the present.

Released documents

  1. Email - call with Fletcher Building tomorrow (PDF, 241KB)
  2. Climate weekly - update week ending 31 October 2025 (PDF, 161KB)
  3. Email - update on negotiation envelope for Golden Bay (PDF, 303KB)
  4. Email - next steps with Fletcher Building, Golden Bay (PDF, 118KB)
  5. Email - formal message - CBAM Feasibility study - tasking to posts on CBAM policy and implementation (PDF, 193KB)
  6. Formal message - carbon border adjustment mechanism feasibility study - taking to posts to reach out to stakeholders (PDF, 687KB)
  7. Email - RE MCC to MOF re budget initiative invitation (PDF, 237KB)
  8. Email - RE draft negotiation conditions with Fletchers (PDF, 161KB)
  9. 26-BRF-01903-AIDE MEMOIRE (PDF, 346KB)
  10. Email - update on Golden Bay (PDF, 106KB)
  11. Email - RE 26-CAB-00966 - Maintaining domestic cement manufacturing in NZ (PDF, 245KB)
  12. Email - RE 26-BRF-00958 and 26-CAB-00966 - maintaining domestic cement manufacturing in NZ (PDF, 229KB)
  13. Email - RE 26-BRF-00958 and 26-CAB-00966 - maintaining domestic cement manufacturing in NZ (PDF, 186KB)
  14. Email - RE briefing to Minister of Climate Change - Policy pathways for managing the impacts of the potential closure of Golden Bay Cements Whangarei site (PDF, 208KB)
  15. Email - FW BRF-7080 - findings of the feasibility study on a cement sector BCA (PDF, 234KB)
  16. Email - RE Ministry's proposed response - CORM-4889 about consensus position on the necessity of a border carb (PDF, 158KB)
  17. Email - FW MoF request for information on CBAM Feasibility study (PDF, 231KB)
  18. Email - RE Key messages re outcome of BCA study (PDF, 260KB)
  19. Informal Note - Advice on the CBAM Feasibility study from a trade perspective (PDF, 106KB)
  20. Email attachment link - Feasibility Study on a CBAM international engagement (PDF, 112KB)
  21. Climate implications of policy assessment - disclosure sheet (PDF, 438KB)
  22. Regulatory impact statement - Maintaining domestic cement manufacturing in New Zealand (PDF, 5.90MB)
  23. 26-BRF-00970-Aide memoire - Minister's attendance at Fletcher building board reception (PDF, 247KB)
  24. 26-BRF-00958 - Maintaining domestic cement manufacturing in New Zealand - draft cabinet paper (PDF, 170KB)
  25. 26-BRF-01276 - Aide memoire - Talking points for ECO re Golder Bay cabinet paper (PDF, 198KB)
  26. BRF-6051 - Briefing note - Carbon border adjustment mechanism (PDF, 293KB)
  27. BRF-6323 - Meeting note - Meeting with Concrete NZ (PDF, 285KB)
  28. BRF-6259 - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - feasibility study next steps (PDF, 179KB)
  29. BRF-6457 - Briefing CBAM feasibility study - formal letter to Cement Sector Group and ToR (PDF, 479KB)

Related pages

Golden Bay Cement advice papers (Environment website)(opens in new tab)

Feasibility study into a border carbon adjustment for the cement industry papers (Environment website)(opens in new tab)