The International Emissions Trading Association emerged from the United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD) Policy Forums on greenhouse gas emissions trading in 1999. It started as a result of cooperation between UNCTAD and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

IETA received legal non-profit status from the government of Switzerland in June 2000, and received United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) non-governmental organization accreditation in October 2000.

IETA is a membership organization where all members have one vote, used at the Annual General Meeting and any Extraordinary General meetings. Half of IETA's 18 Board members are elected each year. IETA's Articles and Rules are accessible from this page. Other material on governance is in the member area of this website.

IETA Board of Directors

IETA Chairman

David Hone
Senior Climate Change Adviser
Group CO2
Shell International Petroleum

IETA Vice Chairpersons

Giovanni Bertolino
Head of Carbon Regulation
Enel

Bruce Braine
Vice President, Strategic Planning & Analysis
AEP

Directors

Matthew Bateson, Global Practice Leader for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Rio Tinto

Giovanni Bertolino, Head of Carbon Regulation, Enel

Georgia Callahan, General Manager, Environment and Climate Change, Chevron

Paul Dawson, Head of Regulatory Affairs, RWE Supply and Trading

Giles Dickson, VP Environmental Policies & Global Advocacy,  Alstom

Christine Faure-Fedigan, Director, Corporate Climate Policy, GDF Suez

Richard Gledhill, Head of Climate Change Services, Price Waterhouse Coopers

Jamal Gore, Managing Director, Carbon Clear

Takashi Hongo, Senior Fellow, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute

Abyd Karmali, Managing Director and Global Head of Carbon Markets, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Scott McGregor, CEO, Camco Clean Energy

Jeanne Ng, Director, Group Environmental Affairs, CLP Holdings Limited

Mark Proegler, Director, Climate and Transport Energy Policy,  BP

Rick Saines, Principal, Baker & McKenzie LLP

Gray Taylor, Partner, Bennett Jones

Bill Tyndall, Senior Vice President, Federal Government and Regulator Affairs, Duke Energy

Honorary Member

Andrei Marcu, Senior Advisor and Head of the Carbon Market Forum, Centre for European Policy Studies;
Former IETA President & CEO

IETA Fellows

Bob Page

Dirk Forrister

Gudmundur Sigurdthorsson

Sir Charles Nicholson

Marc Stuart

President & CEO

Dirk Forrister