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Biggest industrial CO₂ emitters in New Zealand

The highest-emitting industrial facilities in New Zealand ranked by estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled). Open data.

#FacilityTypeCountryt CO₂e/yr
1BlueScope New Zealand Steel GlenbrookSteel PlantNew Zealand814,187
2Tiwai Point aluminium plantAluminium SmelterNew Zealand707,542
3Motunui Methanol ComplexChemical PlantNew Zealand500,625
4Portland Cement PlantCement PlantNew Zealand371,744
5Oji Fibre Solutions (NZ) Ltd - Kinleith MillPulp & Paper MillNew Zealand143,212
6Oji Fibre Solutions (NZ) Ltd - Tasman MillPulp & Paper MillNew Zealand134,825
7WPI Winstone Pulp International Ltd - Karioi Pulpmill Pulp MillPulp & Paper MillNew Zealand118,893

Method: ranked from open data — capacity and CO₂e from Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0). Sorted server-side; company-level data only.