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Biggest industrial CO₂ emitters in United Kingdom

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

#FacilityTypeCountryt CO₂e/yr
1Tata Steel Port Talbot steel plantSteel PlantUnited Kingdom2,871,723
2Phillips 66 Humber RefineryRefineryUnited Kingdom2,607,645
3Valero Pembroke RefineryRefineryUnited Kingdom2,477,577
4British Steel Scunthorpe plantSteel PlantUnited Kingdom2,460,320
5Esso Fawley Southampton RefineryRefineryUnited Kingdom2,404,168
6Essar Stanlow RefineryRefineryUnited Kingdom1,844,419
7INEOS Grangemouth RefineryRefineryUnited Kingdom1,376,432
8INEOS , GrangemouthPetrochemicalUnited Kingdom1,253,878
9Prax Group Lindsey Oil RefineryRefineryUnited Kingdom1,036,912
10Hope Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom717,958
11ExxonMobil Chemical Co. , Mossmorran FifePetrochemicalUnited Kingdom696,425
12Billingham FertilizersChemical PlantUnited Kingdom591,000
13Ribblesdale Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom577,802
14Rugby Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom456,610
15Cauldon Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom389,550
16Tunstead Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom373,349
17Wissington Sugar FactoryFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom336,027
18Bury St Edmunds Sugar FactoryFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom285,546
19Padeswood Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom252,804
20Aberthaw Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom239,632
21Dunbar Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom231,906
22Ketton Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom225,641
23Cookstown Cement PlantCement PlantUnited Kingdom195,844
24Lacpatrick Dairies (Ni) LtdFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom189,279
25Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, GirvanFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom169,335
26United KingdomChemical PlantUnited Kingdom159,554
27Trafford Park Wheat Milling PlantFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom146,279
28GFG Liberty Steel Newport plantSteel PlantUnited Kingdom132,478
29Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, GreenwichFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom131,279
30Cantley Sugar FactoryFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom121,279
31Cameronbridge Dist, Windygates, LevenFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom111,279
32Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & LyleFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom111,279
33Newark Sugar FactoryFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom110,117
34Erith Oil WorksFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom104,279
35Fort William aluminium plantAluminium SmelterUnited Kingdom82,184
36GBR-Stockton-on-Tees_ammoniaChemical PlantUnited Kingdom78,800
37GFG Liberty Steel Rotherham plantSteel PlantUnited Kingdom60,877
38Marcegaglia Sheffield steel plantSteel PlantUnited Kingdom53,597
39Tata Chemicals Europe - Lostock Soda Ash PlantChemical PlantUnited Kingdom52,946
40Se.ven GI Cardiff plantSteel PlantUnited Kingdom38,019
41Easton Food ProcessorsFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom31,707
42Burton BreweryFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom27,721
43United Biscuits (Uk) Limited T/A PladisFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom26,509
44Wagg Foods Ltd , Dalton Petfoods ManufacturerFood & BeverageUnited Kingdom24,363

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.