Cleaner industry

Through CleanBC, government is working with industry and others across the province to reduce pollution, improve efficiency and adopt new technologies. We're also supporting new opportunities for clean, low-carbon growth that are globally competitive and build on B.C.'s clean energy and clean tech advantages.

The global market for clean energy, technologies, products and services is valued in the trillions of dollars and B.C.'s clean industries have a head start on meeting demand.

On this page

• Industry in 2030
• Reducing B.C.'s industrial emissions
• Supporting clean growth
• Resource-based economy

Industry in 2030

By 2030, B.C. has committed to reduce province-wide emissions to 40 percent below levels recorded in 2007. As part of the plan to achieve this, B.C. has set targets to reduce emissions in the oil and gas and industrial sectors. The CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 (PDF, 9.4MB) maps out the most promising routes to reach these targets and sets the course to fulfill our net-zero commitment by 2050.

Reducing B.C.'s industrial emissions

B.C. is working to create the cleanest industries in the world through support programs, regulations and expanded access to clean energy.

The CleanBC Program for Industry

B.C. Output-Based Pricing System

As part of Budget 2023, the Government of British Columbia announced a transition to an output-based carbon pricing system by 2024. This new made-in-B.C. output-based pricing system (B.C. OBPS) will ensure emissions reductions for industry continue while also providing flexible options, such as earned credits and carbon offset units to meet compliance obligations. 

To align with the new B.C. OBPS, the CleanBC Program for Industry will undergo a transition in 2024.

CleanBC Industrial Incentive Program

The CleanBC Industrial Incentive Program, which encourages cleaner industrial operations, is transitioning to B.C. OBPS throughout 2024.

CleanBC Industry Fund

The CleanBC Industry Fund (CIF) continues to support industrial emissions reduction projects. In spring 2024, CIF launched a call for proposals, which includes four funding streams: Emissions Performance (EP), Innovation Accelerator (IA), Feasibility Studies (FS), and Industrial Electrification (IE).

Supporting clean growth

B.C. is supporting the adoption of cleaner technology and is working with industrial partners to create new business opportunities at home and internationally. See CleanBC actions on cleaner industry.

B.C. offset projects are a way to invest in emission reduction projects that bring co-benefits and jobs to B.C. and accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy. Purchasers apply the reductions from these projects towards their own emissions targets.

Resource-based economy

As B.C. moves to a clean economy, our forests, farms and other natural resources are a source of new opportunities for low-carbon growth. The Province is working with these industries to identify climate-friendly business opportunities and prepare for the effects of a changing climate.

See CleanBC actions on sustainable forestry, agriculture and food.