The chemical sector climate change agreement (CCA) run by CIABATA is equally open to participants from both within and outside CIA membership.

For CIA members, CIABATA is currently an additional service covered by their existing CIA subscription.

For non-members of CIA who wish to participate the choice is to become either a full member of CIA or a member of CIABATA only:

Full CIA membership
For information about the benefits of full membership of CIA please see the CIA public website. The CIA membership fee is based on a subscription formula which includes the variables total capital employed and annual employee remuneration.

CIABATA membership only
Subscriptions to CIABATA are calculated according to the expected annual Climate Change Levy (CCL) saving from participation in the CCAs which gives eligibility for an 80% rate of CCL discount. Charges are made for each target unit participating in a CCA. A target unit is made up of one or more facilities (a facility is a site or part thereof defined for participation in a CCA).

The annual subscription comprises a fixed fee of £500 plus a variable charge per target unit. The variable charge is a percentage of the expected annual CCL saving from participation in the CCAs. The percentage is set at a rate of 1.825% of CCL savings over £5000. In the first year of joining there is also a one-off participation fee, to reflect CIABATA's set-up costs, which has a similar basis and is subject to a minimum charge of £1,500 (includes the annual subscription).

The attached membership application form below includes a full description of the CIABATA subscription charges (see Appendix A). An MS Excel based subscription declaration (Appendix B) is separately attached which can be used to calculate subscriptions based on this structure.

To make an application for membership please return one signed and completed application form together with a completed Appendix B subscription declaration per target unit to be covered.