Sustainable Finance EU Taxonomy Tool

Background of EU Taxonomy

Under the Paris Agreement, which was signed in 2015, two hundred countries agreed to work towards ending global warming. In addition, the European Union is committed to become climate-neutral by 2050. To achieve these objectives, in March 2018 the EU launched an action plan for financing sustainable growth, which is part of the European Green Deal aimed at greening the European economy. A key step in achieving the objectives of the EU action goal is the establishment of a uniform classification system for sustainable economic activities or “EU Taxonomy”.

The EU Taxonomy is a classification system that specifies a list of (environmentally) sustainable economic activities. It is a robust and science-based methodology designed to help investors, companies, issuers and project promoters alike to navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. Having clear-cut definitions of which economic activity is sustainable by imposing clear but strict screening criteria results in greater transparency and makes comparison easier. The EU also aims to reduce so-called ‘greenwashing’ by this system.

Challenges of EU Taxonomy reporting

The EU Taxonomy provides an opportunity for companies to demonstrate their performance and progress made in terms of having a more sustainable business model. However, reporting on the EU Taxonomy also brings a number of challenges for organisations:

• Reporting EU Taxonomy KPIs is a significantly data-driven exercise where data availability is (still) highly limited.

• A lack of disaggregated company disclosures makes it difficult to perform a reliable EU Taxonomy assessment.
• Analysing economic activities for compliance with a comprehensive set of requirements and performing detailed assessments per activity will take significant amounts of time.
• The EU Taxonomy and related regulations are extensive yet still incomplete and are being updated regularly.

Benefits for your organisation

• The Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Tool enables interactive engagement with investees and borrowers to obtain the most up-to-date and reliable information.
• Our tool leverages the latest technology to fuel sustainable action internally. Unifying both the power of an enterprise platform and the simplicity of SaaS, the tool ensures that the organisation’s sustainability efforts benefit from comprehensive and easy-to-use solutions. Our high-security environment guarantees keeping customer data safe.
• Our tool facilitates a large number of users. A key benefit of the SaaS solution is its scalability. Also, it allows users easy platform access from any location.
• Our tool features investee questionnaire progress tracking.

• Our tool offers up-to-date technical screening criteria and insights in accordance with EU Taxonomy developments.
• Our tool generates valuable insights into the organisation’s portfolio and assists the user with identifying the extent to which their activities meet EU Taxonomy criteria.