The EU Taxonomy requires all companies subject to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to assess their economic activities against an EU-wide classification system and disclose the KPIs revenue, CapEx, and OpEx transparently. The requirement sits at the intersection of two worlds: sustainability managers must interpret financial data, while controlling teams must apply sustainability criteria – neither falls naturally within their core competency.
Without clear responsibilities and a shared language, friction, delays, and reporting risks arise. Organisations that approach the EU Taxonomy in a structured way, however, achieve more than compliance – they create transparency that convinces investors and informs strategic decisions.
With over five years of EU Taxonomy project experience, we know the typical pitfalls – and how to avoid them. Our ambition goes beyond compliance: we enable your team to manage the requirements independently in future reporting cycles.
From the outset, we bring together all relevant stakeholders from sustainability, controlling, and the business units. Together, we define the project objective, responsibilities, and level of ambition: is the goal to fulfil the reporting obligation – or to use the EU Taxonomy as a strategic instrument? This decision shapes the entire process.
We analyse your business activities and systematically map them to the EU Taxonomy's economic activities. The result is a clear picture: which activities are taxonomy-eligible – and which fall below the materiality threshold under the Omnibus regulation? This screening forms the foundation for all subsequent steps and creates clarity for the sustainability department, business units, and controlling alike.
For each taxonomy-eligible activity, we work with the relevant business units to assess whether the technical screening criteria are met – from the substantial contribution to the Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) criteria. For minimum safeguards, we analyse whether company-wide standards or due diligence processes exist for human rights, competition, corruption, and taxation. Results are documented in structured gap analyses – transparent, traceable, and audit-ready.
The calculation of the Taxonomy KPIs – revenue, CapEx, and OpEx – depends entirely on the quality of the underlying data. Together with controlling, we develop tailored data collection templates that enable targeted and efficient data capture – taking into account the materiality threshold under the Omnibus regulation.
At the end of the process, a complete, audit-ready report is in place: we consolidate all results into a structured process description and support the drafting of reporting texts for the sustainability report. We also manage the coordination with the auditing firm and ensure their feedback is integrated smoothly.
The EU Taxonomy and CSRD are two sides of the same coin – for large organisations, they are inseparable. Taxonomy KPIs feed directly into the CSRD-compliant sustainability report. Sustainable guides you through the full package: from the Double Materiality Assessment through the EU Taxonomy to the completed sustainability report under ESRS – consistent, efficient, and audit-ready.
Climate Risk Analysis: The DNSH criterion for climate adaptation requires evidence that an economic activity does not impair climate resilience. We conduct the required analysis together with you – methodologically sound and audit-ready.
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Product Carbon Footprint (PCF): Certain taxonomy-eligible activities require evidence of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the product level – via a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) or a PCF. We support you with accounting, methodology selection, and audit preparation. (
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CSRD: The EU Taxonomy and CSRD are directly interlinked. As part of our full reporting package, we ensure both requirements are met consistently and efficiently.
We know the typical pitfalls from numerous projects – and guide you safely past them.
We build internal competency so your team can manage reporting independently in future years.
The EU Taxonomy and CSRD are inseparably linked – we guide you through the full package, consistently and audit-ready.
