Alignment assessment

Once you have identified which taxonomy activities are covered by your company, the next major challenge in the EU taxonomy assessment is the question of taxonomy alignment. This involves determining whether you meet the technical screening criteria set by the Taxonomy Regulation. Two key questions arise:

• Do your activities make a substantial contribution to one of the six environmental objectives?
• Do your activities avoid negatively affecting the other five environmental objectives (DNSH criteria)?

Both questions can be evaluated through several complex criteria derived from the Taxonomy Regulation and its delegated acts. For example, an automotive company would need to confirm that the emissions-free cars it produces truly do not emit any emissions. Similarly, the cement manufacturer from the previous example would need to prove that their climate-neutral cement stays below a specified CO2 emission threshold per ton.

Daato has formulated the technical screening criteria as user-friendly questions, providing decision trees to simplify the evaluation of both aspects. Throughout the process, you can constantly monitor how your answers affect your taxonomy alignment assessment — for instance, whether you remain aligned or become non-aligned due to a specific response. Additionally, you can upload supporting documents at any time and forward the questions to colleagues if needed.

Overview of Taxonomy-Eligible Activities:

Answering the Criteria for Each Activity:

Please note that some questions come with conditionalities and are based on the answers to previous questions. As a result, not all questions are displayed from the start.

If an answer does not meet the alignment criteria, a warning message will be displayed. You can still proceed with the questionnaire, but only for informational purposes.