Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772 of 31 July 2023 supplementing Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards sustainability reporting standards

• (c) a list of the additional significant ESRS sectors beyond the ones reflected under paragraph 40(b), such as activities that give rise to intercompany revenues, in which the undertaking develops significant activities, or in which it is or may be connected to material impacts. The identification of these additional ESRS sectors shall be consistent with the way they have been considered by the undertaking when performing its materiality assessment and with the way it discloses material sector-specific information;

• (d) where applicable, a statement indicating, together with the related revenues, that the undertaking is active in:
• i. the fossil fuel (coal, oil and gas) sector ([^E0016]), (i.e., it derives revenues from exploration, mining, extraction, production, processing, storage, refining or distribution, including transportation, storage and trade, of fossil fuels as defined in Article 2, point (62), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and the Council ([^E0017])), including a disaggregation of revenues derived from coal, from oil and from gas, as well as the revenues derived from Taxonomy-aligned economic activities related to fossil gas as required under Article 8(7)(a) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2021/2178 ([^E0018]);
• ii. chemicals production ([^E0019]), i.e., its activities fall under Division 20.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006;
• iii. controversial weapons ([^E0020]) (anti-personnel mines, cluster munitions, chemical weapons and biological weapons); and/or
• iv. the cultivation and production of tobacco ([^E0021]);

• (e) its sustainability-related goals in terms of significant groups of products and services, customer categories, geographical areas and relationships with stakeholders;

• (f) an assessment of its current significant products and/or services, and significant markets and customer groups, in relation to its sustainability-related goals; and

• (g) the elements of the undertaking’s strategy that relate to or impact sustainability matters, including the main challenges ahead, critical solutions or projects to be put in place, when relevant for sustainability reporting.

• 41.If the undertaking is based in an EU Member State that allows for an exemption from the disclosure of the information referred to in Article 18, paragraph 1, sub-point (a) of Directive 2013/34/EU ([^E0022]), and if the undertaking has made use of that exemption, it may omit the breakdown of revenue by significant ESRS sector required by paragraph 40(b). In this case the undertaking shall nevertheless disclose the list of ESRS sectors that are significant for the undertaking.

• 42.The undertaking shall disclose a description of its business model and value chain, including:

• (a) its inputs and its approach to gathering, developing and securing those inputs;

• (b) its outputs and outcomes in terms of current and expected benefits for customers, investors and other stakeholders; and

• (c) the main features of its upstream and downstream value chain and the undertaking’s position in its value chain, including a description of the main business actors (such as key suppliers, customers, distribution channels and end-users) and their relationship to the undertaking. When the undertaking has multiple value chains, the disclosure shall cover the key value chains.

Disclosure Requirement SBM-2 – Interests and views of stakeholders

• 1. The undertaking shall disclose how the interests and views of its stakeholders are taken into account by the undertaking’s strategy and business model.

• 44.The objective of this Disclosure Requirement is to provide an understanding of how stakeholders’ interests and views inform the undertaking’s strategy and business model.

• 45.The undertaking shall disclose a summarised description of:

• (a) its stakeholder engagement, including:
• i. the undertaking’s key stakeholders;
• ii. whether engagement with them occurs and for which categories of stakeholders;
• iii. how it is organised;
• iv. its purpose; and
• v. how its outcome is taken into account by the undertaking;

• (b) the undertaking’s understanding of the interests and views of its key stakeholders as they relate to the undertaking’s strategy and business model, to the extent that these were analysed during the undertaking’s due diligence process and/or materiality assessment process (see Disclosure Requirement IRO-1 of this Standard);

• (c) where applicable, amendments to its strategy and/or business model, including:
• i. how the undertaking has amended or expects to amend its strategy and/or business model to address the interests and views of its stakeholders;
• ii. any further steps that are being planned and in what timeline; and
• iii. whether these steps are likely to modify the relationship with and views of stakeholders; and

• (d) whether and how the administrative, management and supervisory bodies are informed about the views and interests of affected stakeholders with regard to the undertaking’s sustainability-related impacts.

Disclosure Requirement SBM-3 - Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction with strategy and business model

• 1. The undertaking shall disclose its material impacts, risks and opportunities and how they interact with its strategy and business model.

• 47.The objective of this Disclosure Requirement is to provide an understanding of the material impacts, risks and opportunities as they result from the undertaking’s materiality assessment and how they originate from and trigger adaptation of the undertaking’s strategy and business model including its resources allocation. The information to be disclosed about the management of the undertaking’s material impacts, risks and opportunities is prescribed in topical ESRS and in sector-specific standards, which shall be applied in conjunction with the Minimum Disclosure Requirements on policies, actions and targets established in this Standard.

• 48.The undertaking shall disclose:

• (a) a brief description of its material impacts, risks and opportunities resulting from its materiality assessment (see Disclosure Requirement IRO-1 of this standard), including a description of where in its business model, its own operations and its upstream and downstream value chain these material impacts, risks and opportunities are concentrated;

• (b) the current and anticipated effects of its material impacts, risks and opportunities on its business model, value chain, strategy and decision-making, and how it has responded or plans to respond to these effects, including any changes it has made or plans to make to its strategy or business model as part of its actions to address particular material impacts or risks, or to pursue particular material opportunities;

• (c) with reference to the undertaking’s material impacts:
• i. how the undertaking’s material negative and positive impacts affect (or, in the case of potential impacts, are likely to affect) people or the environment;
• ii. whether and how the impacts originate from or are connected to the undertaking's strategy and business model;
• iii. the reasonably expected time horizons of the impacts; and
• iv. whether the undertaking is involved with the material impacts through its activities or because of its business relationships, describing the nature of the activities or business relationships concerned;

• (d) the current financial effects of the undertaking’s material risks and opportunities on its financial position, financial performance and cash flows and the material risks and opportunities for which there is a significant risk of a material adjustment within the next annual reporting period to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities reported in the related financial statements;

• (e) the anticipated financial effects of the undertaking’s material risks and opportunities on its financial position, financial performance and cash flows over the short-, medium- and long-term, including the reasonably expected time horizons for those effects. This shall include how the undertaking expects its financial position, financial performance and cash flows to change over the short, medium- and long-term, given its strategy to manage risks and opportunities, taking into consideration:
• i. its investment and disposal plans (for example, capital expenditure, major acquisitions and divestments, joint ventures, business transformation, innovation, new business areas and asset retirements), including plans the undertaking is not contractually committed to; and
• ii. its planned sources of funding to implement its strategy.

• (f) information about the resilience of the undertaking's strategy and business model regarding its capacity to address its material impacts and risks and to take advantage of its material opportunities. The undertaking shall disclose a qualitative and, when applicable, a quantitative analysis of the resilience, including how the analysis was conducted and the time horizons that were applied as defined in ESRS 1 (see ESRS 1 chapter 6 Time horizons). When providing quantitative information, the undertaking may disclose single amounts or ranges;

• (g) changes to the material impacts, risks and opportunities compared to the previous reporting period; and

• (h) a specification of those impacts, risks and opportunities that are covered by ESRS Disclosure Requirements as opposed to those covered by the undertaking using additional entity-specific disclosures.

• 49.The undertaking may disclose the descriptive information required in paragraph 46 alongside the disclosures provided under the corresponding topical ESRS, in which case it shall still present a statement of its material impacts, risks and opportunities alongside its disclosures prepared under this chapter of ESRS 2.

4. Impact, risk and opportunity management

4.1   Disclosures on the materiality assessment process

• 50.This chapter sets disclosure requirements that enable an understanding of:

• (a) the process to identify material impacts, risks and opportunities; and

• (b) the information that, as a result of its materiality assessment, the undertaking has included in its sustainability statement.

Disclosure Requirement IRO-1 - Description of the process to identify and assess material impacts, risks and opportunities

• 1. The undertaking shall disclose its process to identify its impacts, risks and opportunities and to assess which ones are material.

• 52.The objective of this Disclosure Requirement is to provide an understanding of the process through which the undertaking identifies impacts, risks and opportunities and assesses their materiality, as the basis for determining the disclosures in its sustainability statement (see ESRS 1 chapter 3 and its related Application Requirements, which set out requirements and principles regarding the process to identify and assess material impacts, risks and opportunities based on the principle of double materiality).

• 53.The undertaking shall disclose the following information:

• (a) a description of the methodologies and assumptions applied in the described process;

• (b) an overview of the process to identify, assess, prioritise and monitor the undertaking’s potential and actual impacts on people and the environment, informed by the undertaking’s due diligence process, including an explanation of whether and how the process:
• i. focusses on specific activities, business relationships, geographies or other factors that give rise to heightened risk of adverse impacts;
• ii. considers the impacts with which the undertaking is involved through its own operations or as a result of its business relationships;
• iii. includes consultation with affected stakeholders to understand how they may be impacted and with external experts;
• iv. prioritises negative impacts based on their relative severity and likelihood, (see ESRS 1 section 3.4 Impact materiality) and, if applicable, positive impacts on their relative scale, scope and likelihood, and determines which sustainability matters are material for reporting purposes, including the qualitative or quantitative thresholds and other criteria used as prescribed by ESRS 1 section 3.4 Impact materiality;

• (c) an overview of the process used to identify, assess, prioritise and monitor risks and opportunities that have or may have financial effects. The disclosure shall include:
• i. how the undertaking has considered the connections of its impacts and dependencies with the risks and opportunities that may arise from those impacts and dependencies;
• ii. how the undertaking assesses the likelihood, magnitude, and nature of effects of the identified risk and opportunities (such as the qualitative or quantitative thresholds and other criteria used as prescribed by ESRS 1 section 3.5 Financial materiality);
• iii. how the undertaking prioritises sustainability-related risks relative to other types of risks, including its use of risk-assessment tools;

• (d) a description of the decision-making process and the related internal control procedures;

• (e) the extent to which and how the process to identify, assess and manage impacts and risks is integrated into the undertaking’s overall risk management process and used to evaluate the undertaking’s overall risk profile and risk management processes;

• (f) the extent to which and how the process to identify, assess and manage opportunities is integrated into the undertaking’s overall management process where applicable;

• (g) the input parameters it uses (for example, data sources, the scope of operations covered and the detail used in assumptions); and

• (h) whether and how the process has changed compared to the prior reporting period, when the process was modified for the last time and future revision dates of the materiality assessment.

Disclosure Requirement IRO-2 – Disclosure Requirements in ESRS covered by the undertaking’s sustainability statement

• 1. The undertaking shall report on the Disclosure Requirements complied with in its sustainability statements.

• 55.The objective of this Disclosure Requirement is to provide an understanding of the Disclosure Requirements included in the undertaking’s sustainability statement and of the topics that have been omitted as not material, as a result of the materiality assessment.

• 56.The undertaking shall include a list of the Disclosure Requirements complied with in preparing the sustainability statement, following the outcome of the materiality assessment (see ESRS 1 chapter 3), including the page numbers and/or paragraphs where the related disclosures are located in the sustainability statement. This may be presented as a content index. The undertaking shall also include a table of all the datapoints that derive from other EU legislation as listed in Appendix B of this standard, indicating where they can be found in the sustainability statement and including those that the undertaking has assessed as not material, in which case the undertaking shall indicate ‘Not material’ in the table in accordance with ESRS 1 paragraph 35.

• 57.If the undertaking concludes that climate change is not material and therefore omits all disclosure requirements in ESRS E1 Climate change, it shall disclose a detailed explanation of the conclusions of its materiality assessment with regard to climate change (see ESRS 2 IRO-2 Disclosure Requirements in ESRS covered by the undertaking’s sustainability statement), including a forward-looking analysis of the conditions that could lead the undertaking to conclude that climate change is material in the future.

• 58.If the undertaking concludes that a topic other than climate change is not material and therefore omits all the Disclosure Requirements in the corresponding topical ESRS, it may provide a brief explanation of the conclusions of its materiality assessment for that topic.

• 59.The undertaking shall provide an explanation of how it has determined the material information to be disclosed in relation to the impacts, risks and opportunities that it has assessed to be material, including the use of thresholds and/or how it has implemented the criteria in ESRS 1 section 3.2 Material matters and materiality of information.

4.2   Minimum disclosure requirements on policies and actions

• 60.This section sets out minimum disclosure requirements to be included when the undertaking discloses information on its policies and actions to prevent, mitigate and remediate actual and potential material impacts, to address material risks and/or to pursue material opportunities (collectively, to ‘manage material sustainability matters’). They shall be applied together with the Disclosure Requirements, including Application Requirements, provided in the relevant topical and sector-specific ESRS. They shall also be applied when the undertaking prepares entity-specific disclosures.

• 61.The corresponding disclosures shall be located alongside disclosures prescribed by the relevant ESRS. When a single policy or same actions address several interconnected sustainability matters, the undertaking may disclose the required information in its reporting under one topical ESRS and cross reference to it in its reporting under other topical ESRS.

• 62.If the undertaking cannot disclose the information on policies and actions required under relevant ESRS, because it has not adopted policies and/or actions with reference to the specific sustainability matter concerned, it shall disclose this to be the case, and provide reasons for not having adopted policies and/or actions. The undertaking may disclose a timeframe in which it aims to adopt them.

Minimum Disclosure Requirement – Policies MDR-P – Policies adopted to manage material sustainability matters

• 63.The undertaking shall apply the minimum disclosure requirements defined in this provision when it discloses the policies it has in place with regard to each sustainability matter identified as material.

• 64.The objective of this Minimum Disclosure Requirement is to provide an understanding of the policies that the undertaking has in place to prevent, mitigate and remediate actual and potential impacts, to address risks and to pursue opportunities.

• 65.The undertaking shall disclose information about policies adopted to manage material sustainability matters. The disclosure shall include the following information:

• (a) a description of the key contents of the policy, including its general objectives and which material impacts, risks or opportunities the policy relates to and the process for monitoring;

• (b) a description of the scope of the policy, or of its exclusions, in terms of activities, upstream and/or downstream value chain, geographies and if relevant, affected stakeholder groups;

• (c) the most senior level in the undertaking’s organisation that is accountable for the implementation of the policy;

• (d) a reference, if relevant, to the third-party standards or initiatives the undertaking commits to respect through the implementation of the policy;

• (e) if relevant, a description of the consideration given to the interests of key stakeholders in setting the policy; and

• (f) if relevant, whether and how the undertaking makes the policy available to potentially affected stakeholders, and stakeholders who need to help implement it.

Minimum Disclosure Requirement – Actions MDR-A – Actions and resources in relation to material sustainability matters

• 66.The undertaking shall apply the requirements for the content of disclosures in this provision when it describes the actions through which it manages each material sustainability matter including action plans and resources allocated and/or planned.

• 67.The objective of this Minimum Disclosure Requirement is to provide an understanding of the key actions taken and/or planned to prevent, mitigate and remediate actual and potential impacts, and to address risks and opportunities, and where applicable achieve the objectives and targets of related policies.

• 68.Where the implementation of a policy requires actions, or a comprehensive action plan, to achieve its objectives, as well as when actions are implemented without a specific policy, the undertaking shall disclose the following information:

• (a) the list of key actions taken in the reporting year and planned for the future, their expected outcomes and, where relevant, how their implementation contributes to the achievement of policy objectives and targets;

• (b) the scope of the key actions (i.e., coverage in terms of activities, upstream and/or downstream value chain, geographies and, where applicable, affected stakeholder groups);

• (c) the time horizons under which the undertaking intends to complete each key action;

• (d) if applicable, key actions taken (along with results) to provide for and cooperate in or support the provision of remedy for those harmed by actual material impacts;

• (e) if applicable, quantitative and qualitative information regarding the progress of actions or action plans disclosed in prior periods.

• 69.Where the implementation of an action plan requires significant operational expenditures (Opex) and/or capital expenditures (Capex) the undertaking shall:

• (a) describe the type of current and future financial and other resources allocated to the action plan, including if applicable, the relevant terms of sustainable finance instruments, such as green bonds, social bonds and green loans, the environmental or social objectives, and whether the ability to implement the actions or action plan depends on specific preconditions, e.g., granting of financial support or public policy and market developments;

• (b) provide the amount of current financial resources and explain how they relate to the most relevant amounts presented in the financial statements; and

• (c) provide the amount of future financial resources.

5. Metrics and targets

• 70.This chapter sets out Minimum Disclosure Requirements that shall be included when the undertaking discloses information on its metrics and targets related to each material sustainability matter. They shall be applied together with the Disclosure Requirements, including Application Requirements, provided in the relevant topical ESRS. They shall also be applied when the undertaking prepares entity-specific disclosures.

• 71.The corresponding disclosures shall be located alongside disclosures prescribed by the topical ESRS.

• 72.If the undertaking cannot disclose the information on targets required under the relevant topical ESRS, because it has not set targets with reference to the specific sustainability matter concerned, it shall disclose this to be the case, and provide reasons for not having adopted targets. The undertaking may disclose a timeframe in which it aims to adopt them.

Minimum disclosure requirement – Metrics MDR-M – Metrics in relation to material sustainability matters

• 73.The undertaking shall apply the requirements for the content of disclosures in this provision when it discloses on the metrics it has in place with regard to each material sustainability matter.

• 74.The objective of this Minimum Disclosure Requirement is to provide an understanding of the metrics the undertaking uses to track the effectiveness of its actions to manage material sustainability matters.

• 75.The undertaking shall disclose any metrics that it uses to evaluate performance and effectiveness, in relation to a material impact, risk or opportunity.

• 1. Metrics shall include those defined in ESRS, as well as metrics identified on an entity-specific basis, whether taken from other sources or developed by the undertaking itself.

• 77.For each metric, the undertaking shall:

• (a) disclose the methodologies and significant assumptions behind the metric, including the limitations of the methodologies used;

• (b) disclose whether the measurement of the metric is validated by an external body other than the assurance provider and, if so, which body;

• (c) label and define the metric using meaningful, clear and precise names and descriptions;

• (d) when currency is specified as the unit of measure, use the presentation currency of its financial statements.

Minimum Disclosure Requirement – Targets MDR-T – Tracking effectiveness of policies and actions through targets

• 78.The undertaking shall apply the requirements for the content of disclosures in this provision when it discloses information about the targets it has set with regard to each material sustainability matter.

• 79.The objective of this Minimum Disclosure Requirement is to provide for each material sustainability matter an understanding of:

• (a) whether and how the undertaking tracks the effectiveness of its actions to address material impacts, risks and opportunities, including the metrics it uses to do so;

• (b) measurable time-bound outcome-oriented targets set by the undertaking to meet the policy s objectives, defined in terms of expected results for people, the environment or the undertaking regarding material impacts, risks and opportunities;

• (c) the overall progress towards the adopted targets over time;

• (d) in the case that the undertaking has not set measurable time-bound outcome-oriented targets, whether and how it nevertheless tracks the effectiveness of its actions to address material impacts, risks and opportunities and measures the progress in achieving its policy objectives; and

• (e) whether and how stakeholders have been involved in target setting for each material sustainability matter.

• 80.The undertaking shall disclose the measurable, outcome-oriented and time-bound targets on material sustainability matters it has set to assess progress. For each target, the disclosure shall include the following information:

• (a) a description of the relationship of the target to the policy objectives;

• (b) the defined target level to be achieved, including, where applicable, whether the target is absolute or relative and in which unit it is measured;

• (c) the scope of the target, including the undertaking’s activities and/or its upstream and/or downstream value chain where applicable and geographical boundaries;

• (d) the baseline value and base year from which progress is measured;

• (e) the period to which the target applies and if applicable, any milestones or interim targets;

• (f) the methodologies and significant assumptions used to define targets, including where applicable, the selected scenario, data sources, alignment with national, EU or international policy goals and how the targets consider the wider context of sustainable development and/or local situation in which impacts take place;

• (g) whether the undertaking’s targets related to environmental matters are based on conclusive scientific evidence;

• (h) whether and how stakeholders have been involved in target setting for each material sustainability matter;

• (i) any changes in targets and corresponding metrics or underlying measurement methodologies, significant assumptions, limitations, sources and processes to collect data adopted within the defined time horizon. This includes an explanation of the rationale for those changes and their effect on comparability (see Disclosure Requirement BP-2 Disclosures in relation to specific circumstances of this Standard); and

• (j) the performance against its disclosed targets, including information on how the target is monitored and reviewed and the metrics used, whether the progress is in line with what had been initially planned, and an analysis of trends or significant changes in the performance of the undertaking towards achieving the target.

• 81.If the undertaking has not set any measurable outcome-oriented targets:

• (a) it may disclose whether such targets will be set and the timeframe for setting them, or the reasons why the undertaking does not plan to set such targets;

• (b) it shall disclose whether it nevertheless tracks the effectiveness of its policies and actions in relation to the material sustainability-related impact, risk and opportunity, and if so:
• i. any processes through which it does so;
• ii. the defined level of ambition to be achieved and any qualitative or quantitative indicators it uses to evaluate progress, including the base period from which progress is measured.

Appendix A

Application Requirements

This appendix is an integral part of ESRS 2 and has the same authority as other parts of the Standard.

1. Basis for preparation

Disclosure Requirement BP-1 – General basis for preparation of sustainability statements

• AR 1.When describing to what extent the sustainability statement covers the undertaking’s upstream and downstream value chain (see ESRS 1 section 5.1 Reporting undertaking and value chain), the undertaking may distinguish between:

• (a) the extent to which its materiality assessment of impacts, risks and opportunities extends to its upstream and/or downstream value chain;

• (b) the extent to which its policies, actions and targets extend to its value chain; and

• (c) the extent to which it includes upstream and/or downstream value chain data when disclosing on metrics.

Disclosure Requirement BP-2 – Disclosures in relation to specific circumstances

• AR 2.The undertaking may disclose whether it relies on any European standards approved by the European Standardisation System (ISO/IEC or CEN/CENELEC standards), as well as the extent to which data and processes that are used for sustainability reporting purposes have been verified by an external assurance provider and found to conform to the corresponding ISO/IEC or CEN/CENELEC standard.

2. Governance

Disclosure Requirement GOV-1 – The role of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies

• AR 3.In describing the role and responsibilities of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to sustainability matters, the undertaking may specify:

• (a) the aspects of sustainability over which oversight is exercised with regard to the environmental, social and governance matters the undertaking may be facing, including:
• i. any assessment of and changes to sustainability-related aspects of the undertaking’s strategy and business model;
• ii. the identification and assessment of material risks, opportunities and impacts;
• iii. related policies and targets, action plans and dedicated resources; and
• iv. sustainability reporting;

• (b) the form such oversight takes for each of the above aspects: i.e., information, consultation or decision-making; and

• (c) the way such oversight is organised and formalised, i.e., processes by which the administrative, management and supervisory bodies engage with these aspects of sustainability.

• AR 4.In describing the undertaking’s organisation of governance regarding sustainability matters, a description of complex governance structure may be complemented by their presentation in the form of a diagram.

• AR 5.The description of the level of expertise or access to expertise of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies may be substantiated by illustrating the composition of the bodies, including members on whom these bodies rely for expertise to oversee sustainability matters, and how they leverage that expertise as a body. In the description, the undertaking shall consider how the expertise and skills are relevant to the undertaking’s material impacts, risks and opportunities and whether the bodies and/or its members have access to other sources of expertise, such as specific experts and training and other educational initiatives to update and develop sustainability-related expertise within these bodies.

Disclosure Requirement GOV-2 – Information provided to and sustainability matters addressed by the undertaking’s administrative, management and supervisory bodies

• AR 6.Depending on the undertaking’s structure, the administrative, management and supervisory bodies may focus on overarching targets, while management focuses on the more detailed targets. In this case, the undertaking may disclose how the governance bodies ensure that an appropriate mechanism for performance monitoring is in place.

Disclosure Requirement GOV-3 – Integration of sustainability-related performance in incentive schemes

• AR 7.For listed undertakings, this Disclosure Requirement should be consistent with the remuneration report prescribed in articles 9a and 9b of Directive 2007/36/EC on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies. Subject to the provisions of ESRS 1, paragraphs 119, 120 and 122, a listed undertaking may make a reference to its remuneration report.

Disclosure Requirement GOV-4 – Statement on due diligence

• AR 8.The mapping required by paragraph 30 may be presented in the form of a table, cross-referencing the core elements of due diligence, for impacts on people and the environment, to the relevant disclosures in the undertaking’s sustainability statement, as set out below.

• AR 9.The undertaking may include additional columns to the table below to clearly identify those disclosures that relate to impacts on people and/or the environment given that, in some cases, more than one disclosure may provide information about the same due diligence step.

• AR 10.The main references in the international instruments of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to the core elements of the due diligence process are listed in ESRS 1 chapter 4.

CORE ELEMENTS OF DUE DILIGENCE	PARAGRAPHS IN THE SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
a) Embedding due diligence in governance, strategy and business model
b) Engaging with affected stakeholders in all key steps of the due diligence
c) Identifying and assessing adverse impacts
d) Taking actions to address those adverse impacts
e) Tracking the effectiveness of these efforts and communicating

Disclosure Requirement GOV-5 – Risk management and internal controls over sustainability reporting

• AR 11.This Disclosure Requirement focuses solely on the internal control processes over the sustainability reporting process. The undertaking may consider risks such as the completeness and integrity of the data, the accuracy of estimation results, the availability of upstream and/or downstream value chain data, and the timing of the availability of the information.

3. Strategy

Disclosure Requirement SBM–1 Strategy, business model and value chain

• AR 12.To provide the information on sectors required by paragraph 40, the undertaking shall map its significant activities in accordance with ESRS sectors. If a code for a sub-sector does not exist, the caption ‘others’ shall be used.

• AR 13.For the purposes of the disclosures required in paragraph 40, a group of products and/or services offered, a group of markets and/or customer groups served, or an ESRS sector, is significant for the undertaking if it meets one or both of the following criteria:

• (a) it accounts for more than 10 per cent of the undertaking’s revenue;

• (b) it is connected with material actual impacts or material potential negative impacts of the undertaking.

• AR 14.In preparing disclosures relating to its business model and value chain, the undertaking shall consider:

• (a) its key activities, resources, distribution channels and customer segments;

• (b) its key business relationships and their key characteristics, including relationships with customers and suppliers;

• (c) the cost structure and revenue of its business segments, in line with IFRS 8 disclosure requirements in the financial statement, where applicable;

• (d) the potential impacts, risks and opportunities in its significant sector(s) and their possible relationship to its own business model or value chain.

• AR 15.Contextual information may be particularly relevant for users of the undertaking’s sustainability statement, to understand to what extent the disclosures include upstream and/or downstream value chain information. The description of the main features of the upstream and/or downstream value chain and where applicable the identification of key value chains should support an understanding of how the undertaking applies the requirements of ESRS 1 chapter 5 and the materiality assessment performed by the undertaking in line with ESRS 1 chapter 3. The description may provide a high-level overview of the key features of upstream and/or downstream value chain entities indicating their relative contribution to the undertaking’s performance and position and explaining how they contribute to the value creation of the undertaking.

Disclosure Requirement SBM-2 – Interests and views of stakeholders

• AR 16.The views and interests of stakeholders that are expressed as part of the undertaking’s engagement with stakeholders through its due diligence process may be relevant to one or more aspects of its strategy or business model. As such, they may affect the undertaking’s decisions regarding the future direction of the strategy or business model.

Disclosure Requirement SBM-3 – Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction with strategy and business model

• AR 17.When describing where in its upstream and/or downstream value chain material impacts, risks and opportunities are concentrated, the undertaking shall consider: geographical areas, facilities or types of assets, inputs, outputs and distribution channels.

• AR 18.This disclosure may be expressed in terms of a single impact, risk or opportunity or by aggregating groups of material impacts, risks and opportunities, when this provides more relevant information and does not obscure material information.

4. Impact, risk and opportunity management

Disclosure Requirement IRO-2 – Disclosure Requirements in ESRS covered by the undertaking’s sustainability statement

• AR 19.Notwithstanding the basis for the presentation of the information about sustainability matters included in ESRS 1 chapter 8 Structure of sustainability statement, the undertaking may disclose the list of the Disclosure Requirements complied with in preparing the sustainability statement (see paragraph 54) in the general information part or in other parts of the sustainability statement as it deems appropriate. The undertaking may use a content index, i.e., a tabular list of the Disclosure Requirements included in the sustainability statement, with the indication of where they are located (page/paragraphs).

Minimum Disclosure Requirement – Policies MDR-P – Policies adopted to manage material sustainability matters

• AR 20.Due to the interdependency between impacts on people and the environment, risks and opportunities, a single policy may apply to several material sustainability matters, including matters addressed by more than one topical ESRS. For example, if a single policy covers both an environmental matter and a social matter, the undertaking may report on the policy in the environmental section of its sustainability statement. In this case, it should include in the social section a cross-reference to the environmental section where the policy is reported. Equally a policy may be reported in the social section with a cross-reference to it in the environmental section.

• AR 21.The description of the scope of the policy may explain which activities and/or segments of the undertaking’s own operations or upstream and downstream value chain it concerns. The description may also explain further boundaries relevant to the specific topic or the undertaking’s circumstances, which may include geographies, life cycles, etc. In certain cases, such as if the policy does not cover the full value chain, the undertaking may provide clear information regarding the extent of the value chain covered by the policy.

Minimum disclosure requirement – Actions MDR-A – Actions and resources in relation to material sustainability matters

• AR 22.Key actions in the context of this Minimum Disclosure Requirement are those actions that materially contribute to achieving the undertaking’s objectives in addressing material impacts, risks and opportunities. For reasons of understandability, key actions may be aggregated where appropriate.

• AR 23.Information on resource allocation may be presented in the form of a table and broken down between capital expenditure and operating expenditure, and across the relevant time horizons, and between resources applied in the current reporting year and the planned allocation of resources over specific time horizons.

5. Metrics and targets

Minimum Disclosure Requirement – Targets MDR-T – Tracking effectiveness of policies and actions through targets

• AR 24.When disclosing targets related to the prevention or mitigation of environmental impacts, the undertaking shall prioritise targets related to the reduction of the impacts in absolute terms rather than in relative terms. When targets address the prevention or mitigation of social impacts, they may be specified in terms of the effects on human rights, welfare or positive outcomes for affected stakeholders.

• AR 25.The information on progress made towards achieving the targets may be presented in a comprehensive table, including information on the baseline and target value, milestones, and achieved performance over the prior periods.

• AR 26.Where the undertaking describes progress in achieving the objectives of a policy in the absence of a measurable target, it may specify a baseline against which the progress is considered. For example, the undertaking may assess an increase of wages by a certain percentage for those below a fair wage; or may assess the quality of its relationships with local communities by reference to the proportion of issues raised by communities that were resolved to their satisfaction. The baseline and the assessment of the progress shall be related to the impacts, risks and opportunities which underpin the materiality of the matter addressed by the policy.

Appendix B

List of datapoints in cross-cutting and topical standards that derive from other EU legislation

This appendix is an integral part of the ESRS 2. The table below illustrates the datapoints in ESRS 2 and topical ESRS that derive from other EU legislation.

Disclosure Requirement and related datapoint	SFDR [^E0023] reference	Pillar 3 [^E0024] reference	Benchmark Regulation [^E0025] reference	EU Climate Law [^E0026] reference
ESRS 2 GOV-1 Board's gender diversity paragraph 21 (d)	Indicator number 13 of Table #1 of Annex 1		Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816 [^E0027], Annex II
ESRS 2 GOV-1 Percentage of board members who are independent paragraph 21 (e)			Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS 2 GOV-4 Statement on due diligence paragraph 30	Indicator number 10 Table #3 of Annex 1
ESRS 2 SBM-1 Involvement in activities related to fossil fuel activities paragraph 40 (d) i	Indicators number 4 Table #1 of Annex 1	Article 449a Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 [^E0028]Table 1: Qualitative information on Environmental risk and Table 2: Qualitative information on Social risk	Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS 2 SBM-1 Involvement in activities related to chemical production paragraph 40 (d) ii	Indicator number 9 Table #2 of Annex 1		Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS 2 SBM-1 Involvement in activities related to controversial weapons paragraph 40 (d) iii	Indicator number 14 Table #1 of Annex 1		Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 [^E0029], Article 12(1) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS 2 SBM-1 Involvement in activities related to cultivation and production of tobacco paragraph 40 (d) iv			Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Article 12(1) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS E1-1 Transition plan to reach climate neutrality by 2050 paragraph 14				Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, Article 2(1)
ESRS E1-1 Undertakings excluded from Paris-aligned Benchmarks paragraph 16 (g)		Article 449a Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 Template 1: Banking book-Climate Change transition risk: Credit quality of exposures by sector, emissions and residual maturity	Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Article12.1 (d) to (g), and Article 12.2
ESRS E1-4 GHG emission reduction targets paragraph 34	Indicator number 4 Table #2 of Annex 1	Article 449a Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 Template 3: Banking book – Climate change transition risk: alignment metrics	Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Article 6
ESRS E1-5 Energy consumption from fossil sources disaggregated by sources (only high climate impact sectors) paragraph 38	Indicator number 5 Table #1 and Indicator n. 5 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E1-5 Energy consumption and mix paragraph 37	Indicator number 5 Table #1 of Annex 1
ESRS E1-5 Energy intensity associated with activities in high climate impact sectors paragraphs 40 to 43	Indicator number 6 Table #1 of Annex 1
ESRS E1-6 Gross Scope 1, 2, 3 and Total GHG emissions paragraph 44	Indicators number 1 and 2 Table #1 of Annex 1	Article 449a; Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 Template 1: Banking book – Climate change transition risk: Credit quality of exposures by sector, emissions and residual maturity	Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Article 5(1), 6 and 8(1)
ESRS E1-6 Gross GHG emissions intensity paragraphs 53 to 55	Indicators number 3 Table #1 of Annex 1	Article 449a Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 Template 3: Banking book – Climate change transition risk: alignment metrics	Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Article 8(1)
ESRS E1-7 GHG removals and carbon credits paragraph 56				Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, Article 2(1)
ESRS E1-9 Exposure of the benchmark portfolio to climate-related physical risks paragraph 66			Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Annex II Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS E1-9 Disaggregation of monetary amounts by acute and chronic physical risk paragraph 66 (a) ESRS E1-9 Location of significant assets at material physical risk paragraph 66 (c).		Article 449a Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 paragraphs 46 and 47; Template 5: Banking book - Climate change physical risk: Exposures subject to physical risk.
ESRS E1-9 Breakdown of the carrying value of its real estate assets by energy-efficiency classes paragraph 67 (c).		Article 449a Regulation (EU) No 575/2013; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 paragraph 34;Template 2:Banking book -Climate change transition risk: Loans collateralised by immovable property - Energy efficiency of the collateral
ESRS E1-9 Degree of exposure of the portfolio to climate- related opportunities paragraph 69			Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Annex II
ESRS E2-4 Amount of each pollutant listed in Annex II of the E-PRTR Regulation (European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) emitted to air, water and soil, paragraph 28	Indicator number 8 Table #1 of Annex 1 Indicator number 2 Table #2 of Annex 1 Indicator number 1 Table #2 of Annex 1 Indicator number 3 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E3-1 Water and marine resources paragraph 9	Indicator number 7 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E3-1 Dedicated policy paragraph 13	Indicator number 8 Table 2 of Annex 1
ESRS E3-1 Sustainable oceans and seas paragraph 14	Indicator number 12 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E3-4 Total water recycled and reused paragraph 28 (c)	Indicator number 6.2 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E3-4 Total water consumption in m3 per net revenue on own operations paragraph 29	Indicator number 6.1 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS 2- SBM 3 - E4 paragraph 16 (a) i	Indicator number 7 Table #1 of Annex 1
ESRS 2- SBM 3 - E4 paragraph 16 (b)	Indicator number 10 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS 2- SBM 3 - E4 paragraph 16 (c)	Indicator number 14 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E4-2 Sustainable land / agriculture practices or policies paragraph 24 (b)	Indicator number 11 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E4-2 Sustainable oceans / seas practices or policies paragraph 24 (c)	Indicator number 12 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E4-2 Policies to address deforestation paragraph 24 (d)	Indicator number 15 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E5-5 Non-recycled waste paragraph 37 (d)	Indicator number 13 Table #2 of Annex 1
ESRS E5-5 Hazardous waste and radioactive waste paragraph 39	Indicator number 9 Table #1 of Annex 1
ESRS 2- SBM3 - S1 Risk of incidents of forced labour paragraph 14 (f)	Indicator number 13 Table #3 of Annex I
ESRS 2- SBM3 - S1 Risk of incidents of child labour paragraph 14 (g)	Indicator number 12 Table #3 of Annex I
ESRS S1-1 Human rights policy commitments paragraph 20	Indicator number 9 Table #3 and Indicator number 11 Table #1 of Annex I
ESRS S1-1 Due diligence policies on issues addressed by the fundamental International Labor Organisation Conventions 1 to 8, paragraph 21			Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS S1-1 processes and measures for preventing trafficking in human beings paragraph 22	Indicator number 11 Table #3 of Annex I
ESRS S1-1 workplace accident prevention policy or management system paragraph 23	Indicator number 1 Table #3 of Annex I
ESRS S1-3 grievance/complaints handling mechanisms paragraph 32 (c)	Indicator number 5 Table #3 of Annex I
ESRS S1-14 Number of fatalities and number and rate of work-related accidents paragraph 88 (b) and (c)	Indicator number 2 Table #3 of Annex I		Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS S1-14 Number of days lost to injuries, accidents, fatalities or illness paragraph 88 (e)	Indicator number 3 Table #3 of Annex I
ESRS S1-16 Unadjusted gender pay gap paragraph 97 (a)	Indicator number 12 Table #1 of Annex I		Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS S1-16 Excessive CEO pay ratio paragraph 97 (b)	Indicator number 8 Table #3 of Annex I
ESRS S1-17 Incidents of discrimination paragraph 103 (a)	Indicator number 7 Table #3 of Annex I
ESRS S1-17 Non-respect of UNGPs on Business and Human Rights and OECD Guidelines paragraph 104 (a)	Indicator number 10 Table #1 and Indicator n. 14 Table #3 of Annex I		Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 Art 12 (1)
ESRS 2- SBM3 – S2 Significant risk of child labour or forced labour in the value chain paragraph 11 (b)	Indicators number 12 and n. 13 Table #3 of Annex I
ESRS S2-1 Human rights policy commitments paragraph 17	Indicator number 9 Table #3 and Indicator n. 11 Table #1 of Annex 1
ESRS S2-1 Policies related to value chain workers paragraph 18	Indicator number 11 and n. 4 Table #3 of Annex 1
ESRS S2-1Non-respect of UNGPs on Business and Human Rights principles and OECD guidelines paragraph 19	Indicator number 10 Table #1 of Annex 1		Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Art 12 (1)
ESRS S2-1 Due diligence policies on issues addressed by the fundamental International Labor Organisation Conventions 1 to 8, paragraph 19			Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II
ESRS S2-4 Human rights issues and incidents connected to its upstream and downstream value chain paragraph 36	Indicator number 14 Table #3 of Annex 1
ESRS S3-1 Human rights policy commitments paragraph 16	Indicator number 9 Table #3 of Annex 1 and Indicator number 11 Table #1 of Annex 1
ESRS S3-1 non-respect of UNGPs on Business and Human Rights, ILO principles or OECD guidelines paragraph 17	Indicator number 10 Table #1 Annex 1		Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Art 12 (1)
ESRS S3-4 Human rights issues and incidents paragraph 36	Indicator number 14 Table #3 of Annex 1
ESRS S4-1 Policies related to consumers and end-users paragraph 16	Indicator number 9 Table #3 and Indicator number 11 Table #1 of Annex 1
ESRS S4-1 Non-respect of UNGPs on Business and Human Rights and OECD guidelines paragraph 17	Indicator number 10 Table #1 of Annex 1		Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818, Art 12 (1)
ESRS S4-4 Human rights issues and incidents paragraph 35	Indicator number 14 Table #3 of Annex 1
ESRS G1-1 United Nations Convention against Corruption paragraph 10 (b)	Indicator number 15 Table #3 of Annex 1
ESRS G1-1 Protection of whistle- blowers paragraph 10 (d)	Indicator number 6 Table #3 of Annex 1
ESRS G1-4 Fines for violation of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws paragraph 24 (a)	Indicator number 17 Table #3 of Annex 1		Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816, Annex II)
ESRS G1-4 Standards of anti- corruption and anti- bribery paragraph 24 (b)	Indicator number 16 Table #3 of Annex 1

Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation) (OJ L 317, 9.12.2019, p. 1).

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (Capital Requirements Regulation ‘CRR’) (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 1).

Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816 of 17 July 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the explanation in the benchmark statement of how environmental, social and governance factors are reflected in each benchmark provided and published (OJ L 406, 3.12.2020, p. 1).

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 of 30 November 2022 amending the implementing technical standards laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/637 as regards the disclosure of environmental, social and governance risks (OJ L 324,19.12.2022, p.1.).

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 of 17 July 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards minimum standards for EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks (OJ L 406, 3.12.2020, p. 17).

Appendix C

Disclosure and Application Requirements in Topical ESRS that are applicable in conjunction with ESRS 2 General disclosures

This appendix is an integral part of ESRS 2 and has the same authority as the other parts of the standard. The following table outlines the requirements in topical ESRS that need to be taken into account when reporting against the Disclosure Requirements in ESRS 2.

ESRS 2 Disclosure Requirement	Related ESRS paragraph
GOV–1 The role of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies	ESRS G1 Business conduct (paragraph 5)
GOV–3 Integration of sustainability-related performance in incentive schemes	ESRS E1 Climate change (paragraph 13)
SBM–2 Interests and views of stakeholders	ESRS S1 Own workforce (paragraph 12) ESRS S2 Workers in the value chain (paragraph 9) ESRS S3 Affected communities (paragraph 7) ESRS S4 Consumers and end-users (paragraph 8)
SBM–3 Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction with strategy and business model	ESRS E1 Climate Change (paragraphs 18 to 19) ESRS E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems (paragraph 16) ESRS S1 Own workforce (paragraph 13 to 16) ESRS S2 Workers in the value chain (paragraph 10 to 13) ESRS S3 Affected communities (paragraph 8 to 11) ESRS S4 Consumers and end-users (paragraph 9 to 12)
IRO-1 Description of the processes to identify and assess material impacts, risks and opportunities	ESRS E1 Climate change (paragraph 20 to 21) ESRS E2 Pollution (paragraph 11) ESRS E3 Water and marine resources (paragraph 8) ESRS E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems (paragraph 17 to 19) ESRS E5 Resource use and circular economy (paragraph 11) ESRS G1 Business conduct (paragraph 6)

ESRS E1

CLIMATE CHANGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Objective
	Interactions with other ESRS
	Disclosure Requirements
–	ESRS 2 General disclosures
	Governance
—	Disclosure requirement related to ESRS 2 GOV-3 Integration of sustainability-related performance in incentive schemes
	Strategy
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-1 – Transition plan for climate change mitigation
—	Disclosure Requirement related to ESRS 2 SBM-3 – Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction with strategy and business model
	Impact, risk and opportunity management
—	Disclosure requirement related to ESRS 2 IRO-1 – Description of the processes to identify and assess material climate-related impacts, risks and opportunities
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-2 – Policies related to climate change mitigation and adaptation
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-3 – Actions and resources in relation to climate change policies
	Metrics and targets
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-4 – Targets related to climate change mitigation and adaptation
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-5 – Energy consumption and mix
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-6 – Gross Scopes 1, 2, 3 and Total GHG emissions
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-7 – GHG removals and GHG mitigation projects financed through carbon credits
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-8 – Internal carbon pricing
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-9 – Anticipated financial effects from material physical and transition risks and potential climate-related opportunities
Appendix A:	Application Requirements
–	ESRS 2 General disclosures
	Strategy
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-1 – Transition plan for climate change mitigation
	Impact, risk and opportunity management
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-2 – Policies related to climate change mitigation and adaptation
—	Disclosure Requirements E1-3 – Actions and resources in relation to climate change policies
	Metrics and targets
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-4 – Targets related to climate change mitigation and adaptation
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-5 – Energy consumption and mix
—	Disclosure Requirements E1-6 – Gross Scopes 1, 2, 3 and Total GHG emissions
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-7 – GHG removals and GHG mitigation projects financed through carbon credits
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-8 – Internal carbon pricing
—	Disclosure Requirement E1-9 – Anticipated financial effects from material physical and transition risks and potential climate-related opportunities

Objective

• 1.The objective of this Standard is to specify Disclosure Requirements which will enable users of sustainability statements to understand:

• (a) how the undertaking affects climate change, in terms of material positive and negative actual and potential impacts;

• (b) the undertaking’s past, current, and future mitigation efforts in line with the Paris Agreement (or an updated international agreement on climate change) and compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C;

• (c) the plans and capacity of the undertaking to adapt its strategy and business model, in line with the transition to a sustainable economy and to contribute to limiting global warming to 1.5°C;

• (d) any other actions taken by the undertaking, and the result of such actions to prevent, mitigate or remediate actual or potential negative impacts, and to address risks and opportunities;

• (e) the nature, type and extent of the undertaking’s material risks and opportunities arising from the undertaking’s impacts and dependencies on climate change, and how the undertaking manages them; and

• (f) the financial effects on the undertaking over the short-, medium- and long-term of risks and opportunities arising from the undertaking’s impacts and dependencies on climate change.

• 2.The Disclosure Requirements of this Standard take into account the requirements of related EU legislation and regulation (i.e., EU Climate Law ([^E0030]), Climate Benchmark Standards Regulation ([^E0031]), Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) ([^E0032]), EU Taxonomy ([^E0033]), and EBA Pillar 3 disclosure requirements ([^E0034])).

• 3.This Standard covers Disclosure Requirements related to the following sustainability matters:‘Climate change mitigation’ and ‘Climate change adaptation’. It also covers energy-related matters, to the extent that they are relevant to climate change.

• 1. Climate change mitigation relates to the undertaking’s endeavours to the general process of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels in line with the Paris Agreement. This Standard covers disclosure requirements related but not limited to the seven Greenhouse gases (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). It also covers Disclosure Requirements on how the undertaking addresses its GHG emissions as well as the associated transition risks.

• 1. Climate change adaptation relates to the undertaking’s process of adjustment to actual and expected climate change.

• 6.This Standard covers Disclosure Requirements regarding climate-related hazards that can lead to physical climate risks for the undertaking and its adaptation solutions to reduce these risks. It also covers transition risks arising from the needed adaptation to climate- related hazards.

• 7.The Disclosure Requirements related to ‘Energy’ cover all types of energy production and consumption.

Interactions with other ESRS

• 1. Ozone-depleting substances (ODS), nitrogen oxides (NOX) and sulphur oxides (SOX), among other air emissions, are connected to climate change but are covered under the reporting requirements in ESRS E2.

• 9.Impacts on people that may arise from the transition to a climate-neutral economy are covered under the ESRS S1 Own workforce, ESRS S2 Workers in the value chain, ESRS S3 Affected communities and ESRS S4 Consumers and end-users.

• 1. Climate change mitigation and adaptation are closely related to topics addressed in particular in ESRS E3 Water and marine resources and ESRS E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems. With regard to water and as illustrated in the table of climate-related hazards in AR 11, this standard addresses acute and chronic physical risks which arise from the water and ocean-related hazards. Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation that may be caused by climate change are addressed in ESRS E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems.

• 11.This Standard should be read and applied in conjunction with ESRS 1 General requirements and ESRS 2 General disclosures.

Disclosure Requirements

ESRS 2 General disclosures

• 12.The requirements of this section should be read and applied in conjunction with the disclosures required by ESRS 2 on Chapter 2 Governance, Chapter 3 Strategy and Chapter 4 Impact, risk and opportunity management.  The resulting disclosures shall be presented in the sustainability statement alongside the disclosures required by ESRS 2, except for ESRS 2 SBM-3 Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction with strategy and business model, for which the undertaking may, in accordance with ESRS 2 paragraph 49, present the disclosures alongside the other disclosures required in this topical standard.

Governance

Disclosure requirement related to ESRS 2 GOV-3 Integration of sustainability-related performance in incentive schemes

• 13.The undertaking shall disclose whether and how climate-related considerations are factored into the remuneration of members of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies, including if their performance has been assessed against the GHG *emission reduction targets* reported under Disclosure Requirement E1-4 and the percentage of the remuneration recognised in the current period that is linked to climate related considerations, with an explanation of what the climate considerations are.

Strategy

Disclosure Requirement E1-1 – Transition plan for climate change mitigation

• 1. The undertaking shall disclose its transition plan for climate change mitigation ([^E0035]).

• 15.The objective of this Disclosure Requirement is to enable an understanding of the undertaking’s past, current, and future mitigation efforts to ensure that its strategy and business model are compatible with the transition to a sustainable economy, and with the limiting of global warming to 1.5 °C in line with the Paris Agreement and with the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and, where relevant, the undertaking’s exposure to coal, oil and gas-related activities.

• 16.The information required by paragraph 14 shall include:

• (a) by reference to GHG *emission reduction targets* (as required by Disclosure Requirement E1-4), an explanation of how the undertaking’s targets are compatible with the limiting of global warming to 1.5°C in line with the Paris Agreement;

• (b) by reference to GHG emission reduction targets (as required by Disclosure Requirement E1-4) and the climate change mitigation *actions (as required by Disclosure Requirement E1-3), an explanation of the decarbonisation levers* identified, and key actions planned, including changes in the undertaking’s product and service portfolio and the adoption of new technologies in its own operations, or the upstream and/or downstream value chain;

• (c) by reference to the climate change mitigation *actions (as required by Disclosure Requirement E1-3), an explanation and quantification of the undertaking’s investments and funding supporting the implementation of its transition plan,* with a reference to the key performance indicators of taxonomy-aligned CapEx, and where relevant the CapEx plans, that the undertaking discloses in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178;

• (d) a qualitative assessment of the potential locked-in GHG *emissions from the undertaking’s key assets and products. This shall include an explanation of if and how these emissions may jeopardise the achievement of the undertaking’s GHG emission reduction targets and drive transition risk*, and if applicable, an explanation of the undertaking’s plans to manage its GHG-intensive and energy-intensive assets and products;