European Union
2024
- 12Active policies mapped
- 9Disclosure
- 6Transition planning
- 1Public procurement
Domain Assessment
The Monitor assesses how ambitious, comprehensive, and stringent net zero regulations and policies are across different jurisdictions and domains, considering up to 265 data points for each policy tool.
Please hover over a table column to see a description
| Climate-related disclosure | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transition planning | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled |
| Public procurement | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria fulfilled | Criteria not fulfilled | Criteria not fulfilled |
Legend
- - Criteria fulfilled
- - Criteria not fulfilled
Policy Tool Assessment
12 policy tools
Our law firm network identifies and analyses policy tools relevant to each domain to allow the Monitor to assess their ambition, stringency, and comprehensiveness.
| Policy Tool Name | Domain | Year in force | Net zero aligned | Domain ambition 1 | Domain ambition 2 | Mandatory | Enforceable | Data transparency & verification | Variety of targeted entities / activities | Scope 3/non-carbon GHGs | Offsets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COM/2021/663 (Amendment to the Capital Requiremens Directive 2013/36/EU) | TP | 2021 | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2441 of 31 October 2023 laying down rules for the application of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the content and format of climate-neutrality plans needed for granting free allocation of emission allowances | TP | 2023 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC | D, TP | 2016 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Directive (EU) 2022/2464 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive 2006/43/EC and Directive 2013/34/EU, as regards corporate sustainability reporting (“CSRD”) | D, TP | 2023 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Directive (EU) 2023/1791 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on energy efficiency and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 (recast) | PP | 2023 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Directive (EU) 2024/1760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on corporate sustainability due diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 (“CS3D”) | D, TP | 2024 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Non-Financial Reporting Directive (Directive 2014/95/EU) | D, TP | 2014 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC | D | 2015 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU | D | 2018 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| 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 | D | 2019 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 | D | 2020 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament on Prudential Requirements for Credit Institutions | D | 2019 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Legend
| |||||||||||
Legal Expert Network
Cleary Gottleib Steen & Hamilton
Domains covered:
- Disclosure
- Transition Planning
Authors
- Andreas Wildner (Lead)
- Léa Delanys (Lead)
- Maurits Dolmans
- Camille Kernevès
- Cristina De Sousa Dantas
- Nimron Koneshachandra
- Julia Kelsoe
- Rohan Mandumula
- Mari Koskela
- Caleb-Daniel Oyekanmi
- Neha Harish
- Byron Spring
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Domains covered:
- Disclosure
- Transition Planning
- Public Procurement
Authors
- Davine Roessingh (Lead)
- Hylke ten Bruggencate
- Lisa Langendijk
- Youri Pluis
- Astrid Meijerink
