Consultation Response
15.05.2023 Seán Kerrigan,

IOGP input on the EU Commission’s public consultation on the EU Taxonomy Delegated Acts

This document provides IOGP’s input to the EU Commission’s public consultation on the so-called ‘Taxonomy Package’ including:

  1. Delegated Act on 4 environmental objectives (Taxo4);
  2. A revision of the Climate Delegated Acts;
  3. A revision of the Disclosure Delegated Act.

Context:

On 5th of April, the European Commission published draft Taxonomy Delegated Acts for a public consultation with deadline for final submission 3rd May (link to consultation and all the documents is here).

This call for feedback is about:

  • A new set of EU Taxonomy criteria for economic activities making a substantial contribution to 4 remaining environmental objectives (sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, transition to a circular economy, pollution prevention and control and protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems);
  • A targeted amendments to the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act, covering the environmental objectives of climate change mitigation and adaptation;
  • A targeted amendments to the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act.