Technical screening criteria
Technical screening criteria are performance conditions used by the EU Taxonomy to assess whether an economic activity meets specified environmental requirements. Applying Technical screening criteria requires a stated reporting boundary, decision user, financial instrument, materiality lens, and governance responsibility. Those choices determine how Technical screening criteria can be compared or acted upon.
In simple terms
In practical use, Technical screening criteria are performance conditions used by the EU Taxonomy to assess whether an economic activity meets specified environmental requirements. For Technical screening criteria, users need to identify the issuing authority, applicable edition, covered requirements, and basis for any conformance statement within a declared reporting boundary, decision user, financial instrument, materiality lens, and governance responsibility. Criteria differ by activity and environmental objective and should be read with do-no-significant-harm and minimum-safeguard requirements. Technical screening criteria connects with EU Taxonomy and Green bond; each can affect its application without sharing its definition. The candidate link between Technical screening criteria and ESG rating provider remains a separate expansion question supported here by European Union.
Why it matters
Technical screening criteria matters because decisions about it determine what enters a disclosure or transaction, which decision user it serves, and who is accountable for supporting evidence. A defensible use of Technical screening criteria therefore exposes its boundary, method, evidence, responsible actor, and uncertainty before a conclusion is accepted. That discipline keeps EU Taxonomy and Green bond from being treated as proof of Technical screening criteria when their criteria, scope, or results differ.
Example
A reporting and finance team evaluates Technical screening criteria for a defined decision and records the relevant reporting boundary, decision user, financial instrument, materiality lens, and governance responsibility. For Technical screening criteria, the team uses cited material from European Union to apply the cited requirements and disclose the version used, documenting the period, data, assumptions, and comparison with EU Taxonomy. It treats Green bond and ESG rating provider as separate questions rather than proxies for Technical screening criteria.
How it differs
EU Taxonomy
Technical screening criteria is a framework or standard; EU Taxonomy has a different function. Evidence for EU Taxonomy does not establish Technical screening criteria unless both sets of applicable criteria are met.
References
Current status
- As of
- Issuer
- European Union
- Instrument or version
- Regulation (EU) 2020/852: EU Taxonomy Regulation
- Status
- This entry reflects the cited authoritative sources on the stated date. Check the issuer for later amendments, replacements, or implementation guidance.
Applicability: Applicability depends on the instrument's stated scope, edition, jurisdiction, eligibility rules, and implementation requirements; this dictionary entry does not determine whether a particular organization, activity, or transaction is covered.