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Pollutant emissions to air

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Pollutant emissions to air is a structured record of own-operation air releases that keeps each named pollutant, prescribed chemical expression, annual reporting threshold, measurement method and physical mass in a separate row.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting-period flow
Aggregation
Identical pollutant-expression rows only; never sum chemically unlike pollutants or overlapping groups
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Pollution, microplastics and hazardous substances
Controlled domain
Pollution
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Binding ESRS E2 own-operation air releases, excluding the seven greenhouse gases reported under ESRS E1, for facilities meeting the applicable current pollutant-and-air threshold. Materiality and threshold states remain distinct.

Cross-library identity

Library mappings and variants

These links compare quantity, population, boundary, period, unit, denominator, aggregation, dimensions, and method edition. Partial relationships are navigation aids only and never authorize observation reuse.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    EU laws and regulatory guidance

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    Consolidated edition current on 15 August 2026 and applicable to reporting year 2026
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Annex II pollutant identities, chemical expressions and air, water and land thresholds
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    EU Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard

    pollutants-air
    Publisher
    European Commission / EFRAG
    Edition
    Commission delegated act adopted 3 July 2026; pending Official Journal publication
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Annex I paragraph 34
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    GRI Standards

    GRI 305-7
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    Files published 19 June 2025; entry point dated 23 June 2025
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Aggregate Of
    Mapping outcome
    Cross Library Link
    Source locator
    GRI 305-7, paragraph a; taxonomy entry point dated 23 June 2025
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    08f040a5c4efb9f5943e
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    570043ea6cdf4756fe3f
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    5718d9190e7d924d8aaa
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    6142e865261bc6a6129f
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    7a8630210269f5ce9345
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    963f8c848d31a28ce98d
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    9b4453c89d717edfd9c2
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    bd6e52a5c248516e1215
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    d1b4270c13aa5a660588
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    d3142513fa8dba16f8ef
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    eb3a81ecdf940f9e1a25
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD Recommendations

    f8814781d4f5d1f50fbb
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    September 2023
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Page 85, table row C2.4
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting-period flow

Unit meaning: This metric is reported as a structured table; each field carries the unit stated in the table fields below.

Table fields and units

  • Named pollutant, CAS number where supplied, chemical expression and air medium
  • Emitted mass (kg [named pollutant] — kilograms; or t [named pollutant] — metric tonnes, where 1 t = 1,000 kg)
  • Facility, source, activity, country and financial or operational control boundary
  • Annual pollutant-and-air threshold and edition — a reporting gate, not an emission limit
  • Measurement hierarchy, factor or estimate source, uncertainty, period and missing-value reason
  • Greenhouse-gas exclusion and group-versus-constituent overlap control

Published dimensions

  • Air-pollutant emission row
  • Pollutant identity and CAS number where supplied
  • Prescribed chemical expression basis
  • Air environmental medium
  • Facility, source and activity
  • Country and financial or operational control boundary
  • Direct, periodic, calculated, factor-based or estimated method
  • Reporting period, threshold profile and method edition
  • Threshold and materiality states

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Populate the structured fields from qualifying source observations and retain each field-level unit, boundary, status, and method; do not collapse the disclosure into one calculated value.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 concerning the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

    Publisher
    European Union
    Edition
    Consolidated edition current on 15 August 2026 and applicable to reporting year 2026
    Locator
    Annex II pollutant identities, chemical expressions and air, water and land thresholds

    Supports: Official publisher reference linked specifically to the Sustopedia metric “Pollutant emissions to air”; interpret it with the source-edition basis and limitations shown on this page.

    Open official source

Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Binding ESRS E2-4 consolidated 1 January 2025 uses the current E-PRTR Annex II list and thresholds. Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 and the July 2026 ESRS annex are future or pending compatibility evidence only.

  • Named pollutant, CAS number where supplied and prescribed chemical expression
  • Air medium, facility, source, activity, country and control boundary
  • Physical mass in kilograms or metric tonnes of the named pollutant, where 1 t equals 1,000 kg
  • Applicable pollutant-and-air threshold and edition as a reporting gate
  • Measurement hierarchy, factor or estimate source, uncertainty and reporting period
  • Controls excluding ESRS E1 greenhouse-gas rows and preventing group-and-constituent overlap

Record-specific limitations

  • Chemically unlike pollutants have no meaningful common mass total and must remain separate.
  • Reporting thresholds are disclosure gates, not safe levels, targets, permits or emission limits.
  • Released mass does not represent toxicity, ambient concentration, exposure, location sensitivity or legal compliance.
  • A pollutant group row and its constituent rows overlap and must not be added.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.