As a property company, we are subject to disclosure requirements on the extent to which our operations are environmentally sustainable according to the EU taxonomy. Already in 2021, we analysed which economic activities are eligible for the taxonomy and concluded that they were new construction projects, major renovations and the properties under our management.
Also in 2021, we took out our first taxonomy-adapted loan for the Signalen 3 property in Solna. During 2024, we looked at how we comply with the taxonomy in our new builds. We estimate that in normal cases we are compliant with all the objectives except Objective 5, which is about preventing and combatting pollution, partly due to insufficient clarification and interpretation of the criteria, and partly because the sector is not sufficiently mature. However, in specific projects, there may also be challenges in achieving objectives other than Objective 5, normally because the project was developed before the taxonomy requirements were introduced.
Principles for financial reporting according to the EU taxonomy
The proportion of our operations that is environmentally sustainable according to the EU Taxonomy Regulation is reported via three financial ratios, which indicate the percentage of turnover, operating expenditure (OpEx) and capital expenditure (CapEx) that is taxonomy-aligned.