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EU Taxonomy CapEx Plan Evidence Workflow

A workflow for proving when CapEx can be counted in the EU Taxonomy because it is part of a qualifying plan to expand aligned activities or upgrade eligible activities to alignment.

Use it to connect Article 8 conditions to evidence records, management approval, milestones, allocation logic, amendments, and restatement controls.

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Sorena AI
Published
May 9, 2026
Updated
Jul 24, 2026
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Overview

An EU Taxonomy supports one numerator route: expenditure to expand Taxonomy-aligned activities or make Taxonomy-eligible activities Taxonomy-aligned within the permitted period. Prove the activity, expenditure, management-body approval, timing, milestones, and treatment of later changes. For reporting under the rules applying from 1 January 2026, first document whether a permitted CapEx materiality threshold removes an activity from assessment.

Section 1

Start with the CapEx plan eligibility gate

The first control is to confirm that the expenditure is being treated as a item, not as ordinary aligned CapEx or as an individual measure. Annex I to the Disclosures Delegated Act allows the CapEx numerator to include expenditure that is part of a plan to expand Taxonomy-aligned activities or to allow Taxonomy-eligible activities to become Taxonomy-aligned, subject to the plan conditions in that annex.

The workflow should force a clear choice between three numerator paths: CapEx already related to aligned assets or processes, CapEx under a qualifying , or CapEx for purchases of aligned output and individual measures. Mixing those paths makes later KPI explanations and assurance review harder.

  • Record the economic activity, delegated-act activity description, environmental objective, and whether the activity is already aligned or only eligible.
  • Classify the expenditure path as aligned activity CapEx, expenditure, or purchase of aligned output and individual measures.
  • For a path, state whether the plan expands an existing Taxonomy-aligned activity or upgrades or commences a Taxonomy-eligible activity to become aligned.
  • For reporting under the amended rules from 1 January 2026, document whether the undertaking omits assessment of activities whose cumulative CapEx is below 10% of the denominator. Report that CapEx separately as non-material; do not assign an eligibility or alignment result by assumption.
  • Exclude expenditure that is not necessary to ensure the activity meets the relevant .
  • Keep unsupported sustainability wording out of the public record until eligibility, alignment, DNSH, minimum safeguards, and KPI treatment are separately evidenced.
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Section 2

Build the evidence file around approval, timing, and milestones

A defensible file should prove the conditions that make the plan countable. The Disclosures Delegated Act requires the plan to aim at expansion of aligned activities or upgrade of eligible activities to alignment within five years, with a longer period allowed only where objectively justified by specific features of the activity and upgrade, up to a maximum of ten years.

The same source requires disclosure at economic-activity aggregated level and approval by the management body of the non-financial undertaking, either directly or by delegation. Commission guidance says the five-to-ten-year period starts from that approval, and recommends integrating CapEx plans into CSRD transition plans.

  • Approval evidence: management-body or delegated approval record, approver identity, approval date, and governance route.
  • Timing evidence: plan start date from approval, planned completion date, and any objective justification if the period exceeds five years.
  • Milestone evidence: planned measures, expenditure by measure, timing, and significant intermediary milestones that allow investors to monitor implementation.
  • Activity-level evidence: economic-activity aggregated disclosure basis and link to the delegated-act to be met at completion.
  • Transition-plan link: where the undertaking uses a CSRD transition plan, cross-reference the instead of maintaining inconsistent timelines.
Section 3

Tie the CapEx amount to accounting records and allocation logic

The evidence workflow must connect Taxonomy conclusions to the accounting CapEx base. Annex I defines the CapEx denominator by reference to additions to tangible and intangible assets during the financial year before depreciation, amortisation, re-measurements, revaluations, impairments, and fair-value changes, and also includes additions from business combinations.

Where an asset may be used for both aligned and non-aligned projects, Commission guidance says only the proportion of CapEx effectively helping to carry out Taxonomy-aligned activities should be allocated as aligned, using a non-financial metric based on verifiable evidence. Prepayments should not be treated as eligible or aligned CapEx before the relevant CapEx is recognised under the applicable accounting standards.

  • Accounting evidence: line item, asset class, addition date, applicable IFRS or GAAP basis, and whether the amount is in the CapEx denominator.
  • Plan evidence: expenditure amount by planned measure and whether it is necessary for the activity to meet the .
  • Allocation evidence: non-financial allocation metric, data source, reviewer, and calculation when one asset supports mixed aligned and non-aligned output.
  • Recognition evidence: proof that the CapEx is recognised under the relevant accounting standard before it is included in the KPI.
  • Financing evidence: identify public, private, external, or internal financing only for context, because the financing source does not determine Taxonomy alignment.
Section 4

Monitor amendments, changes, and restatement triggers

evidence cannot stop at approval. If the relevant are amended before completion, the undertaking must either update the plan within two years so the activities are aligned with the amended criteria upon completion or restate the numerator. If the plan no longer meets the CapEx plan conditions, previously published CapEx KPIs must be restated.

Annex I also requires disclosure of material changes during the reporting period in relation to implementation of disclosed CapEx plans. The evidence workflow should capture what changed, why it changed, the impact on the plan, and any restatement of CapEx and OpEx KPIs for past reporting years when the change affects those KPIs.

  • Change trigger: delegated-act amendment, amendment, plan delay, scope change, expenditure change, or activity no longer becoming aligned.
  • Two-year update control: date the amended criteria were identified, owner assigned, plan update due date, and decision to update or restate.
  • Material-change record: change description, reason, implementation impact, KPI impact, and approval of the revised plan or restatement.
  • Past-year review: identify each reporting year covered by the plan and whether CapEx or OpEx KPI values need restatement.
  • Audit trail: keep the old plan, revised plan, source change, approval record, and published disclosure explanation together.
Section 5

Use stop checks before publishing the CapEx KPI story

Before the annual report, Article 8 table, investor explanation, or internal dashboard is finalized, run stop checks that are specific to CapEx plans. The aim is to avoid counting expenditure because a roadmap exists, while missing the legal evidence that the roadmap is an approved for Taxonomy purposes.

The workflow should also prevent overclaiming. Eligibility does not prove alignment, financing source does not prove alignment, a prepayment is not enough before accounting recognition, and an allocation to mixed-use assets must be supported by verifiable evidence.

  • Stop if the expenditure is not tied to a Taxonomy-eligible or Taxonomy-aligned economic activity described in an applicable delegated act.
  • Stop if management-body or delegated approval is missing, undated, or later than the reported plan start date.
  • Stop if the plan has no planned measures, expenditure amounts, timing, or intermediary milestones.
  • Stop if a period longer than five years is used without an objective justification in the plan and contextual information.
  • Stop if changed and the team has neither updated the plan within the allowed period nor restated the KPI numerator.
  • Stop if mixed-use asset allocation lacks a verifiable non-financial metric.
Primary sources

References and citations

Commission Notice C/2023/305 on Article 8 disclosures
eur-lex.europa.eu6 citations
Referenced sections
  • Commission interpretation source for reporting Taxonomy-eligible and Taxonomy-aligned economic activities and assets, including CapEx plan timing, precision, allocation, public funding, and prepayments.
  • Commission interpretation source explaining how comprehensive and precise a CapEx plan should be and how CapEx items should be presented.
  • Clarifies when the CapEx plan period starts and what detail is needed for planned measures, expenditures, timing, and milestones.
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  • Clarifies public funding, CapEx allocation for mixed-use assets, verifiable evidence, and prepayment treatment.
  • Provides Article 8 interpretation for CapEx KPI reporting, including presentation and monitoring of CapEx plan information.
  • Clarifies CapEx plan precision, mixed-use allocation, prepayments, and the need for verifiable evidence in Article 8 reporting.
"FAQs ON CAPEX KPI"
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"identify all planned measures"
"start from its approval"
"based on verifiable evidence"
"Contextual information about CapEx KPI"
"only allocate the proportion"
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 (Disclosures Delegated Act)
eur-lex.europa.eu5 citations
Referenced sections
  • Binding source for Article 8 disclosure methodology, non-financial undertaking turnover, CapEx, and OpEx KPIs, CapEx plan conditions, contextual information, and restatement rules.
  • Binding source for the CapEx KPI numerator paths and the legal conditions attached to CapEx plans.
  • Specifies the five-year plan period, maximum ten-year justified extension, management-body approval, and activity-level disclosure requirements.
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  • Defines the CapEx KPI denominator, numerator, and contextual information requirements for non-financial undertakings.
  • Requires plan updates or KPI restatement when technical screening criteria change and requires disclosure of material changes to CapEx plans.
"KPI related to capital expenditure"
More quoted passages
"part of a plan"
"approved by the management body"
"additions to tangible and intangible assets"
"update the plan within two years"
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/73
eur-lex.europa.eu2 citations
Referenced sections
  • Binding 2026 amendment introducing the CapEx assessment threshold, separate non-material reporting, simplified templates, and the reporting-year transition option.
  • Article 1 permits omission of the assessment of activities whose cumulative CapEx is below 10% of the CapEx KPI denominator and requires separate reporting of that CapEx as non-material.
Regulation (EU) 2020/852 (Taxonomy Regulation)
eur-lex.europa.eu2 citations
Referenced sections
  • Binding source for the EU Taxonomy framework, Article 3 alignment conditions, environmental objectives, technical screening criteria, DNSH, minimum safeguards, and Article 8 disclosure basis.
  • Sets the framework for environmentally sustainable economic activities, including substantial contribution, DNSH, minimum safeguards, and technical screening criteria.
"qualifies as environmentally sustainable"
Commission Notice on Article 8 eligible activities and assets
eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Commission interpretation source for eligibility reporting, CapEx and OpEx categories, activity descriptions, voluntary reporting, value-chain boundaries, and double-counting controls.
"CapEx that is part of a plan"

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