New UNE standard for drafting DNSH reports

30/03/2023

The Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) has held the meeting New standard for drafting DNSH reports, where it presented the UNE 0076 Specification, which provides practical elements to facilitate the drafting of self-assessment reports applying the DNSH principle (Do No Significant Harm) to the six environmental objectives set out in the European Union's "taxonomy regulations." The funding programmes increasingly demand this principle, making it a key element for many organizations. This new standard will be available on the UNE website.

In fact, its compliance is essential in order to be eligible to apply for European Next Generation funds, which will be providing 140,000 million euros in funding to organizations in the coming years, within the Spanish Government's Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

The meeting, which was held at the headoffices of UNE, was attended by Paloma García (UNE); Adelaide Sacristán (COTEC Foundation for Innovation); Daniel Gallego and María Luisa López (ACIE-Spanish Certification Agency); Iván Moya (UNE); Marcos Escudero (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism); José Luis Ortiz (Airbus Defence and Space Spain); María Luisa Merchán (Grupo Tragsa); and Roberto Martinez (Polytechnic University of Madrid).

Programme

12:00 Welcome address and opening remarks. Context and need

Paloma García
Director of Standardization Programmes and Stakeholder Engagement at UNE
Adelaida Sacristán
Director of Studies and Knowledge Management at COTEC

12:20 Key points of Specification UNE 0076

Daniel Gallego
Director of Operations at ACIE
María Luisa López
Lead of Sustainability and ESG Programmes at ACIE

12:50 Discussion panel: the role of UNE Specification

Chair :

Iván Moya
Coordinator for the Ecological Transition at UNE

Panel members:

Marcos Escudero
Head of Industrial Policy Area. S.G. Industrial Sector Policies.
D.G. Industry and SMEs of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism
José Luis Ortiz
Industrial Roadmap & Operations at Airbus Defence and Space Spain
María Luisa Merchán
Coordination of the European Funds Focus Group. Sub-Directorate of Innovation and Development of Services at the Tragsa Group
Roberto Martínez
Director of the International Projects Office at the UPM

13:20 Closing address