Manufacturing
Industrial production activities aligned with low-carbon processes, energy efficiency, and circular material use.
Manufacturing is one of the largest sectors in the EU Taxonomy, covering 16 economic activities across a broad range of industrial production. From cement and steel to batteries and hydrogen, this sector addresses the most carbon-intensive value chains in the European economy.
Each manufacturing activity has its own technical screening criteria. Depending on the activity, those criteria can address emissions intensity, material efficiency, product performance, or enabling functions; the current delegated act controls the detail.
Circular-economy criteria may apply to particular manufacturing activities and should be checked activity by activity. Where an applicable adaptation-related DNSH criterion invokes Appendix A, the physical-risk assessment is proportionate to the activity’s scale and expected lifespan; this is not a blanket requirement for every production facility.
Economic Activities
Manufacture of renewable energy technologies
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing technologies used to produce renewable energy as defined by Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
Manufacture of hydrogen
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing hydrogen and hydrogen-based synthetic fuels.
Manufacture of carbon black
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing carbon black.
Manufacture of soda ash
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing disodium carbonate, commonly known as soda ash or sodium carbonate.
Manufacture of chlorine
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing chlorine.
Manufacture of organic basic chemicals
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing the organic basic chemicals specified in the official record, including high-value chemicals, listed aromatics, vinyl chloride, styrene, ethylene oxide, monoethylene glycol, and adipic acid.
Manufacture of anhydrous ammonia
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing anhydrous ammonia.
Manufacture of nitric acid
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing nitric acid.
Manufacture of equipment for the production and use of hydrogen
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing equipment used in the production and use of hydrogen.
Manufacture of low carbon technologies for transport
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing, repairing, maintaining, retrofitting, repurposing, and upgrading low-carbon transport vehicles, rolling stock, and vessels.
Manufacture of batteries
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing rechargeable batteries, packs, accumulators, and their components for transport and energy-storage uses, as well as recycling end-of-life batteries.
Manufacture of energy efficiency equipment for buildings
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing equipment that improves the energy efficiency of buildings.
Manufacture of other low carbon technologies
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing technologies intended to substantially reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in other economic sectors and not covered by Sections 3.1 to 3.5 of the relevant delegated act.
Manufacture of cement
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing cement clinker, cement, and alternative binders.
Manufacture of aluminium
Type not verifiedThis activity covers primary aluminium production from alumina and secondary aluminium recycling.
Manufacture of iron and steel
Type not verifiedThis activity covers manufacturing iron and steel.