Assessing straddle carrier compliance with the DNSH criteria of EU Taxonomy
Vesterlund, Juho (2022)
2022
Konetekniikan DI-ohjelma - Master's Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Tekniikan ja luonnontieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2022-10-31
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202210087515
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202210087515
Tiivistelmä
The EU Taxonomy Regulation classifies sustainable economic activities by measuring the share of the financial market participants’ sustainable revenue, capital expenditure, and operational expenditure. An economic activity under EU Taxonomy Regulation needs to substantially contribute to at least one environmental objective while avoiding significant harm to the other objectives. Furthermore, the economic activity must comply with the minimum social safeguards to ensure the safety of the people affected by the economic activity. These requirements give the baseline for sustainable economic activity according to the Taxonomy.
The study focused on the second requirement by studying the “Do No Significant Harm” (DNSH) principle and the DNSH criteria set in Taxonomy Regulation delegated act C(2021)2800 to better understand how significant harm to different environmental objectives can be avoided. The study was conducted with a literature review and a case study of automated Kalmar straddle carriers operating in a marine container terminal. The goal was to find the level of compliance of straddle carries with the Taxonomy’s DNSH criteria and if different product characteristics affect the compliance.
Results show that the DNSH principle can be used as a tool to increase awareness of harmful actions to the environment despite the abstract nature of the principle. From a single product perspective, significant harm to the environmental objectives can be avoided by assessing the DNSH criteria individually for different products and locations. The Taxonomy is rather new and answering compliance for global scale activity requires more assessments and more deep understanding of the possible harmful impacts. The study indicates the needed actions before full compliance with the current DNSH criteria for the manufacture of Kalmar straddle carriers can be argued. However, the climate will change and what is sustainable today can be harmful in the future and continuous screening is required.
The study focused on the second requirement by studying the “Do No Significant Harm” (DNSH) principle and the DNSH criteria set in Taxonomy Regulation delegated act C(2021)2800 to better understand how significant harm to different environmental objectives can be avoided. The study was conducted with a literature review and a case study of automated Kalmar straddle carriers operating in a marine container terminal. The goal was to find the level of compliance of straddle carries with the Taxonomy’s DNSH criteria and if different product characteristics affect the compliance.
Results show that the DNSH principle can be used as a tool to increase awareness of harmful actions to the environment despite the abstract nature of the principle. From a single product perspective, significant harm to the environmental objectives can be avoided by assessing the DNSH criteria individually for different products and locations. The Taxonomy is rather new and answering compliance for global scale activity requires more assessments and more deep understanding of the possible harmful impacts. The study indicates the needed actions before full compliance with the current DNSH criteria for the manufacture of Kalmar straddle carriers can be argued. However, the climate will change and what is sustainable today can be harmful in the future and continuous screening is required.