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EU Social Taxonomy

EU Social Taxonomy

Keith Mullin

35 years: Capital markets editorial

In this video, Keith talks us through the main points of the EU Social Taxonomy draft, a taxonomy being developed alongside the Sustainable Taxonomy, in order to encourage social investment. 

In this video, Keith talks us through the main points of the EU Social Taxonomy draft, a taxonomy being developed alongside the Sustainable Taxonomy, in order to encourage social investment. 

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EU Social Taxonomy

5 mins 10 secs

Key learning objectives:

  • Understand the purpose of the proposed Social Taxonomy

  • Outline how it is similar and differs from the Sustainable Taxonomy

Overview:

The centrepiece of the EU’s ambitions to become carbon-neutral by 2050 is the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities. However, policymakers have already started work on another project; drafting a Social Taxonomy. The Taxonomy will be designed to work in parallel with the Sustainable Taxonomy and it will create a framework that accelerates the flow of private capital to social projects.

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Summary

What is the proposed Social Taxonomy?

The EU is attempting to create a second Taxonomy to run parallel to the Sustainable Taxonomy, a Social Taxonomy. It will create a framework that accelerates the flow of private capital to social projects. 

Coming up with a blueprint for social activities is challenging because it covers difficult areas to resolve such as poverty, human rights, slavery and child labour; areas that can’t be quantitatively assessed by science like greenhouse gas emissions can.

The Social Taxonomy working group has mapped out 8 headings to define the scope of its work: 

  • Labour rights and working conditions
  • Social protection and inclusion
  • Non-discrimination
  • The right to healthcare, housing, education and food
  • Unemployment assistance
  • Consumer protection
  • Peaceful and inclusive societies
  • Fighting corruption and tax evasion

The Social Taxonomy blueprint has been built around 3 beneficiary groups, under 3 overarching social objectives:

  • Decent work, people in their working lives or as workers
  • Adequate living standards and wellbeing for end-users
  • Inclusive and sustainable communities and societies

Each of these key objectives has several sub-objectives. 

How does the proposed Social Taxonomy complement the Sustainable Taxonomy?

The idea is that the Social Taxonomy will have a structure that dovetails with its sustainable cousin. However, there is also a contradiction – which policymakers are aware of – arising from the fact that while most economic activity has an adverse impact on the environment; creating decent jobs, improving human wellness, and producing socially beneficial goods and services all lead to social benefits. All sounds great, but it will come at a cost to the environment. 

 

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Keith Mullin

Keith Mullin

Keith is the founder and director of KM Capital Markets, a media and thought-leadership consultancy. He spent the past 35 years working in specialist capital markets media and has had a ring-side seat at all of the major market events. Prior to setting up KM Capital Markets in 2017, Keith worked at Thomson Reuters.

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