Palau is an AI platform that guides companies through the full EU Taxonomy assessment: from identifying eligible activities to the Annex XII tables that go into the annual report. Every verdict cites the specific criterion, appendix, or regional rule it is based on.
The EU Taxonomy sounds simple from a distance. Up close it is one of the densest pieces of European regulation ever written, with appendices that go down to tap flow rates.
6
environmental objectives
3
KPIs: turnover, CapEx, and OpEx
90+31
activities under the Climate and Environmental Delegated Acts
Appendix-level detail
- ≤ 6 L/minA kitchen tap may not exceed 6 litres per minute, or the criterion fails.
- ≤ E27A new apartment in Antwerp has to reach E27 or lower to be aligned.
That level of detail is exactly where first filings go wrong. And exactly where AI makes the difference.
How Palau approaches the Taxonomy
Our AI agent is trained on the primary regulation itself, not on third party summaries. The full delegated acts, the appendices, the Commission Notices. During a screening it walks each activity through the three tests:
Substantial Contribution
activity level
Do No Significant Harm
activity level
Minimum Social Safeguards
company level
The misstatements auditors flag most often are caught up front:
- The same euro claimed under two objectives
- CapEx types mixed up
- An OpEx exemption without justification
- Eligible and aligned conflated
The result is a dossier where every verdict traces to a criterion, and every criterion to a piece of evidence.
Buildings in Belgium: three regions, three systems
The taxonomy rule for new construction is one sentence: primary energy demand at least 10% below the national NZEB threshold. Belgium has no national threshold.
Flanders
E-peil
New build in Antwerp: E27 or lower
Wallonia
Guide PEB
Brussels
kWh/m² per year
Palau has fully localised the assessment for Belgian buildings, per activity (new construction, renovation, acquisition) and per region, following the Belgian Green Building Council guidance. Including the two column evidence model (Design and Final Acceptance) that lets Belgian banks classify real estate loans as aligned at origination.
Frequently asked questions
Is there software for EU Taxonomy reporting?
Yes. Palau screens your activities for eligibility and alignment across the six environmental objectives, and structures the result into the Annex XII tables required by the Disclosures Delegated Act. With AI that has read the primary regulation and backs every verdict with the criterion behind it.
Can AI perform an EU Taxonomy assessment?
AI can do the heavy lifting: matching activities against the catalogues, retrieving criteria and thresholds, testing evidence, and flagging gaps before the auditor does. The decisions stay with your team. Palau gives a verdict per activity (pass, fail, partial) with the evidence base attached, so you can defend every number.
How do I assess whether a building in Belgium is taxonomy aligned?
It depends on the activity (new construction, renovation, or acquisition) and the region. Palau establishes the correct threshold from the postal code, walks the criteria in the right regional vocabulary, and builds the evidence pack in the Design versus Final Acceptance format Belgian financiers use.
Will the numbers hold up under assurance?
That is the design principle. Limited assurance applies from year one, reasonable assurance from 2028. Every verdict in Palau cites the criterion it rests on and the document that proves it. Where evidence is missing, it says so explicitly. No value is ever filled in that does not exist.
Activity screening
FY25 · alignment per activity
- CCM 7.1Construction of new buildingsAligned
- CCM 7.7Acquisition and ownership of buildingsPartial
- CCM 6.5Transport by cars and light commercial vehiclesNot aligned
Every verdict cites the criterion it rests on and the document that proves it.
Illustrative figures.
See the Taxonomy on your own activities
A pilot runs on your activities, your buildings, your regions.