{"id":9930,"date":"2025-10-17T11:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/?post_type=noticias&#038;p=9930"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:54:14","slug":"nou-reial-decret-214-2025-petjada-de-carboni-i-plans-de-reduccio-de-geh","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/en\/noticias\/nou-reial-decret-214-2025-petjada-de-carboni-i-plans-de-reduccio-de-geh\/","title":{"rendered":"New Royal Decree 214\/2025: Carbon Footprint and GHG (Greenhouse Gas) Reduction Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New Royal Decree 214\/2025: Carbon Footprint and GHG (Greenhouse Gas) Reduction Plans<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 12 June, Royal Decree 214\/2025 has been in force, replacing Royal Decree 163\/2014 and marking a new step in environmental regulation in Spain. This regulation strengthens the commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and establishes specific changes for companies and public administrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Main implications<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same group of companies subject to the obligation to calculate their carbon footprint and to prepare a reduction plan is considered to be those covered by Law 11\/2018 on the publication of Non-Financial Information Statements (EINF).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public-interest entities, listed companies, and companies with more than 250 employees, with turnover of \u20ac40 million and assets of \u20ac20 million over two consecutive financial years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The transposition of the CSRD Directive 2022\/2464 raises these thresholds to \u20ac50 million in turnover and \u20ac25 million in assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mandatory scopes:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carbon footprint calculation scopes 1 and 2 are mandatory, while scope 3 remains voluntary until 2028, when it will become mandatory for public entities.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The registration of the carbon footprint and the reduction plan with MITECO will be mandatory from 2026 for PIEs (public-interest entities) and voluntary for private companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methodologies such as the GHG Protocol or ISO 14064-1 are recommended, and the use of emission factors published on the MITECO website is required for the preparation of the greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduction plans are defined in relation to a base year and must establish at least one five-year target, aligned with the Paris Agreement (2026\u20132030).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This new regulatory framework represents a major opportunity to strengthen ESG strategies, anticipate European regulation, and actively contribute to the fight against climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Font: European Sustainability Consulting, SL. Post<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":9931,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[471],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9930","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/9930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoindustria.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}