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It becomes effectively mandatory when:
required by an investor or lender in covenants,
embedded in product frameworks (green bonds/loans),
referenced by supervisory expectations or disclosure regimes in practice.
The taxonomy itself is generally not a direct legal obligation for all companies.
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What’s Required
The taxonomy is primarily a classification tool, but it creates compliance-relevant expectations when referenced in financial products, disclosures, or supervisory expectations. Key requirements in practice include:
Determine taxonomy eligibility: map revenues, capex, opex, or project assets to taxonomy activity categories and technical screening criteria.
Substantiate alignment: maintain evidence that the activity meets the taxonomy’s thresholds and definitions (technical performance, environmental objectives).
Avoid misleading claims: if a financial product, bond, or loan references taxonomy alignment, documentation, and use-of-proceeds controls should match the taxonomy criteria used.
Integrate with reporting: market participants may use taxonomy metrics alongside CNBV/ISSB reporting to describe sustainable exposure consistently.
Important Deadlines
Publication: March 2023 (first edition) via SHCP.
Updates may occur via subsequent editions; firms should version-control the criteria used for claims.
Current Status
Published and available as an official SHCP sustainable finance instrument.
Penalties for Non-Compliance
The taxonomy does not typically impose standalone statutory penalties, but non-compliance can result in:
contractual default (financing covenants),
regulatory scrutiny if used in regulated disclosures,
reputational and enforcement risk under consumer/investor protection rules if claims are misleading.
Examples of Known Violations
Common failure modes include:
overstating “taxonomy alignment” without evidence,
using outdated criteria after taxonomy updates,
cherry-picking activities while ignoring do-no-significant-harm type constraints (where applicable),
insufficient tracking of use-of-proceeds for labeled instruments.
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