In the Minimum Safeguards workspace in Lucanet ESG Reporting, you can fill out a questionnaire for your reporting entity assessing whether your reporting entity meets the minimum safeguards criteria, i.e. essential international guidelines, focusing on four core standards:

  • OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
  • UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
  • ILO Fundamental Conventions
  • The International Bill of Human Rights.

Confirming your reporting entity's alignment with these standards is an essential step to ensure the alignment with the EU Taxonomy for any business activity related to your reporting entity.

To assess whether your reporting entity meets the minimum safeguards criteria in Lucanet ESG Reporting:

1

Navigate to the Minimum Safeguards workspace.

2

Navigate to the desired ESG report and click your reporting entity. The questionnaire is displayed as follows:

Shows the minimum safeguards questionnaire in Lucanet ESG Reporting with questions 'MS-1' to 'MS-4', 'Yes' and 'No' options, and explanation fields for the four international standards.
Minimum safeguards questionnaire
3

Answer all questions and provide an explanation, if necessary.

After having completed the questionnaire, Lucanet ESG Reporting automatically assesses whether the minimum safeguards criteria have been met. The following options are possible:

OptionDescription
All questions have been answered with YesThe minimum safeguards criteria have been met for this reporting entity.
At least one question has been answered with NoThe minimum safeguards criteria have not been met for this reporting entity.
Questions have been answered partially or not yetThe assessment of the minimum safeguards for this reporting entity is in progress.

The status of the minimum safeguards assessment is automatically updated and displayed:

  • On the Minimum Safeguards overview page
  • On the business activity overview page of your reporting entity in the Reports and Activities workspace
Shows a business activity overview in Lucanet ESG Reporting. Highlighted in red is the message 'The minimum safeguards criteria has been met for this reporting entity.'.
Status message on minimum safeguards assessment in business activity overview

This content was generated using AI and reviewed by Lucanet subject matter experts before publication.