Spain’s New Royal Decree 214/2025: Mandatory Carbon Footprint Reporting is Here. Is Your Company Ready?
Today, April 12, 2025, the Spanish government has published Royal Decree 214/2025 in the Official State Gazette (BOE), ushering in a new era of environmental accountability. This regulation establishes the mandatory calculation, registration, and public disclosure of carbon footprints, along with the requirement to develop and implement greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction plans. The decree builds upon Spain’s Climate Change and Energy Transition Law (Law 7/2021), replacing the formerly voluntary carbon registry with a legally binding framework designed to accelerate the country’s climate goals.
“While directly serving their customers, companies should indirectly serve the interests of society by taking responsibility for the holistic impact of their activities. Its simply a more broad view of value creation. This is what ESG is all about.”
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth