Source: OJ L, 2025/422, 31.3.2025

Article 5 Information to be included on the websites of crypto-assets service providers

Summary What does Article 5 of the RTS on sustainability indicators say?

This article sets out the disclosure obligations for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) regarding the climate and environment-related indicators they must publish on their websites.

It mirrors the structure established in Article 4 for white paper issuers, but applies it specifically to CASPs.

The article creates a tiered disclosure framework: a mandatory baseline for all CASPs, a further layer of mandatory disclosure triggered by specific conditions, and an optional layer available to all.

Sources and methodologies must accompany any supplementary or optional information disclosed.

Important points:

Publish the mandatory energy consumption information set out in Table 2 of the Annex on your website as a baseline obligation.
Publishing the supplementary GHG and energy indicators in Table 3 becomes mandatory if you operate a trading platform, exchange, or similar service and your yearly energy consumption exceeds 500 000 kilowatt-hours.
Disclosure of optional indicators from Table 4 is voluntary, but if you choose to include any, the corresponding sources and methodologies must also be provided.

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1. Crypto-asset service providers shall, in accordance with Article 66(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, make publicly available on their website the information set out in Table 2 of the Annex, in the format set out therein.
1. Crypto-asset service providers shall, in accordance with Article 66(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, make publicly available on their website the information set out in Table 3 of the Annex, in the format set out therein, where both of the following conditions are met:
  1. the crypto-asset service provider provides one or more of the services referred to in Article 3(1) (16), points (b), (c) and (d), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114;
  2. the yearly energy consumption as reported Table 2, field S.8, of the Annex exceeds 500 000 kilowatt-hours.
2. Where the conditions laid down in the first subparagraph are not met, the crypto-asset service provider may provide on their website information on one or more of the supplementary indicators referred to in Table 3 of the Annex in the format set out therein. When such information is provided, the corresponding information on sources and methodologies referred to in that Table shall also be provided.
1. Crypto-asset service providers may, in accordance with Article 66(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, make publicly available on their website, the information on one or more of the optional indicators referred to in Table 4 of the Annex, in the format set out therein. When such information is provided, the corresponding information on sources and methodologies referred to in that Table shall also be provided.

Relevant recitals

Recital 7 Website comparisons of consensus impacts and incentives

To facilitate investors’ ability to compare between the adverse impacts of the consensus mechanisms on which are issued different crypto-assets, the information on crypto-asset service providers’ websites should allow the public to compare the adverse impacts on the climate and other environment-related adverse impacts of the consensus mechanisms and their incentive structures across all the crypto-assets in relation to which the crypto-asset service provider provides crypto-asset services.

Recital 9 Quantitative indicators of gross energy consumption and emissions

Key indicators should be used to easily understand the impacts on climate and other environment-related impacts of the consensus mechanisms. To incentivise the use of more climate and environmentally friendly consensus mechanisms and to prevent greenwashing practices, it is crucial to rely to the extent possible on quantitative metrics. Quantitative metrics should display gross energy consumption and emissions, without reflecting potential off-setting mechanisms.

Recital 10 Annual energy consumption as mandatory indicator

Annual energy consumption should be used as the key mandatory indicator because it is considered to be the most conducive to investor awareness of the impact of consensus mechanisms. Considering the key role of electricity in the operation of DLT networks, electricity consumption should be considered a suitable proxy for energy consumption.

Recital 11 Supplementary indicators for higher-consumption mechanisms

In order to ensure a proportionate approach to sustainability information, it is appropriate to require additional information with regard to consensus mechanisms with more significant climate and other environment-related adverse impacts, especially where they exceed a certain level of energy consumption. Therefore, supplementary key indicators on energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions should be used for crypto-assets issued via consensus mechanisms with higher levels of yearly energy consumption in order to deepen investors’ understanding on the adverse impacts of such consensus mechanisms.

Recital 13 Harmonised presentation rules for optional indicators

To prevent greenwashing and to ensure the comparability of information to be included in the crypto-asset white papers and on the websites of crypto-assets service providers, information regarding optional indicators should be subject to the same harmonised rules on the presentation of information and on the methodologies as the information regarding mandatory and supplementary indicators. This applies, for instance, to indirect GHG emissions, such as upstream emissions linked to the equipment purchased by the DLT network nodes or downstream emissions related to waste management.

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