Industrial emissions compliance (agri-food installations) · Directive 2010/75/EU
Your IED obligations benchmarked level by level, plus the costed action plan to reach your target level.
10 themes, a 5-level scale. And the action that moves each level to the next.
The framework’s 10 themes, already written from L1 to L5. One company, one business unit, or 300 at once.
Industrial emissions compliance (agri-food installations) · Directive 2010/75/EU
10 themes, 5-level scale.
Nordhavn Industries
53 / 100
They measure their maturity with Datamensio
An example
This could be your situation.
Take one company as an example: three sites, three spreadsheets, no shared answer.
Nobody can consolidate.
Nordhavn Industries, 2,400 people in Hamburg, Lyon and Porto. A client asks where the group stands. Each site answers in its own spreadsheet, with its own scales.
Three weeks, a single base.
One Directive 2010/75/EU (IED), as amended by Directive (EU) 2024/1785 assessment launched across all three sites at once, from the managers’ interview notes. The framework was already written, its 10 themes and levels L1 to L5 too.
Two costs avoided before being committed.
A score of 53 out of 100, with the gap concentrated on three themes. The AI companion spotted that two actions duplicated those of another audit. The committee report took one sentence to request.
What it saved them
- 3sites measured on the same base, instead of three questionnaires to reconcile
- 2duplicate actions caught before the spend
- 1committee report, with no manual rework
These figures are an example. They could be yours.
The standard imposes processes. Datamensio says where you stand.
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The framework is already written
Themes, questions and levels L1 to L5, all written. You do not start from an empty spreadsheet.
02
The score lands the same day
Online, by self-assessment link or in interview. Theme by theme, comparable over time.
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The gap becomes a costed plan
Every step up carries its action. The AI prioritises on expected effect, not on the order of the standard.
04
Progress can be demonstrated
Campaign after campaign, against your target and against your own past. That is what your board asks for.
The maturity scale
One level, the next, and the action that links the two.
This mechanism, a level, a level above, and the action linking the two, is what turns an observation into a trajectory.
Are the gaps between your installations and the applicable best available techniques conclusions identified and tracked?
- N1
No gap analysis. The BAT conclusions applicable to the sector are not identified internally.
- N2
An analysis was produced for the last permit application. It has not been updated since and is held by a single person.
- N3
The gap analysis is documented technique by technique, updated each time a BREF is published, and shared between operations and HSE.
- N4
Each gap has an owner, a cost, a deadline and an expected effect on emission levels. Progress is reviewed at an industrial committee.
- N5
The analysis is consolidated across all sites, benchmarked between them, and feeds into investment decisions and early preparation for reviews.
Action to move from level 2 to level 3
Take the gap analysis from the last permit application, review it technique by technique against the current BAT conclusions, and put its review on the agenda of the site’s environmental review with operations and maintenance.
« With Datamensio, we meet our objectives far more efficiently. The ERDF inspection services and our supervising ministry particularly appreciated an approach that gives them reliable data. »
Director, CCI 94CCI Île-de-France
« We believe this is the most suitable solution to scale our transformation project and measure impact according to our needs. »
Maja SucekChief Operating Officer, Interreg Danube
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What this framework covers
Directive 2010/75/EU, known as the IED, governs industrial installations’ emissions to air, water and soil. Its Annex I covers slaughterhouses, milk processing, treatment of animal and plant raw materials, and intensive poultry and pig farming above set thresholds. Operators must hold a permit whose emission limit values are set from best available techniques conclusions, published by Commission implementing decision for each sector.
In practice, the difficulty lies not in the text but in keeping up with it over time. BAT conclusions for a sector are published, and the permit must then be reviewed within four years. Who in the organisation tracks the publication of applicable BREFs and triggers the review file? Is self-monitoring data used to steer processes, or merely passed on to the inspectorate? Is the baseline report on soil condition a living document, or a file archived since the last application?
The 2024 revision tightened several points: emission limit values must now be set at the strictest level achievable within the BAT range, a transformation plan towards climate neutrality is expected, an environmental management system becomes mandatory, and the scope gradually extends to more cattle, pig and poultry farms. A common confusion also persists: neither classified installation registration nor ISO 14001 certification replaces the IED permit or the demonstration of BAT compliance.
Classified installation inspections conclude with a finding: compliant or non-compliant, with formal notice where applicable. The maturity assessment answers a different question. It benchmarks each practice on a progressive scale, from no arrangement in place to periodically reviewed management, and points to the action that moves you up a level. It supports comparison between several sites within the same group, and comparison of a site against its own past.
The framework is ready to use and adapts to your industrial estate. AI adjusts themes, questions and levels to the sector concerned, slaughtering, dairy, livestock or plant processing, and builds a tailored version from your operating permits, self-monitoring reports and inspection reports.
Reference standard: Directive 2010/75/EU (IED), as amended by Directive (EU) 2024/1785
The themes assessed
Permit and regulatory scope
Identification of activities falling under Annex I, thresholds and categories, completeness and currency of the permit, tracking of substantial changes, monitoring of scope extensions.
Best available techniques and BREFs
Identification of applicable BAT conclusions, technique-by-technique gap analysis, justification of derogations, preparation and timetable for the four-year review.
Emission limit values and associated emission levels
Consistency of permit limit values with BAT-AELs, operating safety margins, management of exceedances, handling of start-up and shutdown periods.
Emissions monitoring and data reliability
Air and water self-monitoring plan, frequencies, laboratory accreditation, calibration and availability of continuous measurements, validation and traceability of reported data.
Wastewater discharge and water management
Pre-treatment and wastewater treatment plant, organic and nitrogen loads, water consumption per tonne produced, management of rainwater and cleaning effluents.
Air emissions and odour nuisance
Point and diffuse sources, dust, ammonia, odorous compounds, capture and treatment systems, management of residents’ complaints.
Soil, subsoil and baseline report
Relevant hazardous substances used, baseline report on soil and groundwater condition, periodic monitoring, site restoration obligations on cessation of activity.
By-products, waste and treatment hierarchy
Characterisation of flows, recovery of animal and plant by-products, sewage sludge, treatment routes, prevention at source.
Energy efficiency and transformation plan
Monitoring of consumption per production unit, heat recovery, decarbonisation trajectory, alignment with the transformation plan required under the revised directive.
Environmental management, incidents and public information
Environmental management system, operator competence, incident and accident procedures, annual emissions declaration, provision of information to the public.
A short version of the framework is available for the online self-assessment.
Frequently asked questions
Does this assessment confirm IED compliance?
No. Compliance is assessed against your operating permit and confirmed during classified installation inspections. The assessment measures the maturity of your practices, documents gaps and prepares for the deadline. It does not issue any certificate.
How does this differ from an environmental compliance audit?
An audit checks requirements and concludes with a finding of compliance or gap. The assessment benchmarks each practice on five levels and points to the action that moves it up a level. The two are complementary: the assessment builds the trajectory, the audit confirms the state at a given point in time.
How long does the assessment take?
The short version takes 20 to 30 minutes per site. The full version, run collaboratively with operations, maintenance and HSE, generally takes one to two weeks, with most of the time spent gathering self-monitoring data and permit documents.
Can the framework be adapted to our sector?
Yes. The obligations of a slaughterhouse, a dairy and an intensive livestock farm do not overlap. You can amend the questions, levels and themes, or let AI build a tailored version from your operating permits and inspection reports.
How can several sites within the same group be compared?
The assessment runs site by site using the same framework, making scores comparable by theme. A cross-site roadmap consolidates the assessments and groups recurring actions, avoiding funding the same issue ten times over.
Does the 2024 revision change the assessment?
It strengthens several areas: setting emission limit values at the strictest achievable level, an environmental management system, a transformation plan, and the gradual extension of scope to livestock farms. The framework incorporates these themes, which you can weight according to your transposition timetable.
Does answering require technical expertise?
The questions concern management and monitoring practices, not equipment sizing. A site HSE manager can answer them. Questions relating to the process or the wastewater treatment plant can be assigned to the right contributor in collaborative mode.
Where is the data hosted?
In France, with OVH, with backup at Scaleway. No transfer outside the European Union. The AI models used can be selected, including from European solutions.