SustainableQA is a large-scale question-answering dataset designed for corporate sustainability reporting and EU Taxonomy compliance. The dataset provides comprehensive QA pairs extracted from corporate sustainability reports and annual reports, enabling the development of AI systems for sustainability compliance and ESG analysis.
- EU Taxonomy compliance reporting
- ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) metrics
- General Sustainability practices
- Corporate Annual Reports analysis
- 195,287 total QA pairs
- 88,792 factoid questions
- 102,539 non-factoid questions
- 3,956 table-based QA pairs
- 61 corporate reports from German and Austrian companies
- Factoid questions: Short, precise answers (avg. 4.2 words)
- Non-factoid questions: Descriptive answers (avg. 32.5 words)
- Multi-span complexity: Questions requiring 1-10 text spans
- Table-based queries: Numerical and regulatory questions
| Component | Count | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Total QA Pairs | 195,287 | Factoid + Non-factoid + Tables |
| Factoid Questions | 88,792 | Short, precise answers |
| Non-factoid Questions | 102,539 | Descriptive, explanatory answers |
| Table-based QA | 3,956 | From 218 tables |
| Text Passages | 8,067 | Semantically coherent segments |
| Source Reports | 61 | German & Austrian companies |
| Category | Passages | Factoid QA | Non-factoid QA | Total QA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESG | 4,320 | 48,260 | 55,139 | 103,399 |
| EU Taxonomy | 747 | 8,260 | 8,906 | 17,166 |
| Sustainability | 3,000 | 32,272 | 38,494 | 70,746 |
| Category | Mean Spans | Single-Span | Multi-Span | Complexity Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1.36 | 83.3% | 16.7% | EU Taxonomy most complex |
| ESG | 1.37 | 83.1% | 16.9% | Moderate complexity |
| EU Taxonomy | 1.45 | 78.8% | 21.2% | Highest complexity |
| Sustainability | 1.32 | 84.6% | 15.4% | Lowest complexity |
Q: What SDGs are mentioned in the context?
A: SDG 13: Climate action, SDG 16: Peace and justice...
Q: What is the company's total CapEx for taxonomy-eligible activities?
A: €15.2 million
Q: Which environmental objectives does activity 3.10 contribute to?
A: Climate change mitigation
Q: Why does activity 3.10 fail to meet the substantial contribution criterion for the manufacture of hydrogen?
A: Because the quantified life-cycle GHG emission savings are not verified, which is necessary to fulfill the criterion for substantial contribution to climate change mitigation.
Q: How does the company assess the "Do No Significant Harm" criteria?
A: The company conducts a comprehensive evaluation across all six environmental objectives, ensuring that while contributing to one objective, the activity does not significantly harm the other five through detailed impact assessments and third-party verification.
- Public corporate reports only - no confidential information
- Regulatory compliance focus - supporting transparency
- No personal data extraction or processing
- Academic research purpose with clear attribution
- Open science principles for reproducible research
This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This means you can use, share, and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution.
- 💾 Dataset: GitHub Repository
- 🏛️ Institution: University of Innsbruck
- 📧 Contact: [email protected]
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