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Australian Sustainability Reporting Standard AASB S2 Climate-related Disclosures
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Australian Sustainability Reporting Standard AASB S2 Climate-related Disclosures
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9 Specifically, an entity shall disclose information to enable users of general purpose financial reports to understand:
(a) the climate-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s prospects (see paragraphs 10–12);
(b) the current and anticipated effects of those climate-related risks and opportunities on the entity’s business model and value chain (see paragraph 13);
(c) the effects of those climate-related risks and opportunities on the entity’s strategy and decision-making, including information about its climate-related transition plan (see paragraph 14);
(d) the effects of those climate-related risks and opportunities on the entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows for the reporting period, and their anticipated effects on the entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows over the short, medium and long term, taking into consideration how those climate-related risks and opportunities have been factored into the entity’s financial planning (see paragraphs 15–21); and
(e) the climate resilience of the entity’s strategy and its business model to climate-related changes, developments and uncertainties, taking into consideration the entity’s identified climate-related risks and opportunities (see paragraph 22).
Climate-related risks and opportunities
10 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of general purpose financial reports to understand the climate-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s prospects. Specifically, the entity shall:
(a) describe climate-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s prospects;
(b) explain, for each climate-related risk the entity has identified, whether the entity considers the risk to be a climate-related physical risk or climate-related transition risk;
(c) specify, for each climate-related risk and opportunity the entity has identified, over which time horizons—short, medium or long term—the effects of each climate-related risk and opportunity could reasonably be expected to occur; and
(d) explain how the entity defines ‘short term’, ‘medium term’ and ‘long term’ and how these definitions are linked to the planning horizons used by the entity for strategic decision-making.
11 In identifying the climate-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect an entity’s prospects, the entity shall use all reasonable and supportable information that is available to the entity at the reporting date without undue cost or effort, including information about past events, current conditions and forecasts of future conditions.
12 [Deleted by the AASB]
Business model and value chain
13 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of general purpose financial reports to understand the current and anticipated effects of climate-related risks and opportunities on the entity’s business model and value chain. Specifically, the entity shall disclose:
(a) a description of the current and anticipated effects of climate-related risks and opportunities on the entity’s business model and value chain; and
(b) a description of where in the entity’s business model and value chain climate-related risks and opportunities are concentrated (for example, geographical areas, facilities and types of assets).
Strategy and decision-making
14 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of general purpose financial reports to understand the effects of climate-related risks and opportunities on its strategy and decision-making. Specifically, the entity shall disclose:
(a) information about how the entity has responded to, and plans to respond to, climate-related risks and opportunities in its strategy and decision-making, including how the entity plans to achieve any climate-related targets it has set and any targets it is required to meet by law or regulation. Specifically, the entity shall disclose information about:
(i) current and anticipated changes to the entity’s business model, including its resource allocation, to address climate-related risks and opportunities (for example, these changes could include plans to manage or decommission carbon-, energy- or water-intensive operations; resource allocations resulting from demand or supply-chain changes; resource allocations arising from business development through capital expenditure or additional expenditure on research and development; and acquisitions or divestments);
(ii) current and anticipated direct mitigation and adaptation efforts (for example, through changes in production processes or equipment, relocation of facilities, workforce adjustments, and changes in product specifications);
(iii) current and anticipated indirect mitigation and adaptation efforts (for example, through working with customers and supply chains);
(iv) any climate-related transition plan the entity has, including information about key assumptions used in developing its transition plan, and dependencies on which the entity’s transition plan relies; and
(v) how the entity plans to achieve any climate-related targets, including any greenhouse gas emissions targets, described in accordance with paragraphs 33–36.
(b) information about how the entity is resourcing, and plans to resource, the activities disclosed in accordance with paragraph 14(a).
(c) quantitative and qualitative information about the progress of plans disclosed in previous reporting periods in accordance with paragraph 14(a).
Financial position, financial performance and cash flows