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Climate Change: Mitigating Risks to your Business Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector March 14, 2003 February 25, 2003 Investors and Climate Change Growing Investor Interest: Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) 2002 Proxy season Rise in shareowner action on climate change; 19 climate change resolutions were filed in the 2002 proxy season, twice as many as in any previous year Friends Ivory Sime Financial Disclosure is a key investor need •Accounting •Tax treatment •Assurance IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Integrated Carbon Risk Management Regulatory environment GHG inventory Now to 2012 Marginal cost of abatement Motivations: Scenario planning Understanding exposure / asset value Market Response Accounting Tax Financial analysis Acquisition and Divestitures Hedging risk: Inexpensive (in relation to marginal cost of compliance) credits to offset future obligations Realize potential appreciation of value Capture arbitrage profits Internal abatement Emissions trading Compliance Risk Management Implementation IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Current strengths: scenario planning and understanding exposure Current challenges: resources allocation (staffing, skills) Accounting Treatment In GHG constrained economy, companies still assessed on financial performance Financial implications of emissions obligations not presently captured in financial reporting as early stage of the market Analysts, investors and shareholders are increasingly expecting more transparency in reporting Accounting Guidance becoming increasingly important but no guidance currently exists Not starting from ‘scratch’: variety of previously developed standards may apply IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Existing Financial Accounting Policies and Guidelines United Kingdom International Accounting Standards Board Accounting for Carbon under the UK Emissions trading scheme – Discussion Paper (IETA/Deloitte & Touche) AG9 – ETG Advisory Group Financial Accounting for Carbon UK Accounting Standards Board :Urgent Issues Task Force (UITF) considering the issue as part of convergence with International Accounting Standards (Meeting late February) International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) Agenda Paper (July 2002) Other Accounting Bodies, including Canada No country has accounting standards, interpretations or other guidance However, several are addressing the issues or expect to do so in the near future Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants/IETA hosted a meeting in October 2002 to address accounting for carbon IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Main Accounting Issues: Recognition Recognition - when to record the information? When should allowances/credits be recognised as an asset? Should revenue be recognized and in what manner? When should a liability be recognised for the obligation to deliver allowances or credits Should emissions be recognised as a liability as they occur or upfront on entry into a scheme? When should expenditures undertaken to reduce emissions be accounted for? Current direction... Trading Activity: Allowances could be accounted for in the same manner as financial assets under IAS 39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (FAS 133 in the US) Business Activity: Allowances could be recognized when rights and rewards have been transferred An obligation to deliver allowances only arises as the company emits and could be recognised at the fair value of meeting the obligation (IAS 37) IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Main Accounting Issues: Valuation Valuation - at what price? How should allowances or credits be measured both at initial recognition and subsequently? Record credits at the same value they were purchased at Current direction... Trading Activity: Measurement could be in accordance with IAS 39, Financial Instruments (FAS 133 in the US) Business Activity: Allowances could be an intangible asset that fall within IAS 38, Intangible Assets (or CICA Handbook Section 3062) Allowances could allocated by government for less than fair value give rise to a government grant in accordance with IAS 20, Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance (or CICA Handbook Section 3250 and other) Allowances could be recorded at the lower or cost or market in accordance with other inventory (CICA Handbook 3030) IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Main Accounting Issues: Disclosure Disclosure - how shall the information be described? Disclosure would likely be dependent on the eventual accounting treatment given to the asset and liability Should additional disclosure be given to reflect the complexities of the emissions trading regime? Should disclosure be required in both the MD&A and the financial statements? IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Carbon Shadow Pricing Shadow pricing used to guide investment and operating decisions in portfolio context Price of carbon: Use of market price of carbon vs. marginal cost of abatement Perspective on price of carbon IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Tax Implications Goal: Optimize tax efficiency of assets Impact on cash flow from operations Issue is when do you get tax savings from your investment Same questions, different answers as accounting guidance IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Need for Assurance Evolving standards for GHG reporting and verification GHG Protocol: Reporting: Boundary issues, Sources, Data calculations (e.g. emission factors), Baselines, Expansions / closures Verification: « Verification involves testing certain assertions of the GHG inventory, such as accuracy and completeness. Verification also requires evaluating and testing the ‘supporting’ evidence (in the form of an audit trail) of how the GHG inventory was generated, compiled/aggregated and reported. » Verification of technology: Verification standards IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Climate Change and the Environmental Professional Identifying climate change risk management plan: an action checklist Strategic issue? Focus on GHG emissions and emission reduction opportunities Partnering Opportunity with Accounting and Tax functions, as well as Risk / Internal Audit IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Climate Change: Risk Management/Internal Audit Overlap with a number of risk areas considered by Risk Management and Internal Audit functions: Financial Risk Governance Risk Operational Risk Disclosure Risk IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Climate Change: Financial Institutions Credit and Investment Risk Management: Development of screening criteria for investment/lending portfolio Disclosure: is enough information available to perform screening Opportunity: Does your overall credit risk management/investment criteria for overlook opportunities? Criteria should also be able to identify projects with minimal or no GHG impacts Financial Institution Disclosure: Are you disclosing the carbon exposure of your investment portfolio to your shareholder/unit holders IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003 Contact Information Valerie Chort Suite 1900, 79 Wellington Street West Toronto, ON, Canada, M5K 1B9 Telephone: 416.601.6147 Facsimile: 416.601.6390 Email: [email protected] Website: www.deloitte.ca Jeff Collins Suite 1900, 79 Wellington Street West Toronto, ON, Canada, M5K 1B9 Telephone: 416.601.6150 x7338 Facsimile: 416.601.6390 Email: [email protected] Website: www.deloitte.ca Shannon Glenn Suite 1900, 79 Wellington Street West Toronto, ON, Canada, M5K 1B9 Telephone: 416.601.6454 Facsimile: 416.601.6390 Email: [email protected] Website: www.deloitte.ca Jay Pon North York City Centre, 5140 Yonge Street, North York, ON M2N 6L7 Telephone: 416-643-8982 Facsimile: 416.601.6151 Email: [email protected] Website: www.deloitte.ca IISD Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar for the Manitoba Business Sector - March 14 2003