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S1 Sustainability reporting standards

Written by Saad Rahman (ACCA)

7 ACCA New at Strategic Professional level questions with answers and explanations.

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  1. The IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standard that sets general requirements for sustainability-related financial information is:

    • 1 IFRS 18
    • 2 IAS 1
    • 3 IFRS S1
    • 4 IFRS S2
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    Correct answer: IFRS S1

    IFRS S1 is the general standard, and IFRS S2 deals with climate-related disclosures.

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  2. Under IFRS S2, a company's gross Scope 1 emissions are:

    • 1 Emissions from purchased electricity
    • 2 Emissions from suppliers
    • 3 Direct emissions from sources the company owns or controls
    • 4 Emissions from product use by customers
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    Correct answer: Direct emissions from sources the company owns or controls

    Scope 2 is purchased energy and Scope 3 is the value chain.

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  3. Scope 1 is 12,000 tonnes, Scope 2 is 8,000 and Scope 3 is 80,000 tonnes of CO2e. Revenue is $200m. Emissions intensity per $ million of revenue is:

    • 1 60 tonnes
    • 2 20 tonnes
    • 3 100 tonnes
    • 4 500 tonnes
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    Correct answer: 500 tonnes

    Total 100,000 tonnes divided by 200 = 500 tonnes per $ million.

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  4. The sustainability information required by IFRS S1 is reported for:

    • 1 Only the parent company
    • 2 The industry
    • 3 The same reporting entity and period as the financial statements
    • 4 Any entity chosen by management
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    Correct answer: The same reporting entity and period as the financial statements

    This allows users to connect the sustainability and financial information.

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  5. Which of the following is a physical climate risk?

    • 1 A carbon tax
    • 2 A shift in consumer preferences
    • 3 New disclosure laws
    • 4 Damage to a factory from flooding
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    Correct answer: Damage to a factory from flooding

    Policy, market and technology changes are transition risks.

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  6. The primary users of general purpose sustainability-related financial disclosures are:

    • 1 Investors, lenders and other creditors
    • 2 Regulators only
    • 3 Employees only
    • 4 Customers
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    Correct answer: Investors, lenders and other creditors

    The standards have an investor focus and are linked to the financial statements.

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  7. A framework that requires an entity to report both its impact on people and the environment and the effect on its own value is based on:

    • 1 Performance materiality
    • 2 Financial materiality only
    • 3 Double materiality
    • 4 Clearly trivial thresholds
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    Correct answer: Double materiality

    The ESRS use double materiality. IFRS S1 is concerned with enterprise value.

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