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SBR Sustainability, presentation and developments

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  1. IFRS S1 requires disclosure of sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity's:

    • 1 Share count
    • 2 Audit fee
    • 3 Prospects, including cash flows, access to finance and cost of capital
    • 4 Tax charge only
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    Correct answer: Prospects, including cash flows, access to finance and cost of capital

    The information is for primary users making decisions about providing resources to the entity.

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  2. The four core content areas of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 are:

    • 1 Plan, do, check and act
    • 2 Governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets
    • 3 Inputs, outputs, outcomes and impacts
    • 4 Assets, liabilities, income and expenses
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    Correct answer: Governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets

    The structure follows the TCFD recommendations.

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  3. Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions are:

    • 1 Direct emissions from owned sources
    • 2 Indirect emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heating or cooling
    • 3 All value chain emissions
    • 4 Emissions from employee travel only
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    Correct answer: Indirect emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heating or cooling

    Scope 1 is direct and Scope 3 covers other indirect emissions in the value chain.

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  4. Which statement about IFRS 18 is correct?

    • 1 It removes the statement of cash flows
    • 2 It requires income and expenses to be classified into operating, investing, financing, income taxes and discontinued operations
    • 3 It replaces IFRS 9
    • 4 It applies only to banks
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    Correct answer: It requires income and expenses to be classified into operating, investing, financing, income taxes and discontinued operations

    IFRS 18 replaces IAS 1 and requires defined subtotals, including operating profit.

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  5. A transition risk in the climate-related context is:

    • 1 A rise in sea level
    • 2 A flood damaging a factory
    • 3 A heatwave
    • 4 A carbon tax that raises the cost of a company's inputs
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    Correct answer: A carbon tax that raises the cost of a company's inputs

    Transition risks come from policy, technology, market and reputation changes. Floods and heatwaves are physical risks.

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  6. Management-defined performance measures under IFRS 18 are:

    • 1 Allowed only in the directors' report
    • 2 Not allowed to be disclosed
    • 3 Subtotals of income and expenses used in public communications that are not specified by IFRS
    • 4 Required by IFRS 8
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    Correct answer: Subtotals of income and expenses used in public communications that are not specified by IFRS

    Entities must disclose and reconcile these measures in a single note.

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  7. A company's sustainability report states that it is 'carbon neutral' but its calculation excludes most of its value chain. Which concern does this raise?

    • 1 None, as Scope 3 is optional in all cases
    • 2 Too much detail
    • 3 Misleading information, because the claim is not faithfully represented
    • 4 An excess of disclosure
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    Correct answer: Misleading information, because the claim is not faithfully represented

    The claim does not give a complete picture, and users can be misled about performance.

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  8. Under IAS 1 and the Conceptual Framework, information is material if:

    • 1 It is audited
    • 2 Omitting, misstating or obscuring it could reasonably be expected to influence decisions of primary users
    • 3 It is more than 5 percent of profit in all cases
    • 4 It is disclosed in the notes
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    Correct answer: Omitting, misstating or obscuring it could reasonably be expected to influence decisions of primary users

    Materiality is judged by effect on users' decisions, not by a fixed percentage.

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