Unique Logistics International, Inc.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2024, 2024-02-29, May 31, 2022)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- COVID-19 pandemic impacting business operations, results, cash flows, and financial position.
- Financial instability or reduced capacity of service providers (air, ocean, ground freight carriers) due to COVID-19.
- International trade influences (currency exchange rates, governmental policies, regulations, conflicts, natural disasters, etc.) impacting primary market and operating results.
- Risks related to the retail customers' business due to COVID-19.
- Dependence on operators of aircrafts, ships, trucks, ports, and airports.
- Potential for unsuccessful acquisitions.
- Significant portion of total revenues from largest customer.
- Concentration of credit risk due to dependence on a limited number of customers.
- Reliance on technology for business operations.
- Difficulty in forecasting customer shipments or rate changes by carriers.
- Seasonal changes in the transportation industry.
- Ever-increasing regulations from various sources.
- Negative impacts of changes in political and governmental conditions.
- Negative impacts of catastrophic events.
- Operational and financial risks associated with international operations.
- Competitive environment.
- Formal or informal investigations from governmental authorities.
- Uncertainty and volatility in the global economy and capital markets.
- Significant capital expenditure requirements for business strategy implementation.
- Difficulty in attracting, training, or retaining highly qualified personnel.
Mitigation Strategies
- Closely monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Effective selection and oversight of service providers.
- Establishing a legal structure that meets local regulations in foreign jurisdictions.
- Site- and activity-specific environmental compliance and pollution prevention programs.
- Improving operating efficiencies in procurement, customer service, finance, and administration.
- Building a uniform marketing strategy to build market share and brand recognition.
- Continuously assessing the Information Technology environment.
- Building the sales and support organization.
- Maintaining an option to acquire ownership of significant UL HK foreign subsidiaries.
- Ensuring seamless services to customers through the Consulting Services Agreement.
- Seeking additional opportunities through potential domestic acquisitions, revenue sharing arrangements, partnerships, or investments.
- Establishing a major warehousing facility in Santa Fe Springs, CA.
- Identifying growth opportunities by focusing on specific areas of the United States.
- Building tailored services to US customers in targeted Asian markets.
- Implementing initiatives to conserve liquidity (raising capital, increasing credit facilities, reducing debt cost, controlling expenditures, improving cash collection).
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2024
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Dependence on third-party service providers impacting service delivery and quality.
- Economic recessions and factors reducing freight volumes.
- Climate change and measures to address it.
- Intense competition in the transportation services industry.
- Seasonal changes in the transportation industry.
- Reliance on technology for operations.
- Difficulty in forecasting customer shipments or rate changes.
- Reduction in international commerce or disruption in global trade.
- Need for significant capital expenditures and additional financing.
- Significant portion of revenues from a small number of customers.
- Challenges in managing rapid growth.
- Complex regulatory environment.
- International operations subject to various risks.
- Risks related to the use of AI technologies.
- Potential for investigations and litigation.
- Risks related to acquisition strategy.
- Failure to attract, train, or retain qualified personnel.
- Indebtedness impacting financial condition and results of operations.
- Impact of changing interest rates.
- Negative impacts of changes in political and governmental conditions.
- Negative impacts of catastrophic events.
Mitigation Strategies
- Improved operating efficiencies in procurement, customer service, finance, and administration.
- Consolidated volumes and centralized functions.
- Rationalized organizational structure and hiring of experienced executives.
- Continuous assessment of information technology environment.
- Single operating platform and add-on service tools.
- Expansion of sales and support organization.
- Strategic acquisitions.
- Focus on warehousing and distribution.
- Growth of business on Trans-Atlantic and Latin American trade lanes.
- Specialized services to U.S. companies in overseas markets.
- Establishment of site- and activity-specific environmental compliance and pollution prevention programs.
- Programs to minimize waste and prevent pollution.
- Maintenance of industry-specific and general business insurance policies.
- Implementation of several initiatives to conserve liquidity, including increasing credit facilities, reducing debt costs, controlling expenditures, and improving cash collection processes.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Rising sea levels affecting port operations.
- Extreme weather conditions disrupting operations and damaging cargo and facilities.
Transition Risks
- Increased regulation and taxation to support carbon emissions reduction investments.
- Reputational and strategic risks due to shifts in customer demands.
- Customer contractual requirements around environmental initiatives.
Reporting Period: 2024-02-29
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Delay in completing financial statements and other disclosures in the Quarterly Report.
- Independent registered public accounting firm requires additional time to complete its review of the financial statements.
Mitigation Strategies
- Registrant anticipates filing the Quarterly Report no later than the fifth calendar day following the prescribed filing date.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: May 31, 2022
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Delay in completing financial statements and other disclosures in the Annual Report.
- Independent registered public accounting firm requires additional time to complete its review of the financial statements for the year ended May 31, 2022.
Mitigation Strategies
- Registrant anticipates that it will file the Annual Report imminently.