Climate Change Data

CFOAM Limited

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (20 May 2016, 2017, 2018)

Reporting Period: 20 May 2016

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Ability to Commercialise Production
  • Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
  • Commercialisation of CFOAM
  • Additional Requirements for Capital to Continue Commercialisation Strategy
  • Research and Development Activities
  • Intellectual Property Risks
  • Uncertainty of Future Profitability
  • Failure to Meet Regulatory Standards
  • Staff Risk
  • Competition from Existing Market Players
  • Highly Competitive Market
  • Multiple Markets and End Uses
  • Limited Operating History
  • Economic conditions, introduction of tax reform, new legislation, movements in interest and inflation rates and currency exchange rates
  • Market conditions
  • Market Acceptance
  • Reliance on Key Personnel and the Need to Attract and Retain Qualified Staff
  • Foreign Exchange Rate Risks
  • Changes to Government Policies and Legislative Changes
Mitigation Strategies
  • carefully planning its activities and implementing risk control measures
  • Carbon Innovations and Touchstone Research lodged a notice for review under CFIUS on 6 June 2016
  • The Company plans to provide the necessary capital to increase output, improve efficiencies, reduce operating costs and professionalise the manufacturing sales team to significantly increase sales.
  • The Company has identified capital expenditure improvements in the business model to debottleneck production; increase output capacity and lower costs.
  • The Company will seek the ‘no-action’ decision or take steps to mitigate such risk to the satisfaction of CFIUS.
  • All staff contracts will contain express provisions with respect to ownership of intellectual property and restraints of trade to limit any potential loss suffered by the Company to the maximum extent possible.
  • The Company will obtain and maintain adequate levels of insurance to cover product liability risks.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2017

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental regulation
  • Health, safety and environment

Environmental Achievements

  • Group's operations up to 30 June 2017 are not regulated by any significant environmental regulation laws other than operating within certain limits of Hazardous Air Pollutants at its manufacturing operations in West Virginia to ensure no environmental issues occur.

Governance Achievements

  • Adopted comprehensive systems of control and accountability as the basis for the administration of corporate governance.
  • Adopted The Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (3rd Edition) as published by ASX Corporate Governance Council.
  • Adopted a Nominations Committee Charter
  • Adopted a Risk Management Policy
  • Adopted a Remuneration Committee Charter
  • Adopted an Audit and Risk Committee Charter
  • Adopted a diversity policy

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • The ability of the entity to continue as a going concern is dependent on securing additional funding through raising of debt or equity to continue to fund the development activities and expansion of its business platform.
  • The Group has one major customer that contributed more than 90% of sales revenue.
Mitigation Strategies
  • The directors have reviewed the Group’s financial position and are of the opinion that there are sufficient funds to meet the entity’s working capital requirements and as at the date of this report.
  • The directors expect the Group to be successful in securing additional funds through debt or equity issues, when and if required.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Australian Accounting Standards

Third-party Assurance: BDO Audit (WA) Pty Ltd

Reporting Period: 2018

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental regulation
  • Health, safety and environment

Environmental Achievements

  • Group's operations up to 30 June 2018 are not regulated by any significant environmental regulation laws other than operating within certain limits of Hazardous Air Pollutants at its manufacturing operations in West Virginia to ensure no environmental issues occur.

Governance Achievements

  • Adopted comprehensive systems of control and accountability as the basis for the administration of corporate governance.
  • Adopted The Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (3rd Edition) as published by ASX Corporate Governance Council.
  • Adopted a Nominations Committee Charter
  • Adopted a Risk Management Policy
  • Adopted a Remuneration Committee Charter
  • Adopted an Audit and Risk Committee Charter
  • Adopted a diversity policy

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • The Group recorded a loss from continuing operations after income tax of US$3,511,954 (2017: US$1,695,331) and had net cash outflows from operating activities of US$2,577,389 (2017: US$1,634,112) and net current liabilities of US$162,988.
  • The ability of the entity to continue as a going concern is dependent on securing additional funding through raising of debt or equity to continue to fund the development activities and expansion of its business platform.
  • The Group has one major customer that contributed approximately 87% of sales revenue.
Mitigation Strategies
  • The directors have reviewed the Group’s financial position and are of the opinion that there are sufficient funds to meet the entity’s working capital requirements and as at the date of this report.
  • The directors expect the Group to be successful in securing additional funds through debt or equity issues, when and if required.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities