Zentek Ltd. (formerly ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd.)
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Negative operating cash flow
- Uncertainties relating to the Company’s business plans
- Economic and political conditions
- Revenue from graphene-related product sales; long and complex sales cycle
- Intellectual property
- Product development and technological change
- Market development and growth
- Unpredictable sales cycles
- Government regulation and import/export controls
- Industry competition
- Lack of trading market for graphene
- Shortages
- Liquidity concerns and future financing
- Reliance on key personnel
- Qualified employees
- Cybersecurity threats
- Share price fluctuations
- Cost absorption and purchase orders
- Acquisitions
- Launch and operational costs
- Material and commodity prices
- Uninsured risks
- Litigation
- Credit risk
- Interest rate risk
- Price risk
- Financial capability and additional financing
- Permits and government regulation
- Fluctuating prices
- Environmental regulation
- Economic dependence on supply agreements
- Material weaknesses in internal control (absence of effective activity-level controls over inventory and lack of controls over accurate revenue recording)
Mitigation Strategies
- Careful management and planning of operations and hiring qualified personnel
- Securing GO supply to meet anticipated demand
- Construction of ZenGUARD™ industrial scale production and coating facility
- Proposed construction of Graphene Oxide production facility
- Continued research and development
- Seeking government support for testing
- Engaging strategic financial advisor for Albany Graphite Project
- Implementation of controls over inventory movement and acquisition of inventory software
- Strengthening revenue recognition and financial reporting controls, hiring a new CFO
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- ZenGUARD™ antimicrobial coating
- Aptamer-based rapid detection technology
- Graphene-based diesel fuel additive
- Icephobic coating
- Fire-retardant GO-MOF compound