sentences,adaptation Used data collected from our Climate Risk Assessments to design an ‘adaptation readiness’ test at the client level.,1 "Standard Chartered became one of the founding partners of the Bangladesh Climate and Development Partnership, which aims to use blended finance to help Bangladesh adapt to climate change.",1 "We continue to engage with our clients to understand their climate adaptation, mitigation and transition plans.",1 Physical risk adaptation remains an area of concern and we have seen downward trends across our portfolio of clients due to an increase in the number of assessments.,1 The Group uses a set of physical and transition risk rankings to identify the markets most vulnerable and least ready to adapt and mitigate climate-related physical and transition risks.,1 "From a physical risk standpoint, the rise of El Niño season (expected to peak at the beginning of 2024) is likely to exacerbate climate conditions throughout the Group’s footprint regions and we continue to monitor these as part of our annual reviews.",1 "Weather conditions, including storms and drought conditions, and the ability to recover significant storm restoration costs.",1 "Atmos Energy Kansas Securitization I, LLC (AEK), a special-purpose entity wholly owned by Atmos Energy, was formed for the purpose of issuing securitized bonds to recover extraordinary costs incurred during Winter Storm Uri.",1 "Climate adaptation risk refers to risks to our facilities or operations that may result from changes in the physical climate, such as changes to temperatures, weather patterns and sea level rise.",1 "Over time, we may need to make additional investments to protect our facilities from physical climate-related risks.",1 "Over time, we may need to make additional investments to adapt to changes in operational requirements as a result of climate change.",1 "The ERM process provides Bunge with greater oversight and management of climate-related risks and the potential financial implications, and will help ensure continued short-, medium- and long-term resilience.",1 Regulators in several jurisdictions are considering the so-called protection gap as it relates to climate – which is the view that populations are under-insured or that there is insufficient coverage to protect policyholders against the risks associated with climate change.,1 "With multiple levels of risk management processes in place, we actively analyze the latest climate science and policies to anticipate potential changes to our risk profile, pricing models and strategic planning and will continue to adapt to and evolve with the developing risk exposures attributed to climate change.",1 "We are promoting measures to prevent and mitigate losses that are increasing due to climate change and increased severe weather including making homes and communities more resilient, enforcement of stronger building codes, adoption of sensible land use policies, expanded disaster response capabilities and creation of public risk sharing mechanisms.",1 "Additionally, we could incur significant costs to improve the climate-related resiliency of our infrastructure and supply chain and otherwise prepare for, respond to and mitigate the effects of climate change.",1 "The Company could incur significant costs to improve the climate resiliency of its operations, infrastructure, and supply chain, and otherwise prepare for, respond to, and mitigate such physical effects of climate change.",1 "In addition, certain of our operations and facilities around the world are in locations that may be impacted by the physical impacts of climate change and we could incur significant costs to improve the climate resiliency of our infrastructure and supply chain and otherwise prepare for, respond to, and mitigate the effects of climate change.",1 "Across our sourcing regions, we work to develop higher-yielding, higher-quality brewing crop varieties that are also resource-efficient, disease-resistant and resilient to climate stressors such as drought.",1 "Thereby, on a case -by-case basis, we approached the landlords requesting the necessary information on the one hand, and, on the other, used existing information on climate risks and corresponding adaptation solutions that is regularly gathered as part of our standard business processes (e.g., for insurance purposes).",1 "Whenever a certain level of physical risk is identified, a climate change adaptation plan needs to be implemented.",1 Product design Risk-based rewards for preventive actions taken by policyholders (2.1) : The regulator expects an insurance product to include risk-based rewards for customers to take preventive actions in order to protect themselves or their insured assets against climate change risks.,1 "The distribution strategy for such products covers measures to ensure that policyholders are informed on the relevance of preventive measures (2.2): The regulator sees adaptation to climate change risks as an overall societal objective to which insurers and their customers should contribute, since risk-prevention is a key lever for reducing the overall economic burden.",1 "However, effective adaptation to climate change does not only require adequate pricing of risks, but also individual measures by customers.",1 "Living up to our role as a climate risk manager, we are also integrating advisory services into our customer communication and provide relevant information to customers, for example, on how to build stronger resilience against climate-related events.",1 "Moreover, we started increasing our claims payments to our customers to not only rebuild damaged assets such as buildings, but to use more sustainable or energy-efficient building materials or elements (build back better), as well as building more resilience against the adverse effects of climate change (build back stronger).",1 Alignment reporting is produced for the two published environmental objectives of climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation.,1 "Alignment screening relates to the first two climate change objectives, climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation.",1 "The most notable material issues in 2023 are the following: – Climate change: adequate management of measures aimed at adapting to the consequences of climate change through the establishment of policies, as well as the identification and management of climate risks and opportunities.",1 "In turn, as a risk mitigation lever, BBVA acts as a facilitator of financing investments that are necessary for mitigation and adaptation to climate change with more sustainable ways of life and products.",1 "Endowed with USD 20 million over five years, its ambition is to support African women in research, and create a community of African and European researchers working on climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector in Africa.",1 "In the face of the growing risks of climate change, we remain convinced of the crucial role of our industry in helping our clients protect themselves, but also in supporting them in their own adaptation with a dedicated entity, AXA Climate.",1 "Through the nature of its insurance activities, AXA Group contributes to strengthen resilience and adaptive capacities in the face of climate hazards and climate-related natural disasters (SDG 13.1).",1 "As a risk expert, AXA Group is active in improving education, awareness, and individual and institutional capacities regarding climate change adaptation, mitigation, and early warning systems (SDG 13.3).",1 "In 2022, AXA Group initiated the “AXA Forests for Good” project which aims at restoring damaged forests’ ecosystems to make them more resilient to climate change and a better host for biodiversity (please refer to Section 4.4 “Inclusive Insurer” for more details).",1 "Operational resilience seeks to ensure the continuity of services to AXA Group’s customers, through the protection of its employees and operations in case of major events including climate hazards.",1 "In 2023, the Group initiated a multi-year working group for Climate Resilience and Adaptation for Future Threats (CRAFT) to analyze the vulnerability of our own operations to climate related hazards and adapt our existing readiness frameworks and readiness levels.",1 "The Group issued an internal Flood Readiness Guideline, published a public version (1) and launched the Paris Flood Task Force to ensure we raise further our level of resilience to this specific risk scenario.",1 "During the 2023 annual CRAFT Seminar, that brought together various professional families with a role in helping ensure the resilience of AXA to Climate Change-related risks, the CRAFT roadmap for 2024 was announced with a commitment to develop Heatwave Readiness Guidelines, both internal and public.",1 "In order to regularly measure and monitor the evolution of its business continuity capabilities, which is a fundamental operational resilience building block to ensure readiness to climate change risks, the Group measures the number of entities that have tested all business continuity plans for high and mission critical business processes.",1 "ORRAA brings together the finance and insurance sectors along with governments, non-profits, and stakeholders to: drive investment in marine and coastal natural capital; reduce ocean and climate risks; and build resilience in coastal communities.",1 AXA Climate also works with governments in the agriculture sector to protect farmers against yield losses due to multiple climate risks.,1 They will work on improving assessment and designing new climate adaptation approaches to those risks.,1 "Integrate environmental issues into the Group’s insurance business activities and provide climate-related risk transfer products and adaptation services to communities, including those most impacted by climate change.",1 Under the Climate Delegated Act Non-Life insurance activities through the underwriting of climate-related perils can indeed qualify as contributing substantially to climate change adaptation.,1 "Non-Life insurance products covering climate related perils distributed by AXA entities generally contain features that help customers to better adapt to the consequences of climate change, including incentives to prevent its effects on property and people.",1 This network will facilitate the development and introduction of additional products and/or features which align to the EU Taxonomy insurance product criteria for climate change adaptation.,1 "Our innovative products, solutions and technologies help to improve quality of life and protect the environment as well as the climate.",1 We are also addressing the question of how climate change affects our sites and implementing climate resilience measures (see page 113) .,1 "In the wake of advancing climate change, the resulting water shortages and extreme weather events, climate resilience measures are becoming increasingly important.",1 "We adapt our portfolio to the specific requirements of regional markets as customer requirements, crops, soils, climate conditions, plant diseases and farming practices vary around the world.",1 "At sites with material climate risk, the existence of adaptation solutions was additionally analyzed and evaluated.",1 "Alongside these commitments, our Crop Science Division is delivering innovations to strengthen climate resilience, with further significant contributions being made in the value chains of the agricultural industry.",1 "The criteria for climate change adaptation are assessed at site level, while in some cases highly granular requirements for the other environmental objectives are examined at the individual asset level.",1 We are working to advance climate change adaptation while also aiming to counteract changing environmental conditions through innovation and new approaches in order to help streng then climate resilience.,1 Our business planning takes account of research and development expenses for product innovations that can help adapt our business model to the impact of climate change.,1 Climate change adaptation: A robust climate risk and vulnerability assessment is required for both economic activity CCM 3.3 and economic activity CCM 6.5 to determine that they do not cause significant harm to Environmental Objective II.,1 "Implementing early-stage adjustments to the supply chain to address climate change enhances its long-term resilience, thereby ensuring business continuity.",1 •Water: We are advancing solutions to address global water challenges by enhancing flood resilience and improving water management.,1 CRH will continue to invest in solutions that strengthen circularity and resilience to climate change in the built environment.,1 "The transition towards regenerative agricultural practices, efforts to maintain ingredients’ availability as well as the climate efficiency of operations are key to adapt Danone’s business model to this environmental change building resilience, efficiency and consumer preference.",1 Specific actions related to feed resilience in light of increasing drought and water scarcity will be tested and implemented by the farmers.,1 "Wetland conservation (carbon sinks) RamsarDanone has been a partner of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands since 1998, with the aim of protecting wetlands as an important carbon sink essential to climate mitigation and adaptation.",1 "For example, the deployment of regenerative agriculture in the value chain aims not only to reduce carbon emissions, but also to support biodiversity, soil health, improve water management and animal welfare while accompanying farmers towards resilient agriculture in the face of climate change.",1 "As we approach 2050, climate change adaptation will become increasingly critical and is already so in some of the most exposed regions.",1 The SFICS provides criteria to flag the Group's financing and investment activities as sustainable (that help mitigate or adapt to climate change).,1 "• Evolution of the Klima management tool: In Q3’23 we have integrated a physical risk assessment module into our tool, which allows the identification of physical risks in collaterals and client portfolios, adjusting their vulnerability by economic activity.",1 "Waste & Water Management Activities to adapt to, or mitigate, climate change; preserve Financing of water, waste and soil biodiversity; boost the circular treatment, greater energy efficiency, Circular economy economy and waste & water lower emissions and conservation.",1 "Nonetheless, EssilorLuxottica pays high vigilance to climate events and prepares comprehensive adaptation measures to ensure business continuity.",1 EssilorLuxottica pays close attention to climate events and prepares comprehensive adaptation measures to ensure business continuity.,1 "•Eyes on Carbon : EssilorLuxottica is committed to addressing climate change and preserving the environment by reducing energy consumption and water use within its operations , limiting its carbon footprint across the value chain and being resilient to climate-related risks.",1 The Company aims to maintain good knowledge of global climate projections and assess its vulnerability to climate change risks to improve its resilience and prepare the business for potential consequences.,1 "This updated climate risk model helps the Group screen the physical climate risk exposure of a specific site based on its location, anticipate and prepare for potential climate hazards, raise awareness and protect employees in urgent situations and improve the resilience of its assets and supply chain.",1 "Looking ahead to 2024 During 2024 we will continue to deepen the understanding of our impacts on climate change, strengthen our resilience to climate-related risks and seek to identify ways of capitalising on climate-related opportunities.",1 "Hermès provides financial support to its historical supplier so that it can adapt to climate change, such as irrigation and mechanisation, as well as carry out tests of mulberry trees that are more resistant to climatic hazards, with a view to adaptation.",1 "Hermès has based its approach to adapting to climate change on the identification of risks and the assessment of their relevance in order to define action plans within each métier, with the assistance of a consulting firm and the use of authoritative tools.",1 "To strengthen the resilience of this sector, Hermès is already providing financial support to its partner in Brazil for its work in adapting to climate change.",1 "An agroforestry project in Ghana covering 17 ,000 hectares aims to support the adaptation to climate change of small cocoa farmers and improve their living conditions.",1 "The DNSH criteria, for each of the Taxonomy activities, were applied as follows: 7.2 Renovation of existing buildings DNSH adaptation – The Climate Delegated Act recommends compliance with three criteria: Hermès has carried out an analysis of the physical risks impacting its main sectors since 2019.",1 "Depending on the ranking obtained and the results of the climate projections, Hermès undertakes the construction of adaptation plans consistent with the nature of the assets concerned, their geographical location and the priority physical climate risks.",1 "In 2023, a study was also conducted on the supply chain to identify the physical and transition risks related to climate change, thus enabling the construction of resilience plans.",1 "Companies must do their part to combat this risk through mitigation actions, reducing their emissions and decarbonising their business model, and also by acting against the impacts of climate change, by improving their adaptation and resilience capacities.",1 "Physical risks The main management and mitigation mechanisms applied are as follows: – Consideration of climate change in new investment decisions, to make future assets more climate resilient.",1 "Based on the impacts discussed (which take into account the current uncertainty associated with climate projections) and the mitigating elements in place, it is estimated that the physical risks of climate change may not have a material and permanent impact on the consolidated figures of the Group, which is believed to be globally resilient.",1 "Generally speaking, their objectives fall into two categories: initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions or policies designed to promote climate change adaptation.",1 "Each facility has recovery curves assigned to it, depending on the severity of the scenarios, their vulnerability and resilience to each climate phenomenon.",1 "To achieve this, the fund invests in agricultural communities, project leaders and NGOs so as to implement regenerative approaches that not only preserve the viability of the land but also benefit farmers, enhance animal welfare and the health of ecosystems, and foster climate change mitigation and resilience.",1 "Analysis of the alignment of activities by type of activity For each of the eligible activities previously described, an assessment was carried out of the technical criteria in the climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives, specifically for CapEx.",1 Compliance with the technical screening criteria of ‘Do No Significant Harm’ (DNSH) specific to the activity • Climate change adaptation: no material physical climate risks were identified that might affect the performance of the reported activity pursuant to the provisions of Annex A of the Climate Delegated Act.,1 "Furthermore, the Group has defined adaptation measures aimed at reducing its exposure to risks, thereby adapting to the consequences of climate change.",1 And we continue to call for more concrete guidance from governments and regulators on climate risk and climate adaptation.,1 "We’re working to become more resilient to climate risk, and have the ambition to become an expert in managing and mitigating these risks as we are in managing credit and other forms of financial risk.",1 "By aggregating this information, we’ll improve our insights into our clients’ transition plans, and be better able to identify both risks and opportunities - enabling us to better support our clients in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change.",1 The strategy includes climate change mitigation and adaptation measures and aims to transform Kering's entire industry.,1 "The Group plans to manage these climate-related risks and opportunities, anticipate their effects and ensure its resilience by adapting its business model, governance and decision-making processes, and its supply chain.",1 "The Group has therefore made climate action a key part of its Sustainability Strategy by means of a dedicated Climate Strategy, which includes climate change mitigation and adaptation measures and aims to transform Kering’s and the industry.",1 "Kering intends to manage climate-related risks and opportunities, anticipate their effects and ensure its resilience by adapting its business model, governance and decision-making processes, and its supply chain.",1 These regenerative agriculture projects support climate resilience.,1 "These factors together help make the ecosystem more resilient to climate change impacts, such as extreme weather events and temperature fluctuations, thereby protecting the environment and ensuring sustainable production for future generations.",1 "Furthermore, Kering did not directly implement any solutions responding to the objective of adaptation in 2023, as in the light of the Group’s activities and risk review, expenditures over the year are related mainly to climate change mitigation measures.",1 "The Group analyzed the risks of exposure to chronic and acute physical risks and adaptation related to climate change, as well as the vulnerability of various sites (see section 5.2.2).",1 "Kering’s approach to tackling climate change features a two-pronged drive to: (i) reduce the impact of its operations, and (ii) to enhance its foresight and ability to adapt so that it can mitigate the impact of physical and transition risks on its business (shifting consumer expectations, physical risks to its installations, impact on sourcing of its raw materials, etc.).",1 "•In September , the Group announced the creation of the €15 million L’Oréal Climate Emergency fund to help vulnerable communities prepare for and recover from climate disasters through partnerships with local relief organizations and international NGOs.",1 Rice bran oil: improving resilience to climate change in Thailand L’Oréal uses rice bran oil for its anti-dandruff and antioxidant properties (haircare and skincare products).,1 L’Oréal works with the PUR Projet NGO and its supplier to support the OASIS cooperative in reducing the amount of methane produced by rice farming in the region and to improve its resilience to the effects of climate change.,1 "Along with this dynamic move towards a low-carbon transition , L’Oréal intends to fully manage the risks and opportunities related to climate change , anticipate their effects and ensure its resilience.",1 "In 2023 , aligned investments for the climate change mitigation objective were €139 million , with €114 million invested for the climate change adaptation objective.",1 "With a budget of €15 million , it is intended to increase the resilience of vulnerable communities in the face of climate disasters.",1 "The funds will be directed towards two types of actions: “prepare” , to help minimise the impact of climate disasters before they occur , through disaster planning and early warning systems; and “repair” , to restore essential infrastructures and vital services such as healthcare , housing and access to food and water when disaster strikes.",1 "In terms of the climate change adaptation objective: In addition to complying with the technical criteria of the DNSH principle under the climate change mitigation objective , the Group is satisfied that adequate adaptation solutions exist in terms of equipment and infrastructure for the predominant physical risks identified.",1 SEADRIF helps protect Laos against catastrophic flood events.,1 "The technical screening criteria for determining substantial contributions to climate change adaptation are: leadership in the modelling and pricing of climate risks, product design and/or support of the development and provision of appropriate non -life insurance products, innovative (re)insurance coverage solutions, data sharing, and a high level of service in post - disaster situations.",1 "As insurers, we contribute both to the adaptation to climate change risks and to the mitigation of climate risks.",1 "Consequently, we have performed cross- balance sheet scenario analyses in order to estimate how resilient the company is in the event of various climate change scenarios and in order to devise specific actions to be taken.",1 This is due to our ability to regularly adapt risk and natural-hazard models to take the effects of climate change into appropriate consideration.,1 "We engage with our peers, civil society and the public sector on climate action and the role of banks in transitioning the real economy towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient future.",1 This internal framework for evaluating customers’ climate transition plans and the extent to which they are adapting their business models towards being aligned with 1.5°C supports targeted customer engagements.,1 "We aim to be part of a collective movement that works towards a just transition of our society, to achieve a low-carbon, climate-resilient and circular economy, and partnering up with suppliers is a prerequisite for succeeding with that.",1 "Over the long term, it leads to an increase in yields, better resilience to climate change and improved living standards for farming communities.",1 We’re consistently working on reducing our carbon emissions and adapting our business to ensure resilience in the face of climate-related risks.,1 "Regenerative agriculture is a resilient alternative that addresses climate change, promotes biodiversity, and provides the long-term yields that enable sustainable communities and businesses.",1 We then worked together to replace old and less productive coffee trees with new plants that are disease-resistant and more resilient to climate change.,1 "They set out the rules and measures to be taken during episodes of heat stress, flooding, pollution and drought in order to protect the health of employees and the safety of property.",1 "• By applying strict quality criteria, SAP aims to support initiatives which restore and protect the right trees in the right places and have a positive impact on the local community, biodiversity , and climate.",1 "– In 2023, we rolled out a vulnerability and adaptation questionnaire to our own data centers to ensure (on-site) measures are planned and/or in place to address the identified applicable main climate change risk(s).",1 "All planting projects shall grow a selection of genetically diverse, at best native and climate-resilient trees in mixed stands.",1 "Schneider Electric has embedded climate-related risks reviews into its decision making, to mitigate risk exposure and ensure resilience.",1 "2.3.1.1 Risks, opportunities, and impact assessment and adaptation measures Schneider Electric proactively identifies and measures climate-related risk and opportunity to assess existing and potential impacts to its business, operations, and value chain.",1 "As a result, climate and weather-related risks are part of the Group’s Business Continuity & Risk Management program, leading to preventive investment to secure assets and adapt to material climate and weather risks.",1 "As a result, the Group took the appropriate adaptation measures to mitigate risk exposure and enhance resilience: • Development of a flood emergency response plan.",1 "The Group supports innovative technologies and projects that reduce and remove carbon dioxide, modernize and digitize the grid, accelerate clean energy, and strengthen resilience to the impacts of a changing climate.",1 "Their solution includes a combination of hardware, inputs, financing, and advisory with the ambition to allow farmers to double their income while making their farm climate-resilient for generations to come.",1 This applies to activities belonging to objectives: Climate change adaptation: Schneider has assessed physical climate risks that are material to its activity.,1 Climate adaptation risks are also studied and mitigated at site level for the Group’s industrial and key logistic sites.,1 "Finally, aging infrastructure may complicate our utility operations ability to address climate change concerns and efforts to enhance resiliency and reliability.",1 "Historically, Houston Electric has been able to recover the costs incurred in restoring its transmission and distribution properties following hurricanes or other disasters through issuance of storm restoration bonds or a change in its regulated rates or otherwise.",1 CenterPoint Energy’s current 10-year capital plan includes capital expenditures to maintain reliability and safety and increase resiliency of its systems as climate change may result in more frequent significant weather events.,1 CMS Energy and Consumers have announced ambitious plans to reduce their impact on climate change and increase the reliability of their electric distribution system.,1 "Modernization of the electric grid, including smart meters, storm hardening, self-healing and targeted undergrounding, helps to ensure the system is better prepared for severe weather, improves the system's reliability and flexibility, and provides better information and services for our customers.",1 "In December 2022, high winds and extreme cold from Winter Storm Elliott, customer demand that was higher than forecasted, and the inability to import additional power from out of state, resulted in the need to temporarily interrupt service to about 500,000 customers to maintain overall grid reliability and prevent further potential disruptions in the Carolinas.",1 "Our workforce and our contract partners worked hard to prepare for this year’s storm season, through drills, material planning, call center readiness, contingency planning, and customer communications.",1 "As discussed further in Note 4, Duke Energy Florida maintains a storm damage reserve and has a regulatory mechanism to recover the cost of named storms on an expedited basis.",1 SCE and Edison International are investing in building a more resilient grid to reduce climate- and weather-related vulnerabilities.,1 "Since 2018, SCE has been adapting to climate change through system hardening to reduce wildfire risk.",1 "In its 2025 GRC, SCE proposed climate adaptation investments to address wildfire and physical risks that could occur by 2030.",1 "In October 2023, SCE requested authority to recover revenue requirements associated with 2022 operations and maintenance and capital expenditures above levels authorized in wildfire mitigation accounts and the vegetation management balancing account.",1 "Severe weather events, including drought, increasingly severe windstorms and rising sea-levels, pose risks to SCE's infrastructure and SCE and Edison International are investing in building a more resilient grid to reduce climate- and weather-related vulnerabilities.",1 "System Resilience and Storm Hardening Entergy Louisiana In December 2022, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking a public interest finding regarding Phase I of Entergy Louisiana’s Future Ready resilience plan and approval of a rider mechanism to recover the program’s costs.",1 "System Resilience and Storm Hardening In December 2022, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking a public interest finding regarding Phase I of Entergy Louisiana’s Future Ready resilience plan and approval of a rider mechanism to recover the program’s costs.",1 The decrease was partially offset by an increase of $46.8 million in transmission construction expenditures primarily due to increased investment in the reliability and infrastructure of Entergy Mississippi’s transmission system in 2023 and an increase of $27.5 million in distribution construction expenditures primarily due to higher capital expenditures for storm restoration in 2023.,1 System Resilience and Storm Hardening In October 2021 the City Council passed a resolution and order establishing a docket and procedural schedule with respect to system resiliency and storm hardening.,1 The “Resilience Measure Achievement Level” is based on a model that predicts the percentage reduction in the Company’s storm restoration costs associated with the completion of infrastructure resilience projects specified in the model that are actually completed during each year of the Performance Period (“Annual Resilience Cost Reduction Percentage”).,1 "Storm reserves established by the Evergy Companies may be insufficient and rates may not be adjusted in a timely manner, or at all, to recover these costs.",1 "In response to the 2021 Massachusetts climate legislation calling for increased electrification of the transportation and building sectors, in 2023, Eversource developed an Electric Sector Modernization Plan (ESMP) detailing steps the Company will take over the next five and ten years to help ensure reliability and resiliency while supporting a clean energy future.",1 "Eversource assesses the physical impacts of climate change that are event-driven or due to longer-term shifts in climate patterns, as well as transitional impacts related to a shift to a lower-carbon economy and changes to address mitigation and adaptation requirements.",1 We are reinforcing existing critical facilities to withstand storm surges and all future substations are being “flood hardened” to better protect our system against storm surges associated with the increasing risk of severe weather .,1 "Additionally, we collaborate with other utility providers and industry partners across the country to better understand storm hazards and develop solutions to improve our system reliability .",1 "CL&P Regulatory Matters CL&P Tropical Storm Isaias Response Investigation: On April 28, 2021, PURA issued a final decision on CL&P’ s compliance with its emergency response plan that concluded CL&P failed to comply with certain storm performance standards and was imprudent in certain instances regarding its preparation for, and response to, Tropical Storm Isaias.",1 "Adaptation risk refers to risks to the Registrants' facilities or operations that may result from changes to the physical climate and environment, such as changes to temperature, weather patterns and sea level.",1 "Over time, the Registrants are making additional investments to protect their facilities from physical climate-related risks.",1 "Over time, the Registrants are making additional investments to adapt to changes in operational requirements to manage demand changes and customer expectations caused by climate change.",1 "These applications are broadly focused on improving grid resilience with an emphasis on disadvantaged communities, relief of capacity constraints and modernizing infrastructure, deployment of DER and microgrid technologies and providing improved resilience through storm hardening projects.",1 Requested revenue requirement increases will be used to recover capital investments designed to increase the resilience of the electric and gas distribution systems and support Maryland's climate and regulatory initiatives.,1 Requested revenue requirement increases will be used to recover capital investments designed to advance system-readiness and support the District of Columbia’s climate and clean energy goals.,1 Requested revenue requirement increases will be used to recover capital investments designed to advance system-readiness and support Maryland's climate and clean energy goals.,1 "the settlement additionally includes a new low-income customer advocacy program, storm restoration work and service reliability investments.",1 "To build resilience to these hazards, the Utility is working to systematically integrate forward-looking climate data and tools into its decision-making.",1 "PG&E Corporation and the Utility also work with policymakers and regulators to advance effective climate change policy in California, and work directly with local governments and communities on adaptation solutions.",1 "PG&E Corporation and the Utility are committed to designing an electric system that is resilient to climate change, decarbonized, and optimized to local and system needs.",1 Undergrounding can substantially reduce ignition risk and improve reliability during storms or periods of high wildfire risk.,1 "In addition, the Utility uses multiple weather models on a daily basis that indicate which circuits to enable with safety settings and which to put in normal protection settings, optimizing for wildfire risk reduction when needed and enhancing reliability when wildfire risk is low.",1 Adapting to the Physical Impacts of Climate Change Effectively managing physical climate risk will become increasingly critical as the physical impacts of climate change become increasingly frequent and severe over the coming years in California.,1 "The Utility’s climate resilience efforts continue to focus on characterizing and mitigating the physical impacts of climate change to the Utility’s infrastructure, assets, and operations.",1 The Utility has conducted regional community engagement campaigns throughout its service area to understand how some of the most vulnerable communities the Utility serves think about climate hazards and adaptation.,1 "If the CPUC does not authorize sufficient funding for investments in the Utility’s infrastructure, it may negatively impact the Utility’s ability to modernize the grid and make it resilient to risks related to climate change, including wildfires.",1 "In particular, the Utility will need to make substantial, sustained investments to its infrastructure to adapt to climate change, enable the clean energy transition, and mitigate wildfire risk.",1 "Over this same period of time, APS also intends to harden its infrastructure in order to improve climate resiliency, which involves system and operational improvements aimed at reducing the impact of extreme weather events and other climate-related disruptions upon APS’s operations.",1 "We also continue to assess physical risks of climate change and adapt our capital investment program to improve the reliability and resiliency of our system in an environment of increasing frequency and severity of weather events, notably through our investments in our Energy Strong program and Infrastructure Advancement Program and our investments in transmission infrastructure upgrades.",1 "In order to do this, we will continue to: • seek approval of and execute on our utility capital investment program to modernize our infrastructure, improve the reliability and resilience of the service we provide to our customers, and align our sustainability and climate goals with New Jersey’s energy policy.",1 "Electric and Gas Distribution—investments for new business, reliability improvements, flood mitigation, and modernization and replacement of equipment that has reached the end of its useful life.",1 "This journey involves major legal, regulatory, technological and market changes to mitigate and adapt to climate change and protect the environment and ecosystems*.",1 "And further strict criteria must still then be met before an exposure can be considered aligned, in particular as regards the adaptation of the property to climate events.",1 "In addition, since 2023 SGIP has supported real estate programmes that anticipate climate change with virtuous commitments to protect biodiversity, which they promote to investor clients.",1 "More specifically concerning the analysis of the criteria related to the environmental objective ""Climate change adaptation "", TotalEnergies relies on its process of analyzing the physical risks associated with climate change (refer to section 5.4.3).",1 "Protecting and regenerating nature Our Climate & Nature Fund continues to support our work to protect and regenerate 1.5 million hectares of land, forests and oceans by 2030.",1 This has included implementing hundreds of actions to help mitigate and adapt against climate-related risks.,1 The review of residual values and useful lives have taken into consideration the impacts of climate change and the actions we undertake to mitigate and adapt against these climate-related risks and there is no material impact on the income statement for this year.,1 It is using its know-how in water management and the rehabilitation of public spaces to strengthen urban climate resilience and reduce heat islands.,1 "Climate resilience IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, in the heart of London, VINCI Construction is participating in the Thames Tideway Tunnel, a major project to prevent heavy rains from polluting the Thames while sustainably improving water quality.",1 "They are for example working on low-carbon public transport infrastructure programmes (such as the Grand Paris Express in France and the HS2 high-speed rail line in the United Kingdom), civil engineering works for hydro and other renewable energy infrastructure (including pumped storage power plants), and climate resilience structures.",1 "Structural demand for mobility, along with the large investments needed to adapt transport infrastructure to low-carbon uses while reinforcing its climate resilience, will deliver a long-term boost to transport infrastructure concessions.",1 "LEONARD Leonard’s foresight work in 2023 focused on emerging risks in the Group’s various businesses, climate change adaptation and the transformations in the mobility sector between now and 2050.",1 "Adapt infrastructure and activities to improve their climate resilience, suppliers and partners through the development of shared solutions.",1 "In response to the challenge of adapting to the consequences of climate change, a research group from the Leonard innovation and foresight platform, reflecting the full scope of VINCI’s expertise, has continued its work in addressing resilience.",1 "And lastly, maintenance and climate resilience operations were carried out in Slovakia on the Via Pribina expressway (pavement upgrades on a 14 km section) and in Peru on the Lima Expresa highways (consolidating the banks of the Rímac river along the road to prevent damage in case of flooding).",1 The investment required over the coming years and decades to transform motorways and airports into low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure makes the concession contract model appear even more appropriate.,1 "Those associated with low-carbon mobility, renewable energy production, the water cycle and climate resilience account for a significant proportion of its civil engineering projects.",1 "In the hydraulic infrastructure sector, VINCI Construction is carrying out major projects associated with water resource management, renewable energy production and climate resilience issues: in the UK, the Thames Tideway Tunnel (East works package), a system that transfers and stores London’s wastewater and stormwater.",1 "They have also taken part in a growing number of climate adaptation projects (combating urban heat islands, landscaping schoolyards, rethinking or introducing parks and gardens, soil unsealing), for example with their new Revilo® integrated offering.",1 "VINCI Construction also saw very strong business levels, driven by works on major mobility infrastructure projects, structures intended to provide greater climate resilience, and energy renovation.",1 "In 2023, 22 airports designed their long-term business plan to include several environmental criteria, such as climate resilience, changes in CO 2 equivalent emissions (Scopes 1, 2 and 3), and sustainable investments.",1 "VINCI provides regions with concrete solutions to address climate change, including the construction and financing of infrastructure adaptation projects (sea walls, tunnels, bridges, water desalination plants, etc.)",1 "Its panel represents VINCI’s various activities, with support from Resallience, VINCI’s engineering and design office focused on climate resilience that works on adapting projects, cities, regions, infrastructure and their uses to climate change.",1 "The Group is also carrying out significant research internally and with its scientific partners on issues such as adapting neighbourhoods to heatwaves, managing the urban heat island effect, flood prevention, etc.",1 A climate resilience study was launched in 2021 for the South Europe Atlantic high-speed rail line using the methodology described in the Cerema paper “Vulnérabilités et risques : les infrastructures de transport face au climat” (Vulnerability and risks: transport infrastructure and climate change).,1 "VINCI Autoroutes is participating in testing Ademe’s ACT Adaptation method, which measures companies’ ability to adapt to climate change.",1 "The purpose of this review is to define the key aspects of vulnerability, provide socio-economic data on the effects of climate change on the network and its functionality, and develop adaptation measures to reduce the vulnerabilities identified.",1 "The second is a study of the resilience of the regional transport system in partnership with Région Sud – Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur with the aim of adapting to climate change, along with an assessment of the future physical risks to infrastructure.",1 "3.2.3.2 Climate change adaptation projects The Group plans in advance for any necessary changes to cities and their energy, communication, transport, water and sewer infrastructure, by incorporating eco-design into its projects, an approach that studies the structure’s whole life cycle.",1 "Adaptations have also been implemented following vulnerability analyses, as in the case of the A10 motorway, where Cofiroute (VINCI Autoroutes ) created a unique hydraulic structure under the motorway to protect it in the event of at least a 50-year flood of the Retrève river in the Loiret department of north-central France.",1 "Throughout the project life cycle, the Group’s priority is to have as little impact as possible on natural environments, while adapting to emerging ecological and climate challenges.",1 "Certified to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and to the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards (CCB Standards) at Gold level, this project aims to preserve the biodiversity of the Peruvian rainforest and adapt it to climate change.",1 VINCI offers solutions to make buildings and regions more resilient to climate change.,1 Extracting these resources carries the risk of degrading natural environments and reducing a region’s resilience to climate change.,1 Working proactively to adapt buildings and infrastructure to extreme weather events and developing technical skills and knowledge to reinforce building structures are a core part of solutions to climate change challenges.,1 "The Group has conducted research on issues including flood prevention, adapting neighbourhoods to heatwaves and managing the urban heat island effect.",1 "VINCI’s engineering and design office Resallience, which is dedicated to increasing the climate resilience of geographies, infrastructure and their uses, has also developed vulnerability maps and action plans for certain projects on behalf of Group divisions.",1 "In addition, the ResiLens tool was used to assess the resilience of a significant sample of infrastructure projects, over the average lifetime for infrastructure (20 years); see paragraph 3.2.3.1, “Measuring physical climate risks”, of the “Environmental performance” section, page 245.",1 "(*) Qualitative information: adaptation measures taken to improve the climate resilience of structures and activities; prevention of pollution and incidents; inclusion and diversity (VINCI Manifesto); measures to promote business ethics (Code of Ethics, Anti-corruption Code of Conduct); sustainable relationships with local suppliers (VINCI’s socio-economic footprint in France).",1 Climate change adaptation We performed a climate risk and vulnerability assessment to identify which production sites may be affected by physical climate risks.,1 "In continuing to develop and implement our climate pathway, we maintain an overview of the risks, e.g., those resulting from future increases in prices for causing greenhouse gas emissions or the impact of climate change on our buildings, as well as the opportunities, e.g., in the form of climate-resilient and particularly competitive neighborhoods.",1 "Adaptation measures include, in particular, insulating buildings and replacing windows to provide protection against heat and cold, creating shade using blinds and shutters, and installing suitable equipment designed to handle the infiltration and absorption of larger amounts of precipitation.",1 "Climate-resilient products As a UK insurer, since 2016 our UK Household business has taken part in the Flood Re scheme, which is designed to allow insurers to offer more affordable insurance for UK homes built before 2009 in areas most at risk of flooding.",1 "Our net zero ambition We strive to help more people look after their future, which includes contributing to global efforts on climate resilience through limiting our impact upon the planet, as best we can.",1 "• We promote resilience to climate-related hazards through our community initiatives, such as a Sustainable Land Management and tree planting project in Boré, Kenya which also employed women and local unemployed youth.",1 Demonstrating resilience to climate-related events and seizing opportunities aligns with their expectations and contributes to the Group’s overall robustness.,1 We strive to mitigate the impacts we have on the environment while adapting our operations and products to the wider challenges and risks presented by climate change.,1 Our Group-level policies and processes have been revised to include our decarbonisation ambitions and to strengthen our climate resilience.,1 "As such, climate transition and climate resilience remained important areas of discussion during our meetings this year.",1 "There are a number of core practices and processes that support the business to remain resilient and adapt to the impacts of climate change, whilst controlling the financial impacts to the Group.",1 "–Property, plant and equipment – the useful economic life of existing capitalised assets across the Group has been reviewed in light of any repairs, upgrades to existing infrastructure, or future investment in facilities that will be required as a result of the climate-related risks and opportunities identified across our sites.",1 We will continue to evaluate (and when necessary accelerate) our existing response measures to ensure that our business continues to be resilient to the assessed risks and is able to capitalise on business opportunities that our response to climate change may offer.,1 Bunzl’s supply chain flexibility and lack of fixed manufacturing assets provide operational resilience to the physical impacts of climate change.,1 "Adaptation to extreme weather The business impact of extreme weather is already included in our climate model, as it could be a driver of lower GDP growth.",1 "While the flexibility of Bunzl’s supply chain has provided good operational resilience to the physical impacts of climate change, there could be an impact if several key customers in a high risk region were impacted simultaneously.",1 Our specialist internal teams partnered with external climate resilience experts to conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessments and scenario analysis to identify climate-related risks and opportunities.,1 "Compass US supporting the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association to provide advice and support to small farmers), focusing on sustainable farming practices and climate resilience –strategic diversification of suppliers and sourcing regions –increased use of alternative farming methods.",1 "The resilience of the Group strategy Compass Group’s sustainability leadership, climate net zero roadmap and well-established plant-forward strategy make us more resilient and adaptable than many of our peers to the impacts of climate change, most notably evolving client and consumer demands and the projected climate impacts on animal protein production costs and availability.",1 "Regarding our climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, we have now harmonised our risk framework with the central Enterprise Risk Framework (ERM), enabling us to allocate divisional and site-level risks and controls to designated risk owners, with the goal of further refining site-specific nuances through a standardised methodology.",1 We recognise the importance of maturing our approach to integrating physical climate change risks and adaptation into financial planning and decision-making processes.,1 "The approach to adaptation measures is based on climate models to produce actionable information for the design, construction, operation and closure of its mining assets, considering climate change.",1 "—Production sites are included within a loss-prevention survey programme and are routinely visited to ensure appropriate resilience measures are in place, including flood, wind and storm protection.",1 —Increased costs due to long-term chronic drought affecting crop supply and implementation of adaptation measures such as irrigation solutions.,1 "To evaluate and assess the resilience of its business to climate change, the Group assessed the impact of damage and disruption caused by extreme weather events, reduced availability and increased price volatility of raw materials due to climate change, carbon pricing regulations and loss of attractiveness due to consumers’ increasing expectations.",1 Among eight women-led projects focused on innovative solutions to climate change is one in Guatemala focused on food security and resilience by restoring traditional home gardens; another in Bangladesh enhancing climate-resilient groundwater supply; and one in Uganda using aquifer storage and recovery to enable local women to advance a climate resilient food supply.,1 "The heightened need for innovation in climate adaptation infrastructure may increase demand for our environmental products and services for the scientific, technical and other communities.",1 "In addition, we are working to effectively adapt our assets and activities to enhance our resilience to the physical risks related to climate change where needed.",1 "The level of predictability is such that the need for investment in climate adaptation measures at the assets is not immediate and the results mean we are in a position to monitor the assets and determine whether there is any need for adaptation action, e.g.",1 "6) whether physical risk considerations have been incorporated into the asset plans for the assets that we assessed as susceptible to higher physical risk, we were satisfied that assets included mitigation and adaptation plans and the associated costs in the operating plan.",1 "For example, we carried out a review of physical climate risks for our eligible activities in line with the requirements of the Generic criteria for Do No Significant Harm to Climate Change Adaptation (Appendix A).",1 "This flexibility in mandates and holding periods is a considerable strength which provides great resilience to many risks, including climate-related risks, and which has supported our ability to pivot our investment towards sectors and niches that benefit from sustainable growth trends (see pages 16 and 17).",1 "In line with our Climate Change Strategy and our Water Policy,1 we support our neighbouring communities in adjusting to climate change through water stewardship.",1 "Additionally, as climate-related risks and opportunities have impacted our supply chain and with the increasing severity of sea swells, which have delayed the delivery of some critical resources, Antofagasta has decided to strengthen its resilience by increasing its storage capacity and revising some of its supply chain strategies, particularly for diesel and acid.",1 "• Metrics and Targets, climate-related metrics – Climate Metrics & Targets: We have estimated the capital expenditure we expect will be required to mitigate and adapt to climate change.",1 "• Following our evaluation of climate change issues that could affect our supply chain, we have strengthened the resilience of our supply chains for some of our critical resources, such as diesel and acid.",1 Our Climate Change Strategy’s fourth pillar defines two priorities in relation to biodiversity: nature-based solutions for CO2 capture and to address adaptation to acute and chronic physical risks.,1 "We constantly seek to identify risks associated with climate change and to implement actions to adapt to and mitigate their potential impact, such as increasing our stocks of strategic resources.",1 This project is designed to contribute to enhancing the resilience of Los Pelambres from the future impact of climate change and the deteriorating availability of water in the region.,1 "With respect to climate change, the objective is to facilitate early action and adaptation in relation to risks and opportunities.",1 DS Smith may also need to work with local and national governments to improve infrastructure resilience and climate change adaptation measures.,1 "Our audit testing included challenges to management with regards to cost assumptions for climate adaptation solutions particularly around capital expenditures and cost of carbon emission certificates, impacting future profit and forecasted cash flow.",1 "This year, our insurance providers have undertaken climate engineering surveys at our key operational sites to help us understand what further actions we can take to strengthen our climate resilience.",1 "The REDD+ Project Phase II – The Community Ranches – from Wildlife Works will not only avoid carbon emissions, but also support climate adaptation, promote biodiversity, bring added value to communities and contribute to 11 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.",1 "In Asia Pacific, we are developing an agriculture index, to be launched in the coming year, that will support clients in offering affordable finance and insurance to smallholders in Asia, which can help their productivity and help to protect them from climate risks.",1 Our resilience risk policies are subject to continuous improvement to remain relevant to evolving climate risks.,1 "By building a more climate-resilient balance sheet, we can reduce impairment risks and improve longer-term stability.",1 This includes research on natural forests and understanding how tree species adapt to changing climate patterns.,1 We aim to give back more to the planet than we take out and protect our business from the impact of climate change.,1 "Therefore, and viewing resilience through the same lenses that we describe above, we have considered the extent to which our oil and gas production business would need to be impacted by evolving physical risk over the same timeframe for the scale of financial impact to be sufficient to jeopardize the resilience of our strategy out to 2030.",1 "Our climate adaptation measures focus on key assets like investing in flood protection and upgrading cooling systems at critical sites, as part of our weather resilience strategy.",1 "We’re acting to reduce risk across the various climate-related scenarios, with an emphasis on long-term resilience.",1 "Companies continue to take action to reduce their climate impact and protect their business model, taking steps to ensure their products and supply chains remain resilient to the consequences of climate change.",1 "During the year, biopharma companies stepped up their commitments, including to strengthen locally led adaptation and health resilience programmes for vulnerable communities affected by climate change.",1 We use climate scenario analysis to model the potential impacts of our prioritised physical risks which helps us understand the resilience of our supply chains against climate change.,1 We recognise that climate-related risks will continue to develop over a significantly longer period and believe that we will be able to adapt our strategy and respond appropriately to emerging climate-related risks that could have a material impact on the Group in the future.,1 "Adaptation Finance There is an urgent global need to unlock and scale public and private climate adaptation finance to build shared societal resilience, especially across our footprint markets, where adaptation represents both a risk and an opportunity for clients and communities.",1 There is an urgent global need to unlock and scale public and private climate adaptation finance to build shared societal resilience.,1 • Used data collected from our Climate Risk Assessments to design an ‘adaptation readiness’ test at the client level.,1 "• Standard Chartered became one of the founding partners of the Bangladesh Climate and Development Partnership, which aims to use blended finance to help Bangladesh adapt to climate change.“Where money goes today shapes tomorrow’s world’ was the theory of change for the COP26 organisers.",1 "• Reviewed the Group’s high-level quantitative assessment of the impact of Climate Risk on the Group’s ECL and considered the materiality of the impact and the judgement to disclose a potential range of impact, rather than to adjust the ECL given the immaterial impact.",1 "• Physical risk adaptation levels remain an area of risk for most of our markets, with the lowest absolute scores in Africa and the Middle East.",1 • Client-level CRA scores by region for measuring gross physical risk and adaptation measures.,1 "Our focus is on how, by better understanding the underlying risks ourselves, we can support clients to adapt in ways that will not only reduce their business risks but will actively protect our environment from the worst impacts of climate change.",1 Working more closely with our supply chain partners to reduce the impact of a continuing volatile operating environment and the longer-term impact of climate change makes us more resilient and presents a significant opportunity for maintaining our profitability and jointly achieving our sustainability goals.,1 There is increasing awareness of the negative social impacts of physical climate risk on workers and we believe it is important that companies consider climate adaptation and the concept of a just transition in their interactions with suppliers.,1 • Explore other supplier bases that are more resilient.• As part of the targets we set last year we have engaged with our top supplier to explore their risk to coastal inundation and are working with them to develop and progress their flood risk adaptation plan.,1 "Efforts to adapt to climate change can produce opportunities for organisations, such as through resource efficiency and cost savings and the development of new products and services.",1 "The robust environmental standards will help increase environmental protections across our entire UK supply base, working towards whole-farm, continuous improvement in: climate resilience; biodiversity; habitat area and quality; GHG emissions and carbon footprinting; soil health; deforestation; collaboration; and collective action.",1 "To understand and monitor these risks and plan for any necessary short, medium, and long term adaptive measures, we have established a robust Physical Climate Change Risk and Resilience (PCCRR) framework.",1 "Operational resilience During 2023, our focus has been on embedding adaptation and climate resilience into our operations and processes.",1 "By doing so, we are deepening our understanding of the impacts of climate change across our entire value chain, helping us identify how best to prepare to be more operationally resilient in response to a changing climate.",1 Community resilience The impacts of climate change will also affect the lives and livelihoods of host communities around our operations.,1 The inclusion of a community climate vulnerability risk assessment considers how host communities can build climate resilience and adaptation measures and how Anglo American and its partners can support their development and implementation.,1 "Through the site level PCCRR work, we are improving controls and implementing adaptation actions to address these risks and continue to strive for resilience in the context of a changing climate.",1 Ensuring the continued resilience of our portfolio to the physical impacts of a changing climate is also a key priority in our allocation of capital.,1 "Investments in maintaining this resilience are driven by our continuing climate change risk management processes and, for example, include investments related to reducing the consumption of fresh water where it is expected to become scarcer, or where there is a risk of future disruption owing to flooding.",1 "That is why we have been working for over 10 years to ensure that our operations have the best available models to understand, assess, mitigate and adapt to the physical risks of climate change.",1 "To assess these potential impacts and to develop short, mid, and long term adaptation actions, we have developed climate and weather projections as part of our physical climate change risk and resilience approach.",1 "POL Y4 offers farmers superior performance compared to existing fertiliser products: demonstrated crop yield improvement of 3–5% across a wide variety of crops and soil types, improved crop quality and resilience to drought and disease, and help in preserving the health of a farmer’s greatest asset – their soil.",1 The resilience of our portfolio to a changing climate also forms a key part of the Company’ s strategy.,1 ">Advancing our sustainability priorities, particularly health equity and health system resilience, as well as addressing the effects of the twin climate and nature crises and the impact on global health and healthcare.",1 "This includes new or expanded projects in Brazil, India, Vietnam, Ghana, Rwanda and Kenya, which will contribute to our climate action, promote the restoration of biodiversity and natural habitats, and build community resilience.",1 "To future-proof our business and build resilience to ensure long-term financial sustainability and the continued supply of medicines to patients, we have screened physical risks from the impacts of climate change across our operations and strategic suppliers.",1 We also continued to engage with strategic partners with a critical role in patient supply to understand their exposure to climate-related hazards and their resilience to climate change.,1 "We’re also helping communities start to become more climate-ready by offering our customers some choices in terms of climate-friendly products, influencing our suppliers and the companies we invest in, helping the broader transition to a more climate resilient economy, and being part of shaping a response to the twin crises of climate breakdown and biodiversity.",1 "These projects will run for between 17 and 60 years, working to capture carbon, contributing towards flood resilience and helping to restore natural habitats.",1 We aim to protect and restore biodiversity and understand the impact of climate change on our investments and underwriting.,1 "The projects our partners are undertaking with our funding will demonstrate the co-benefits of carbon sequestration, nature restoration, flood resilience and social and community benefit.",1 "Large catastrophic (CAT) losses arising as a result of these events are explicitly considered in our economic capital modelling to ensure we are resilient to such CAT scenarios, and this modelling considers the impact of climate change on the frequency and severity of potential future events.",1 "We recognise that our business and wider society relies on natural resources which will be impacted by the effects of climate change, and that we must work to adapt to those effects.",1 "Supported by the resilience of our supply chain, we currently experience limited disruptions resulting from climate change.",1 "We are learning more about the interconnectivity of environmental issues and human rights, working in areas such as climate change and biodiversity, in order to increase environmental and economic resilience for farmers and rural communities.",1 "Physical risk In addition to our decarbonisation levers, we are also cognisant of the need to implement climate adaptation measures to ensure the resiliency of operations at our manufacturing facilities under physical climate hazards.",1 Increase resilience in the supply chain to be able to better absorb climate-related shocks –OR2.,1 "While Convatec is aware of the physical climate hazards most prevalent across our manufacturing sites and can implement adaptation and control measures to reduce the risk, Convatec has less influence over how suppliers are managing climate risk.",1 "We chose to benchmark against the CDA because it requires TSFs to be designed to higher flood frequency than may be required by local regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate, and as such supports a more climate-resilient design of our TSFs.",1 "Plans and strategies can and must adapt in response to dynamic market conditions, changing preference of our stakeholders, joint venture decisions, changing weather and climate patterns, new opportunities that might arise or other changing circumstances.",1 We will also use our analysis to further integrate physical climate risks into our business decision-making processes and will explore where IHG mitigation and adaptation strategies might be needed.,1 "Develop products to promote climate resilience, engaging in this opportunity though the Build Back Better scheme for home insurance and our efforts in greening the built environment through our products and services.",1 "Climate-related impacts could affect operational resilience through properties, IT systems, people and third party suppliers.",1 "• We assess our long-term strategic portfolio against climate risk, to ensure we are investing in land which is resilient to climate risk, and disclose in accordance with the TCFD framework.",1 "Our diverse range of products and geographical spread of assets allows the business to be resilient to climate risks, such as cost and availability of resources, in the short term.",1 "Climate resilience measures include maintaining appropriate levels of insurance for each asset, performing climate risk scenario analyses for a selection of our global portfolio, and implementing operational risk reduction measures at the site level.",1 "In September 2023, we published our annual climate report detailing our ongoing progress to advance our climate strategy focused on reducing our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, enhancing our resilience to climate risks and contributing responsibly produced copper to the global economy.",1 "We manage potential risks first via our siting and design standards, then by implementing recommendations to proactively mitigate losses related to short-term acute weather events as well as long-term climate-related changes.",1 "During 2023 , we spent approximately $ 646 million on capital expenditures, of which $ 195 million represented return on investment (“ROI”) capital expenditures, $ 274 million represented renewal and replacement projects and $177 million was for hurricane restoration work.",1 "For instance, the requirement to modify our home designs mandated by upgraded building codes or recommended practices given a region’s particular exposure to climate conditions can increase our costs, which we may not be able to recoup by increasing the price of our homes.",1 "For example, as the risk of flooding in coastal and other flood prone areas increases or the results of climate change result in water scarcity, local governments may increase the requirements on new home builders for zoning approvals and restrict areas where new homes may be built, resulting in increased development costs and greater competition for more desirable land parcels.",1 "We are committed to acting responsibly to mitigate our contribution to global warming and conserve the environment in which we operate, while simultaneously adapting to the effects of a changing climate to keep our business resilient.",1 We are also proud to be a signatory to the UN's Race to Zero and Race to Resilience campaigns reflecting our commitment to climate change mitigation and adaptation.,1 "To understand, quantify and mitigate climate risks and adapt to their impact, we partner with climate resilience experts to assess them, model their possible financial impact, and develop strategies to adapt and remain resilient over the long-term.",1 "Climate change resilience Our experience in managing the impact of normal variations in climatic conditions, water availability and agricultural yields has made us more resilient and adaptable.",1 "We adapt through careful planning in our supply chain and procurement organisation, by partnering to develop high-yield, drought-resistant crops , and by managing water in a way that makes our operations more resilient and helps our local communities and agricultural sourcing areas to adapt, with specific focus in water-stressed areas.",1 "This includes working with farmers to increase their crops’ resilience to climate change, and developing contingencies where this isn’t possible.",1 "Analysing the financial impact of drought is particularly difficult because there are many factors involved, including the probability of drought, how long operations would have to be suspended and the impact of any adaptation or contingency measures.",1 "At the COP27 climate change conference, we were among businesses calling for more action on water and climate resilience.",1 "Our partnerships with leading international organisations, such as Water Resilience Coalition, Alliance for Water Stewardship and WaterAid, are fundamental to our ambition to support the climate resilience of our business and communities.",1 "We work with communities to help them adapt and build resilience through our 'Preserve Water for Life' strategy, implementing regenerative agricultural practices and developing climate-resistant variants of agricultural crops.",1 Having completed comprehensive risk assessments our focus is now on ensuring appropriate adaptation plans are in place for all risks identified.,1 "Building economic and environmental resilience involves improving smallholders’ financial awareness, their family income and/or their understanding of how to act in a climate-smart way.",1 "Nature plays an important role in the built environment – nature’s capacity to store carbon and support resilient societies is linked with the fight against climate change, and access to green spaces supports the health and wellbeing of those who use our places.",1 "Building resilience to a changing climate Although we assessed that our current portfolio is not highly exposed to physical risks given the location of our assets, we still take action to mitigate these risks through physical measures, insurance and business-continuity planning.",1 "In our development pipeline, we’re designing and constructing high-quality buildings and spaces capable of achieving operational resilience over their lifetime, considering how the UK’s climate will change in the coming decades.",1 It highlights the importance of creating planet-centric spaces by outlining our ‘Six Principles of Urbanisation’ including being climate-prepared and resilient as the most urgent.,1 Protecting our long-term returns by developing real assets with high levels of climate resilience.,1 "M&G is also leading the nature work stream of the Climate Financial Risk Forum’s Financial Resilience working group, providing industry guidance on how to incorporate nature into financial services risk management.",1 "To ensure we have a resilient organisation fit for the future, it is important that the management of our climate-related risks and opportunities is not only integrated into our existing three-year strategy and planning processes as an ongoing consideration but also that we supplement current processes with reviews focused on an extended time horizon.",1 "This year, our workshops across the business identified potential implications of climate risks and opportunities on our products and services, our supply chain, our adaptation and mitigation activities and own operations.",1 "The short-term controls and investments needed for a resilient network are in place, but further work remains to be done to build out our climate adaptation forecasting and control framework for the next decade.",1 We regularly monitor standard reliability metrics to improve our storm response and restore power.,1 "To address physical risks, the Chief Engineer’s Office leads the development of climate adaptation frameworks across the Group to ensure there is a consistent approach to assess the vulnerability of our energy assets and to guide strategic investment planning.",1 "Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) Our group-wide CVA began in December 2022, led by a steering group of senior leaders from each of our businesses, and a working group with business representatives from our engineering, resilience and policy teams.",1 The process accounts for existing adaptation plans such as storm hardening programmes and leverages the latest climate science.,1 "As part of our risk management process, we have assigned key controls to manage both our climate change mitigation and adaptation risks.",1 "On completion, we will develop a Climate Change Adaptation Plan, outlining solutions for our high-risk assets and confirm the strategic approach to managing that risk.",1 "We continue to invest in climate adaptation across the Group in the form of storm hardening and flood defences, with a further £31 million (2021/22: £36 million) invested in the year.",1 "We are also working directly with copackers through our partnership with Manufacture 2030 to help them measure and progressively reduce their emissions which will build resilience to physical and transition risks from climate change both within our supply chain, and for our suppliers.",1 "This exercise will inform our longer-term resilience plans related to physical climate-related risks, such as damage to our infrastructure.",1 The Group has assessed the physical-climate-risk exposure of its office locations using an established external physical-climate-risk assessment tool.,1 "Our assessments show the possible impacts of climate change on agricultural commodities, and that they are vulnerable to climate hazards including water stress, temperature rises and flooding, particularly where the commodities only grow in one country.",1 "We concluded that, by 2030, we don’t expect drought to have a significant impact on our operations or on our financial condition.",1 The most significant physical risk to our portfolio is from coastal flooding (4.1% VaR).,1 "Marsh uses XDI which quantifies the cost of extreme weather and climate change impacts to physical assets, taking into account asset-specific information – how different types of assets in a specific location will perform in different physical conditions.",1 Private asset results We continue to use the global insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh to assess our real estate and infrastructure exposure to physical climate risk.,1 Our solutions can also help growers adapt to more unpredictable growing conditions and the effects these types of threats have on crops.,1 "For example, FMC’s product solutions can help growers adapt to climate change and protect biodiversity by maximizing yield and utilizing resources more efficiently.",1 "Potential damage to assets and the frequency of such events arising from extreme weather and other potential climate-related events (including associated remediation costs) are reviewed through our risk management and business continuity programmes, and connect into our financial programmes on insurance.",1 We maintain business continuity and disaster recovery plans to prepare for and respond to the potential for a disruption in the technology we rely on.,1 Our model has also mapped the physical risk associated with sourcing these products to understand where our exposure to at-risk commodities is greatest.,1 "Climate, coastal areas and oceans The third area of action aims to support initiatives that benefit coastal areas and the oceans, the preservation of which is all the more necessary in a context of climate change.",1 "We regularly, where appropriate, carry out climate-related risk assessments at site level, supplier level, as well as innovation- project level.",1 "These analyses involve a study of the site’s climate context, as well as the recurrence and severity of extreme weather events, so that the structure can be adapted to withstand these events.",1 The climate risk analysis performed using the climate risk tool does not indicate any material physical risks for Vonovia’s housing stock.,1 13% (based on the carrying value) of physical assets tested are considered to be exposed to climate-related physical risks in the short to medium term which the assets are already actively managing to mitigate.,1 "The Group has reached out to external partners and data providers to resolve these difficulties, improve the location of its counterparties’ assets and identify the relevant climate issues that arise as a result.",1 "As global temperatures increase, the likelihood of fire risk is expected to increase with 19% of TIV at risk by 2050 under a high-warming scenario, this risk is managed through our principal risks 5 (loss of manufacturing output at any Group factory) and 7 (loss of a critical supplier).",1 "The GHG impacts of land-use change are most pronounced in our cocoa supply chain, where we have already been working for several years to prevent deforestation and build climate resilience.",1 Helping Our Sellers Build Climate Resilience Our sellers face increasing challenges related to natural disasters.,1 "Recognizing this, we have developed a strategy to help sellers build climate resilience focused on recovery and preparedness.",1 "Resilience of strategy across different climate-related scenarios Over the past few years, we have worked with two external vendors to assess current climate-related impacts and understand how they might change under different temperature pathways over time.",1 Doing so helps build local resilience against increasing climate change-related water issues such as drought.,1 "The initiative will enable climate-resilient water and sanitation solutions that create lasting access to safe water sources for 100 m illion people across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.",1 "Restoring Ecosystems in France In France, we pledged €3 million over three years to CDC Biodiversité’s Fonds Nature 2050 program to preserve and restore biodiversity, while mitigating climate change impacts and improving ecosystem resilience.",1 "Largely due to ongoing storm protection plan investments, Duke Energy Florida had its best reliability performance in more than a decade.",1 "Our commitment to provide accessible, reliable and affordable services to customers means our system must become more resilient in the face of the changing climate and extreme weather.",1 "In 2021, Duke Energy initiated a Climate Risk and Resilience Study to assess the long-term risks of a changing climate and physical impacts on our transmission & distribution (T&D) system in the Carolinas working with third-party consultant ICF .",1 "The flexible adaptation framework developed in our 2023 Climate Risk and Resilience Study, discussed in the Climate Risk Management section of this report, presents potential resilience strategies and investments that can be incorporated into our adaptation plans.",1 "Our principal subsidiary, Southern California Edison, is a leader in California’s efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change, while also focusing on the grid investments needed for a more resilient, equitable clean energy economy.",1 Developing the ability to withstand near- and long-term climate change impacts is driving our climate adaptation approach.,1 "In May 2022, SCE published a climate adaptation vulnerability assessment , one of the first in the industry, projecting climate impacts out to 2070.",1 "We are also focused on adapting our business in the near and long term to the effects of climate change, including climate change-driven wildfires.",1 "Our policy agenda also includes ensuring the security and reliability of the electric grid, including making it more resilient against cyber and physical attacks (see Cyber and Physical Security), wildfires and other climate-driven risks.",1 "In the near term, we continue to adapt our system to the threat of climate change-driven wildfires .",1 "In May 2022, SCE published a climate adaptation vulnerability assessment (CAVA), which evaluates the potential medium- and long-term impacts of temperature, precipitation, sea level rise, wildfire hazards and cascading events on our infrastructure and operations.",1 "To meet this new reality, infrastructure must be designed to withstand more intense storm surges and flooding, and new transmission lines must be constructed to bolster regional reliability under more severe wildfire conditions.",1 "Near-Term Actions In the near term, SCE continues to make deliberate, risk-informed investments to adapt our system to the threat of climate change-driven wildfires.",1 "Despite the reduction in acres burned by wildfire in 2022, we continue to harden the grid in preparation for a sustained threat year over year.",1 "SCE continues to harden the electric grid to ensure safety, grid resiliency and system readiness for these growing climate change impacts.",1 The Santa Barbara Regional Climate Collaborative leveraged CRC grant funding to support the design and planning of two “resilience hubs” in underserved areas.,1 "Risk-based decision-making helps prioritize upgrades, schedule maintenance and adapt the grid to the effects of climate change, including wildfires.",1 "Similar to the last several years, SCE’s reliability performance was impacted by wildfire mitigation efforts aimed at reducing the risk of wildfire.",1 "We have currently allocated up to 74.6% of the proceeds across renewable energy, clean transportation, energy efficiency and carbon reduction, climate change adaptation, and socioeconomic advancement and empowerment projects.",1 We engaged with community organizations and tribal members to solicit feedback on how potential climate adaptation and mitigation efforts undertaken by SCE might impact vulnerable disadvantaged communities.,1 "SCE is now working with CRLG members to determine how we can help them meaningfully build climate adaptation capacity so that past CRLG collaboration is successfully transitioned to helping ensure these groups continue to focus on what climate adaptation awareness, preparation and action means for their communities.",1 "Related capacity-building work includes supporting climate adaptation grant writing assistance through Climate Resolve’s Grant-Writing Assistance Program with Edison International, serving as a key sponsor to the California Resilience Challenge.",1 SCE also has formal governance over the development of SCE’s climate adaptation vulnerability assessment and ongoing climate change adaptation activities in accordance with California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requirements.,1 "In addition to seeking to be granted approval to procure the clean resources needed to meet its decarbonization goals through the IRP and related CPUC proceedings, SCE conducts climate adaptation vulnerability assessments to identify additional system needs as climate change affects customer demand and clean resource production.",1 "On the physical risk side, SCE performs climate adaptation vulnerability assessments to identify acute and chronic risks.",1 "In May 2022, SCE submitted its first Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment (CAVA) pursuant to CPUC direction, using a conservative (i.e., high-emissions, absent global climate mitigation) RCP8.5 scenario and considering long-term impacts of temperature, precipitation, sea-level rise and wildfire hazards.",1 SCE’s vulnerability assessment and ongoing planning for future grid architectures envisioned in Reimagining the Grid will form the bases for grid investments that harden the decarbonized grid against current and future climate risks.,1 "Each department is responsible for providing data, analysis and guidance on their business’ risks to ERM, and ERM works in close coordination with SCE’s cross-departmental climate change team on assessing companywide climate change vulnerability and adaptation options.",1 MetLife also seeks to support climate resilience wherever we can when our customers are impacted by natural disasters.,1 "In addition, we offer free resources through Upwise ™ articles to help customers prepare and financially protect themselves from climate disasters.",1 "ADAPT identifies startups that help communities and individuals respond to global challenges impacted by climate change, healthcare, wellness and economic mobility and that provide solutions that fundamentally shape and strengthen social resilience.",1 We are taking action to build a more climate-resilient energy network to ensure we can continue to deliver for customers even as California continues to experience the impacts of climate change.,1 "Risk scores are calculated using the scoring methodology established by the CPUC in the Safety Model Assessment Proceeding, which reflects the frequency with which various risks are expected to occur and the potential safety, reliability, and financial impacts of varying degrees of wildfire severity.",1 "PG&E’s initiative to underground 10,000 miles of powerlines in high fire risk areas represents the largest effort in the United States to underground powerlines to reduce wildfire risk, as well as harden the grid against other types of extreme weather.",1 Our wildfire protection work is making our system safer and more resilient while positioning us to better serve our customers in the short- and long-term and respond to our state’s evolving climate challenges.,1 It also means being prepared to withstand and rapidly recover from major disruptions in service caused by climate-driven weather events.,1 "Our commitment to climate resilience is embedded in our cross-functional approach, which engages eadership from key departments across the business in a structured manner.",1 "Through PG&E’s Lean Operating System, climate resilience priorities can be raised daily, weekly, and monthly at cross departmental operating review meetings.",1 "Through PG&E’s climate resilience program, we are working to ensure that all relevant decision-making is informed by the best available climate science.",1 "PG&E is conducting a Climate Vulnerability Assessment, which is an enterprise-wide study that looks at how actual and expected climate change conditions may impact the operations, safety, and reliability of PG&E’s assets, operations, and services.",1 This study will inform actions PG&E can take to adapt our system to evolving climate hazards while also working to reduce impacts to—and increase the adaptive capacity of—disadvantaged and vulnerable communities.,1 "Additionally, in 2022, we shared best practices for climate resilience planning and climate vulnerability assessments for utilities through numerous forums, including the Resilience to Extreme Events Summit and the U. S. Energy Association’s Advancing Modern Power through Utility Partnerships Program.",1 "PG&E also builds climate resilience by adapting to and preparing for a changing climate and associated weather patterns that could affect our assets, infrastructure, operations, coworkers, and customers.",1 • Climate Resilience and Building Decarbonization: PG&E advocated in support of measures that promote climate resiliency and reduce infrastructure risk.,1 "• Infrastructure Modernization: PG&E engages federal policymakers about creating the grid of the future in a reliable manner, while adapting to the increasing risks that climate change, wildfires, and cyber threats pose to our system.",1 "• Electric Operations: Includes efforts to harden our infrastructure, modernize the grid, and execute our Community Wildfire Safety Program to continue to mitigate the risk of our equipment igniting fires.",1 "• Awarded $400,000 in grants to help communities build a network of local hubs to build community resilience to climate-driven extreme weather events though the Resilience Hubs grant program.",1 Working with our wider value chain and communities to support resilience to climate change.,1 "This includes new or expanded projects in Brazil, India, Vietnam, Ghana, Rwanda and Kenya that will contribute to our climate action, restore nature, promote biodiversity and build ecological and community resilience, spanning over 100,000 hectares worldwide.",1 "We have taken steps to better understand the direct and indirect impacts of climate change and water stress on our business, so that we can develop plans to ensure our supply chains remain resilient.",1 "Using the best available climate data and natural catastrophe-modelling techniques, our climate resilience partners calculated projected Estimated Annual Losses (EALs) and Value at Risk (VaR) for the present day and two future time periods (the 2030s and 2050s) under two climate scenarios.",1 "To date, we have invested £3.3 billion in transition finance, including £1.4 billion in renewable energy, £1.2 billion in green bonds and £0.7 billion in other solutions (such as technology, infrastructure and real estate) which supports the transition and helps with our resilience to climate risk.",1 We manage our business to align with the mitigation of climate change beyond the 1.5°C ‘Paris’ objective and to be resilient to the risks of different climate outcomes.,1 "A preliminary risk scan identified those assets requiring further review and in 2023, asset specific information, including building age, floor height and, crucially, any existing flood adaptation measures, was captured across higher risk assets.",1 LGIM will publish its approach to climate resilience across the real estate business in line with the BBP Climate Change Commitment.,1 In relation to the home insurance products we offer there is a role for us to improve the resilience of customer homes in relation to climate change-induced extreme weather.,1 We continue to contribute to the GFI’s Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (CEEB) aimed at developing the market for financing a net zero carbon and climate resilient built environment in the UK initially by catalysing the widespread retrofitting of residential buildings.,1 "We have also identified the need to advocate for change within policymaking, leveraging our relationships with government and industry to influence policy in both flood resilience and broader weather-related resilience and adaptation efforts.",1 We aim to support customers in improving the resilience of their homes against extreme weather caused by climate change.,1 "Given the increasing frequency and devastating household impacts of flooding, flood resilience is a priority for us in supporting our customers.",1 We recognise the opportunity and imperative to improve the flood resistance and resilience of those homes that are most at risk of flooding.,1 "Our Build Back Better initiative (backed by Flood Re) is a commitment to spend up to £10,000 on specialist flood surveys and fitting property flood resistance and/or resilience measures following eligible flood claims.",1 "Increased flood risk would also require us to prepare for more intensive claims handling, regardless of whether risk is ceded to Flood Re.",1 "The impact of flood risk can be partially mitigated by home improvements to make properties more resilient to flood, for example by raising electrics, installing hard flooring or flood doors.",1 Improving building standards could also increase the resilience of residential properties to heightened physical risk.,1 "As producers are already feeling the impacts of climate change and declining biodiversity, we’ve identified the need to support the transition to net zero and to have a greater emphasis on building resilience within our supply chains and particularly where the most vulnerable producers are by building on existing platforms like Fairtrade.",1 "We support our farmers in growing lower carbon, responsible food, using fewer pesticides, enhancing their soils, protecting natural resources and driving innovation, and, in doing so, increasing their resilience to the impacts of climate change and water stress.",1 "To adapt to climate change, we are updating our climate vulnerability plans Alongside our focus on mitigating the impact of climate change through reducing our own GHG emissions, we also have to adapt our networks and equipment to operate in changing weather conditions that are occurring due to climate change.",1 It is a phased programme of activity which will deliver a climate change adaptation plan to address assets with the highest resilience risk.,1 "On completion, we will develop a Climate Change Adaptation Plan, outlining solutions for our high-risk assets, and confirm the strategic approach to managing that risk.",1 "In our US business, we are working with leading organisations to develop our approach to climate adaptation.",1 "We are an anchor sponsor of the EPRI Climate READi initiative, which brings together over 30 North American utilities with regulators, system operators, standards agencies and resilience experts to develop a consistent industry methodology for Climate Vulnerability Assessments, hardening plans, standards and rate case justifications.",1 "Following the storm, we have committed $1 million to support the people of western New York in their recovery from this historic weather event, through regional charitable organisations offering programmes that directly benefitted those impacted by the storm, as well as organisations supporting community resilience for future emergencies.",1 • Climate: A comprehensive climate vulnerability assessment was launched to understand the impacts of climate change on our assets and to support decisions around climate adaptation investments; see page 19 for more details.,1 "More than 40 million health professionals joined the WHO’s call for health to be prioritised during climate negotiations, and the urgent need to prepare healthcare systems to cope with climate-related impacts, including extreme heat, air pollution and infectious diseases.",1 "At COP28, we published new research ‘Bringing climate change home through health' to understand how people are adapting their hygiene and health behaviours in response to the effects of climate change.",1 "• Our commercial property coverage and risk engineering reviews evaluate climate considerations (e.g., flood, fire) while driving the development of insurance coverage to protect against the unique risk profile of new sustainable construction materials and techniques, such as timber and modular construction.",1 "Through our risk management expertise and insights, our culture of underwriting and operational excellence and data-driven mindset, we seek to promote climate resilience.",1 "• Allstate allocated $201 million to climate investments in our investment portfolio, focusing on climate mitigation and adaptation.",1 "Our Backing Low-Carbon Communities grants support to community-led climate initiatives, disaster response, risk-reduction and resilience efforts, and nature-based solutions, particularly in urban areas.",1 "Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) in November 2022, American Express pledged more than $5 million to organizations helping cities and coastal communities build resilience against climate-related events, including to the Ocean Conservancy, Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), Resilient Cities Catalyst, and the Regional Plan Association.",1 "$10.4 MILLION in grants provided to help build more climate resilient and equitable communities from September 2021 to December 2022, exceeding our goal to provide at least $10 million by 2025.",1 Business Activities: Assurant could work with its clients to engage end-user customers in the Global Housing business to adopt distributed energy technologies that could reduce costs for customers and increase resilience against climate-related hazards.,1 We also explored climate-related opportunities for Assurant’s operations to enhance resilience.,1 "Impact and Strategy for Climate Resilience: With exposure to natural catastrophe through our insured properties, Assurant maintains a high-quality panel of reinsurers, works with state regulators, and incentivizes flood-prone policyholders to use physical risk management tools.",1 "Our reinsurance program reduces our financial exposure to climate change and enhances our ability to protect more than three million homeowner and renter policyholders against severe weather and other hazards as of March 31, 2023.",1 "For example, we educate consumers and regulators about the benefits of adopting climate-resilient improvements when constructing or repairing homes.",1 "Annually, BlackRock’s Cash Management group purchases and retires Certified Emission Reduction (“CER”) units via the World Bank, as trustee for the Adaptation Fund, an international fund that finances projects and programs aimed at helping developing countries adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.",1 "BlackRock leases most of its facilities and the Enterprise Resilience, Safety & Security team have developed global emergency action and business continuity plans that account for possible physical climate-risks.",1 "We believe our processes for tracking leading indicators and adapting our business enable us to be flexible in response to potential changes in policy, supply, demand and physical risk.",1 "In 2023, we created a first global underwriting unit dedicated to insuring risks related to climate change mitigation and adaptation.",1 "The analysis of region- and peril-specific changes in hazard levels due to climate change, and their explicit consideration in Munich Re’s nat cat models, can be viewed as a context-specific plan to adjust our core business to the unfolding effects of climate change.",1 "Ecosystem-based adaptation initiatives: update on our Mangrove afforestation project in Vietnam In 2020, reinsurance, ERGO and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH launched an initiative on ecosystem-based climate change adaptation in Vietnam.",1 "As part of the largest public-private climate initiative in the European Union – EIT Climate-KIC, reinsurance and ERGO have been supporting start-ups with business solutions promoting climate innovation and facilitating a climate-resilient society since 2017.",1 "Through the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge, eight non-profit organisations and their innovative seed-level ideas were supported in Eastern Africa, with the goal of transforming agriculture to become nature-positive and resilient in the face of climate change.",1 "For us, climate resilience and response to climate change involve energy efficiency, circularity, product resiliency and new solutions as described above.",1 We innovate and develop new climate-related solutions which help us and our customers to mitigate or adapt to climate change.,1 Information and communication technology and systems are essential to build resilience and to cope with climate change.,1 We responded to over 20 flood-related incidents to protect infrastructure and networks.,1 – Continued to partner with Connected Places Catapult as an asset owner and key stakeholder in the Phase 2 development of the Climate Resilience Demonstrator Tool (CReDo) to identify climate related vulnerabilities and dependencies in the Critical National Infrastructure asset network.,1 "–We continued to integrate climate into capital adequacy (ICAAP) and ECL frameworks to ensure NatWest Group is adequately capitalised, by measuring potential losses and testing resilience against expected and unexpected losses.",1 "–Conducting operational resilience scenario analysis, in 2020 and 2021, covering flood and extreme heat events.",1 "–Applying adequate resilience and recovery plans to prevent service outages, including those caused by climate factors.",1 Testing resilience of liquidity to physical risk triggered crisis. Resilient to outflows driven by physical risk.,1 The program also enables insurance professionals to develop expertise in climate risk and city resilience and to better understand how risk mitigation and risk transfer expertise can effectively address long-term climate change risks in the public sector.,1 The only way forward is to radically transform today’s farming methods and switch to more sustainable agriculture practices that put productivity gains and climate resilience on an equal footing.,1 "We're doing so while supporting farmers in their efforts to increase agricultural yields, farm productivity and incomes with effective climate adaptation solutions and new sources of revenue.",1 "Similarly, also in India, our Huntington sweet pepper variety enables climate-resilient farming and prolongs shelf-life, making it suitable for long-distance transportation and giving smallholder growers more market access opportunities.",1 "This enables farmers to cultivate new varieties that are nutritious, resilient to diseases and better equipped to withstand the challenges of climate change like water scarcity.",1 "At the UN Water Conference held in New York in March 2023, we released our new water strategy that aims to have a transformational impact that goes beyond our own operations and reflects our willingness to contribute to climate resilience and more sustainable water usage.",1 The Group undertakes or financially supports a number of local initiatives to tackle climate change and protect biodiversity.,1 "Our Property Risk Consultants evaluate policyholders’ property exposures and provide recommendations t o reduce the potentual for property losses fom natural catastrophe events (including hurricans, storm surge, earthquake, and flood events).",1 "Natural hazards prioritization analysis, aimed to identify regions and sites – among a client’s portfolio, or supply chain – potentially more affected by natural hazards, as of today and due to climate change in the next 30 years.",1 Another key activity our consultants focus on is categorizing the flood hazard for every location they visit.,1 "To offer tailor-made, more sustainable crop solutions, our gene identification work focuses on those plant characteristics that enable higher yield and better quality, disease resistance and tolerance of environmental factors such as drought.",1 "For example, our Arize® hybrid rice seed AZ 7006 is specially designed to survive even in extreme flood conditions, producing consistent yields despite unfavorable weather conditions.",1 "By identifying the roadblocks to adoption, designing solutions with practical benefits to farmers and creating public and private financial tools like subsidies, tax incentives and carbon markets we can help farmers transition to more sustainable practices, and support themto do their part in reaching climate neutrality.",1 "(iii) If the Employee Separates from Service on account of Qualified Retirement or Early Retirement, the RSUs that have not previously been paid or forfeited shall continue to Vest on the applicable Anniversary Date as provided in Section 5(i) after application of any adjustment as if the Employee’ s employment had continued until the last of the Anniversary Dates to occur .",0 "When the equity instrument is not probable of becoming redeemable, no adjustment to the carrying value is recognized.",0 TEG and TEP will take all necessary regulatory and legal steps to protect their interests.,0 "In November 2023, the European Commission approved an amended version of Bulgaria's Recovery and Resilience Plan (""RRP"") that describes the reforms and investments which Bulgaria wishes to make with the support of the RRF.",0 "(iii)any Performance Award then held by such Participant may become partially vested based on the length of time worked during the performance period with such vested units becoming payable upon the originally scheduled distribution date, subject to performance certification and adjustment.",0 "For short-term sales, plant dispatch and the price of electricity are determined by market competition and local dispatch and reliability rules.",0 The National Dispatch Center's objectives are to minimize the total cost of generation and maintain the reliability and security of the electric power system.,0 "AES Maritza believes that its PPA is legal and in compliance with all applicable laws, and it will take all actions necessary to protect its interests, whether through negotiated agreement or otherwise.",0 "165 | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued) | December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 The Company paid Contract Adjustment Payments to the holders of the 2024 Purchase Contracts at a rate of 6.875% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15, and November 15, commencing on May 15, 2021.",0 "In some U.S. markets, the capacity payment is only for the resource adequacy or reliability benefits from the generating facility, allowing us to separately monetize the electricity produced by the facility through either contract sales or short-term sales.",0 "For these rate classes, the VBA allows Ameren Illinois to adjust natural gas distribution service rates without a traditional regulatory rate review when changes occur in sales volumes from those volumes approved by the ICC in a previous regulatory rate review.",0 The reconciliation cap limits the annual adjustment to 105% of the annual revenue requirement approved by the IC C. Variations in investments made or orders by the ICC can result in a subsequent change in Ameren Illinois’ resulting estimate d regulatory assets or liabilities .,0 "In addition, the filing requested the ICC revise the order to include an allowed ROE of at least 9.82% for each year of the MYRP and include a base level of investments to maintain grid reliability in each year of the MYRP, among other things.",0 This order approved a reconciliation adjustment of $110 million .,0 "Those expectations are based, in part, on the reliability and affordability of our utility services.",0 "Additionally, management recognizes revenue for alternative revenue programs that allow for an automatic rate adjustment, are probable of recovery, and are collected within 24 months of the end of the annual period in which they are recognized.",0 "In January 2024, the ICC partially denied Ameren Illinois’ rehearing request by denying Ameren Illinois’ request regarding the allowed ROE, and granting Ameren Illinois’ request to consider whether it is appropriate to use the 2022 year-end rate base for each year of the MYRP and to include a base level of investments to maintain grid reliability in each year of the MYRP.",0 "In November 2023, the ICC issued an order approving Ameren Illinois’ 2022 electric distribution service revenue requirement reconciliation adjustment filing.",0 "These performance metrics include improvements in service reliability in both the frequency and duration of outages, a reduction in peak loads, an increased percentage of spend with diverse suppliers, a reduction in disconnections for certain customers, and improved timeliness in response to customer requests for interconnection of distributed energy resources.",0 "These inflationary pressures, as well as high interest rates , could impact our ability to control costs, to make substantial investments in our businesses, to recover costs and investments, to earn our allowed ROEs within Table of Contents 28",0 "We expect that increased investments, including expected future investments for environmental compliance, system reliability improvements, and new generation sources, will result in rate base and revenue growth but also higher depreciation and financing costs.",0 FERC revenue requirement reconciliation adjustment regulatory assets earn carrying costs at each company’s short-term interest rates.,0 PSO requested an expanded transmission cost recovery rider and a mechanism to recover generation costs necessary to comply with SPP’s 2023 increased capacity planning reserve margin requirements.,0 "In November 2022, SWEPCo filed a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity with the APSC for approval to operate the Turk plant to serve Arkansas customers and recover the associated costs through a cost recovery rider.",0 "Although AEP typically recovers environmental expenditures, there can be no assurance in the future that AEP can recover such costs which could reduce future net income and cash flows and possibly harm financial condition.",0 APCo’s internal control is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.,0 "USER HEREBY WAIVES ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND HER HEIRS, EXECUTORS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER ANY RIGHT TO RECOVER ANY DAMAGE, LOSS, OR EXPENSE ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER OR CONTEMPLATED HEREBY EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE.",0 I&M’s internal control is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.,0 "In March 2021, the LPSC issued an order allowing SWEPCo to recover up to $20 million of fuel costs in 2021 and defer approximately $35 million of additional costs with a recovery period to be determined at a later date.",0 "Historically, the state regulatory frameworks in the service area of the AEP vertically integrated public utility subsidiaries reflected specified fuel costs as part of bundled (or, more recently, unbundled) rates or incorporated fuel adjustment clauses in a utility’s rates and tariffs.",0 "These IRPs take into account economics, customer demand, grid reliability and resilience, regulations and RTO capacity requirements.",0 AEPTCo’s internal control is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.,0 "Accordingly, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any ambiguities in this Agreement against any party that drafted or prepared it is of no application and is hereby expressly waived by each of the parties hereto, and any controversy over interpretations of this Agreement shall be decided without regards to events of drafting or preparation.",0 "Effect if Different Assumptions Used If the two methodologies used to estimate unbilled revenue are statistically different, a limiter adjustment is made to bring the primary computation within one standard deviation of the secondary computation.",0 "Table of Contents On December 15, 2022, the Illinois Commerce Commission issued an order approving the adjustment of base rates requested in a rate case filed on February 10, 2022, by the Company’s Illinois subsidiary.",0 "In 2016, the SVBGSA commenced preparation of a GSP covering the entire 180/400 subbasin, including the CEMEX site, but in August 2019 the City filed a notice that it intends to prepare its own GSP for the CEMEX site with the intent to severely limit or prohibit groundwater pumping at that site.",0 "Parent company’s borrowings are not a source of capital for the Regulated Businesses, therefore, parent company is not able to recover the interest charges on its debt through regulated water and wastewater rates.",0 "PUCs generally authorize revenue at levels intended to recover the estimated costs of providing service, plus a return on net investments, or rate base.",0 "In late 2016, the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (the “SVBGSA”) was formed as a joint powers authority to become the GSA for the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin and prepare a GSP.",0 "On December 15, 2022, the Illinois Commerce Commission issued an order approving the adjustment of base rates requested in a rate case filed on February 10, 2022, by the Company’s Illinois subsidiary.",0 "Thus, we may experience regulatory lag between the time our revenues are affected by declining usage and the time we are able to adjust the rate per gallon of usage to address declining usage.",0 "In addition, the contract price for each of these military contracts is typically subject to either an annual economic price adjustment, or a price redetermination two years after commencement of operations and every three years thereafter.",0 "Other Regulatory Matters In September 2020, the CPUC released a decision under its Low-Income Rate Payer Assistance program rulemaking that required the Company’s California subsidiary to file a proposal to alter its water revenue adjustment mechanism in its next general rate case filing in 2022, which would have become effective upon receiving an order in the current pending rate case.",0 "To protect its interest in the matter, Cal Am filed an application to intervene in this lawsuit, which was granted.",0 "The ratio reflects an increase in operating revenues for the Regulated Businesses, after considering the adjustment for the amortization of the excess accumulated deferred income taxes (“EADIT”) shown in the table below, as well as the continued focus on operating costs.",0 Futures and options may be used to adjust portfolio duration to align with a plan’s targeted investment policy.,0 The increase in rates was driven by increased safety and reliability spending.,0 Tax collections - We are allowed to recover from customers revenue-related taxes that are imposed upon us.,0 PHMSA requires pipeline operators to develop integrity management programs to comprehensively evaluate certain areas along their pipelines and to take additional measures to protect pipeline segments located in “high consequence areas” where a leak or rupture could potentially do the most harm.,0 APT annually uses GRIP to recover capital costs incurred in the prior calendar year.,0 (2) The bad debt rider allows us to recover from customers the gas cost portion of customer accounts that have been written off.,0 "Financial Instruments Associated with Commodity Price Risk In our distribution segment, the costs associated with and the realized gains and losses arising from the use of financial instruments to mitigate commodity price risk are included in our purchased gas cost adjustment mechanisms in accordance with regulatory requirements.",0 "With respect to interest rate risk, increases in interest rates could adversely affect our future financial results to the extent that we do not recover our actual interest expense in our rates.",0 The effects of these purchased gas cost adjustment mechanisms are recorded as deferred gas costs on our consolidated balance sheets.,0 "In addition, we use our information technology systems to protect confidential or sensitive customer, employee and Company information developed and maintained in the normal course of our business.",0 The cost of gas typically does not have a direct impact on our operating income because these costs are recovered through our purchased gas cost adjustment mechanisms.,0 "As a result of our ratemaking efforts in recent years, Atmos Energy has: •Formula rate mechanisms in place in four states that provide for an annual rate review and adjustment to rates.",0 "Over 85 percent was invested to improve the safety and reliability of our distribution and transportation systems, with a significant portion of this investment incurred under regulatory mechanisms that reduce regulatory lag to six months or less.",0 "We, as a user of the bulk power transmission system, are subject to mandatory reliability standards promulgated by NERC and enforced by FERC.",0 "We initially recognize an ARO at fair value and subsequently adjust it for changes to estimated costs, timing of future cash flows and modifica tions to decommissioning assumptions.",0 "We will provide reliable, resilient energy and deliver innovative sustainability solutions that help customers achieve their clean energy goals.",0 Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.,0 "The agreement is intended to preserve the two units for the two-year period while allowing the Mystic units to recover their costs of operating, including a substantial portion of the costs associated with the adjacent EMT we acquired in October 2018.",0 "Over all, our company has implemented tactical processes for assessing, identifying, and managing material risks from cybersecurity threats to the company including governance at the Board level and accountability in our executive management for the execution of our cyber risk management strategy and the controls designed to protect our operations.",0 "On March 31, 2022, PECO filed its Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Adjustment with the PAPUC proposing an annual recovery from customers of approximately $4 million.",0 Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the prepara tion of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.,0 "To protect our information and cyber assets, we implement practices for training and screening of personnel, access management, network defense, asset configuration management, vulnerability assessment (including penetration testing), third-party security, and privacy and information protection.",0 The offset of decommissioning-related activities in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income results in an equal adjust ment to noncurrent payables or noncurrent receivables.,0 "Also, the efforts we have taken to protect our proprietary rights may not be sufficient or effective.",0 A cumulative one-time adjustment applicable to the prior period for these tax rule changes was recorded in 2023.,0 Use of Estimates Preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the financial statements and the accompanying notes.,0 "A cumulative one-time adjustment applicable to the prior period for this tax rule change was recorded in 2023 and is reflected in our effective tax rate of 13.9% for the year ended December 31, 2023.",0 "For example, we rely on statutory safe harbors, like those set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in the U.S. and the E-Commerce Directive in Europe, to protect against liability for various linking, caching, ranking, recommending, and hosting activities.",0 "However, these investments could be impaired if the carrying value exceeds the fair value and is not expected to recover.",0 "The validity of various data transfer mechanisms we currently rely upon remains subject to legal, regulatory, and political developments in both Europe and the U.S., which may require us to adapt our existing arrangements.",0 Critical Accounting Estimates We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.,0 "If the U.S. dollar weakened by 10%, the amount recorded in cumulative translation adjustment (CTA) within AOCI related to our net investment hedges before tax effect would have been approximately $903 million and $946 million lower as of December 31, 2022 and 2023 , respectively.",0 "When indicators of impairment exist, we prepare quantitative measurements of the fair value of our equity investments using a market approach or an income approach, which requires judgment and the use of unobservable inputs, including discount rates, investee revenues and costs, and comparable market data of private and public companies, among others.",0 We prepare quantitative measurements of the fair value of our equity investments using a market approach or an income approach.,0 "Intellectual Property We rely on various intellectual property laws, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary technology and our brand.",0 "Before concluding that it would be impracticable to recover any amount of erroneously awarded compensation based on expense of enforcement, the Company shall make a reasonable attempt to recover such erroneously awarded compensation, document such reasonable attempt(s) to recover, and provide that documentation to the Exchange.",0 We continue to upgrade our network to provide higher Internet speeds and reliability and invest in our products and customer service platforms.,0 "The Company shall recover erroneously awarded compensation in compliance with this Policy except to the extent that the conditions of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) below are met, and the Committee (or in the absence thereof, a majority of the independent directors serving on the Board) has made a determination that recovery would be impracticable.",0 "We also have a Cyber Security Council (“CSC”) and Security Operations Steering Committee that, under the direction of the Security ESC, collectively focus on cybersecurity across Charter and the overall protection of our internal network and related processes, policy, training and actions to protect customer and employee data.",0 "The Maine Act to Protect Privacy of Online Customer Information, which regulates how Internet service providers use and disclose customers’ personal information and requires Internet service providers to take reasonable measures to protect customers’ personal information, became effective on July 1, 2020.",0 "Large expenditures may be necessary to repair or replace damaged property, networks or information systems or to protect them from similar events in the future.",0 We also offer Wireless Internet Backup to our SMB customers which is designed to enhance and protect Internet service for SMBs in the event of a network disruption.,0 "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Information on other accounting policies and methods that the Company uses in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements are included, where applicable, in their respective footnotes.",0 Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.,0 Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements.,0 "A failure to effectively anticipate or adapt to new technologies (including those that use artificial intelligence (""AI"")) and changes in customer expectations and behavior could significantly adversely affect our competitive position with respect to the leisure time and discretionary spending of our customers and, as a result, affect our business and results of operations.",0 "This non-dilutable voting power is subject to proportional decrease to the extent the number of shares of Class B common stock is reduced below 9,444,375, which was the number of shares of Class B common stock outstanding on the date of our 2002 acquisition of AT&T Corp.’s cable business, subject to adjustment in specified situations.",0 "The legal landscape for new technologies, including artificial intelligence (“AI”), remains uncertain, and development of the law in this area could impact our ability to protect against unauthorized third-party use, misappropriation, reproduction or infringement.",0 (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; (3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices; and (4) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in equity prices.,0 We will also prepare a press release and provide it to DTC for dissemination through the DTC broadcast facility .,0 We have actively engaged in the enforcement of our intellectual property rights and likely will continue to expend substantial resources to protect our content.,0 Table of Contents We believe our estimates associated with the valuation and impairment testing of goodwill and cable franchise rights and the accounting for film and television costs are critical in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.,0 "If we elect to increase the early exchange ratio to 100% in connection with a reference share offer, no reference share offer adjustment will be made and we cannot change our election if any further reference share of fer is made.",0 "Further information on work done in relation to ESG reporting, including TCFD compliance, and our approach to climate-related risk and opportunities can be found in our TCFD report on pages 60 to 66.",0 We expect that the sophistication of this financial impact assessment will improve as we build on the climate scenario analysis work we are carrying out.,0 "It is assisted by the Audit and Compliance Committee in the review and consideration of any disclosures related to ESG matters, including climate-related disclosures.",0 A number of our Directors also have experience of assessing climate- related factors and have received training on this topic through other executive and non-executive roles.,0 Governance The Board as a whole is responsible for the approval and oversight of 3i’s approach in relation to ESG and climate matters.,0 "As part of the work we are carrying out to align our climate disclosures with the TCFD recommendations, we are now completing the process of collecting GHG emissions data from our portfolio companies and improving our processes and tools to ensure that this data can be collected and managed with better consistency.",0 We have also read the disclosure of climate related information in the front half of the annual report as set out on pages 60 to 66 and considered consistency with the financial statements and our audit knowledge.,0 "Table of Contents Other AFFF Cases In June 2019, several subsidiaries of Valero Energy Corporation, an independent petroleum refiner, filed eight AFFF cases against 3M and other defendants, including DuPont/Chemours, National Foam, Buckeye Fire Equipment, and Kidde-Fenwal, in various state courts.",0 "No one, including your employer or any other person, may fire you or otherwise discriminate against you in any way to prevent you from obtaining a welfare benefit or exercising your rights under ERISA.",0 The outcome of these analyses informs our climate strategy.,0 "Climate Action We are working to actively decarbonize our global operations, including our breweries and our vertical operations that produce packaging and brewing material, and continue to scale technologies that help us reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions.",0 "In 2018, following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommendation, we committed to reducing absolute Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions b y 35% by 2025 from a 2017 baseline, which aligns with the pathway to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.",0 Policy frameworks would be expected to be more conducive to meeting our long -term climate ambitions.,0 Low Exposure to potentially higher costs associated with carbon taxation and carbon pricing schemes could be expected as climate regulations accelerate.,0 Each bottle features a rain gauge that explains how rainfall affects local crops.,0 "As part of our 2025 Climate Action Goal, we have set a science-based target to reduce our GHG emissions by 25% per hectoliter across our value chain by 2025 from a 2017 base year and to reduce our absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 35% in the same timeframe.",0 "Read more in our TCFD Recommendations – Climate-related disclosure, available at asml.com Alongside our efforts to lower our carbon footprint, we are committed to using our innovations and digital technologies to enable the wider semiconductor industry to reduce its overall environmental footprint.",0 Total 367 326 344 Fuels consumed from renewable sources (in TJ) — — — Energy efficiency and climate action – Energy Description 2021 2022 2023 Comments 1.The sources of the conversion factors used are the Dutch Emissions Authority and the US Energy Information Administration.,0 "Our score in the most recent CDP Climate Change 2023 questionnaire was B, with C being the global average.",0 "•In 2023, we updated the 'energy consumption outside the organization' indicator to only include direct climate change effects of air travel.",0 "Read more in our TCFD Recommendations – Climate-related disclosure, available at asml.com In our factories, we use water in three key ways: Firstly, we use it to remove heat loads and maintain the system s at a constant temperature.",0 Our customers are not always able to use 100% renewable electricity to run their business.ASML ANNUAL REPORT 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTINUED STRATEGIC REPORT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIALS 77 Energy efficiency and climate action (continued),0 We contribute to SDG 13 (Climate action) by promoting energy efficiency and climate action across our value chain.,0 "The CBO (a member of the BoM) is the risk owner, for instance, for climate-related risks.",0 "How we’re managing our impact As we work toward net zero emissions in our value chain, our most immediate task is to manage the climate impacts of our own operations and buildings.",0 We identify and assess the impact of climate-related risks and opportunities using the assessment guidelines of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).,0 "We also seek to link our climate ambition to our Group-level third- party financing, where possible.",0 "Investment teams Day-to-day implementation of the Responsible Investing Policy and Climate Change Policy, and the integration of climate-related consideration in investment processes, are the responsibility of all portfolio managers and investment professionals, guided by the RI Committee and the Sustainability & ESG team.",0 "This scenario assumes future implementation of emissions management and mitigation policies; and • RCP8.5, is the highest baseline emissions scenario, in which emissions continue to rise throughout the twenty-first century, such that the most adverse effects of physical climate change manifest.",0 "We consider climate-related risks as a cross-cutting risk type that manifests through the Group’s established principal risks (see page 66), and therefore may affect the Group’s strategic objectives (see page 4).",0 "This means that we recognise the potential impact climate-related issues may have on other material risks within our RMF, namely the Group principal risks1 (see page 66).",0 "For relevant investments, the investment team and Sustainability & ESG team engage directly with the board and management teams of the relevant portfolio companies to help them establish a baseline carbon footprint assessment, and then set emissions reduction targets aligned with the latest climate science and develop strategies to help deliver these targets.",0 The Science Based Targets initiative helps drives climate action in the private sector by approving and validating companies' science-based emissions reduction targets (SBT).,0 "The diagram below provides an overview of the Group’s governance structure for the oversight, assessment and management of climate-related risks and opportunities.",0 "Climate risk assessment For each potential investment opportunity, we use a climate risk assessment tool and methodology bespoke to the nature of the investment (in a company or real asset) to help us identify and assess whether there are any material climate-related risks associated with an investment.",0 Disclose the metrics used by the organisation to assess climate-related risks and opportunities in line with its strategy and risk management process b.,0 "Embedding climate considerations into our culture Remuneration The Group and its Board have a long-term orientated approach to variable pay, which aligns our Executive Directors to the interests of our shareholders.",0 Conscious working We promote work practices that encourage employees to be conscious of their impact on the climate.,0 "In addition to the regular meetings, in the first half of 2023 the ESG Committee participated in a full day of climate-focused training, which included deep-dives on climate change, biodiversity and sustainable finance.",0 "The stress-testing framework considers idiosyncratic, market-wide, combined (idiosyncratic and market- wide), and climate and environmental stress scenarios.",0 "This report explains how our financing impacts climate change, as well as how climate change impacts our business.",0 "Climate risk can impact the macro-economy, businesses, and individual households.",0 "Within this document, guidance is provided on the minimum standards that need to be applied when climate risk stress tests are developed, implemented, and executed.",0 "For more information on our sustainable housing approach, see our 2023 Climate Report on ing.com.",0 "Furthermore, the upcoming presidential election cycle in the United States has the potential to be disruptive to the global economy as it may result in leadership changes in many federal administrative agencies and result in a range of new policies, executive orders, rules, initiatives and other changes to United States fiscal, tax, regulation, environmental, climate and other policies.",0 "For further detail and the reporting methodologies, see pages 242-266.PIONEER GRAIN-TO-GLASS SUSTAINABILITY continued 86 Diageo Annual Report 2023 How we have reported consistent with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) In preparing our disclosures, we have taken into consideration the TCFD all sector guidance.",0 Consideration of climate risk impact The impact of climate risk on the future cash flows has also been considered for scenarios analysed in line with the climate change risk assessment.,0 "The climate change scenario analyses performed in 2023 – conducted in line with TCFD recommendations (‘Transition Scenario’ (RCP 2.6), a ‘Moderate Warming’ Scenario (RCP 4.5) and a ‘Severe Warming Scenario’ (RCP 8.5)) – identified no material financial impact to these financial statements.",0 "We used our knowledge of the group and we engaged with our own climate change experts to evaluate the risk assessment performed by management, and to understand the scenarios considered.",0 "As a result, we considered in particular how climate risks and the impact of the ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress‘ commitments would impact the assumptions made in the forecasts prepared by Diageo used in the group’s impairment analysis (see also key audit matter on Valuation of goodwill and brand intangibles) and for going concern purposes.",0 TCFD recommendation Compliance GOVERNANCE See page 72 a.Describe the board’s oversight of climate-related risks and opportunities.,0 "Risks summary Risilience quantified easyJet’s climate change risks using a five-year Enterprise Value at Risk (5yrEV@Risk) metric for the period FY24–28, which shows how the risks would impact discounted cash flows over five years according to different scenarios, aligned with the timeframe for easyJet’s budget, corporate strategy and financial planning process.",0 "These estimates include key assumptions underpinning the strategic plan, fuel prices including exchange rates (including the ability of cost increases to be passed through to the customer), contracted increases in fleet size, revenue per seat short and long-term economic growth rates and the impacts of climate change on future cash flows.",0 "The AMB is led by the CEO, who is a member of the plc Board and is ultimately responsible for climate-related issues.",0 "Mitigations and controls for these risks were developed by the named risk owners including those outlined on page 66 and are documented in the Climate Change Transition Risk Register, overall ownership of which sits with the CFO.",0 Engaging with policymakers Our public policy positions promote effective climate regulation and decarbonisation technologies for aviation.,0 "TCFD categorisation was then used to define transition and physical risk definitions and scope, and each risk was modelled independently.",0 "Discussed the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ climate legislation package and how to stimulate the technological innovation that will be needed for zero emission aviation, including through the EU’s Alliance for Zero-Emission Aviation.",0 Risks and mitigation options identified through these metrics have been incorporated into easyJet’s climate change transition plan and continue to inform our financial and strategic planning.,0 The terminal value cash flows and long-term growth rate incorporate the impacts of climate change insofar as they can be determined (see note 4).,0 "These include obligations under EU Directive 2014/95/EU on non-financial reporting and its transposition in the UK and Spain, the 2018 UK Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting regulation, the Task Force on Climate- related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and the EU Taxonomy Regulation (2020/852).IAG aligns with selected GRI standards based on compliance with Spanish Law 11/2018.",0 Reports into the IAG Sustainability Steering Group (SSG) Hangar 51 Governance Committee At least bi-annually Reviews new potential investments to consider emerging climate technologies and partnerships with sustainability start-ups.,0 "Due to the length of build projects, the prevailing economic climate at initiation may be different from that at completion.",0 "We concluded that as we have fully costed and committed to invest £135m to achieve our science-based net zero target by 2030, this mitigated the climate change transition risk sufficiently.",0 "38 › Contingencies The Group has contingent liabilities in respect of legal claims, tax queries, contractor claims, guarantees and warranties arising in the ordinary course of business, as well as contingent liabilities for fire safety remediation arising from the Building Safety Act 2022, for which it is not yet possible to quantify any potential future liability.",0 "In 2022, we achieved certification to BS 9997 for our fire safety management system, which we have maintained this year.",0 "Where considerations of climate change were relevant to our assessment of going concern, these are described above.",0 "Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) statement In 2016, we were the first property company in the world to have its carbon emissions target approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).",0 "All high-rise residential buildings above 11 metres in our portfolio have been examined by independent fire engineers to ensure they remain safe for occupation and meet stringent new building regulations, with design principles aligned with requirements of the Building Safety Act mandated on all future schemes.",0 "Our Climate and nature report , prepared in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), describes our climate and environment strategy, scenario planning, risk management, metrics and governance.",0 "Our disclosures are consistent with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and can be found on pages 45 to 48 of this report, with additional information available in our separate Climate and nature report.",0 Climate and nature report Our Climate and nature report is available on our Group website.,0 "Caution about climate information This Annual report and accounts contains climate and ESG disclosures which use a large number of judgments, assumptions and estimates in connection with involved and complex issues.",0 "Our Climate transition plan aims to minimise exposure to this risk, but its success is dependent on the delivery of the policy actions and the climate reduction targets of the firms we invest in.",0 "As a result, certain climate and ESG disclosures made in this report are likely to be amended, updated, recalculated or restated in future reports.",0 "These judgments, assumptions and estimates are likely to change over time, in particular given the uncertainty around the evolution and impact of climate change and around broader factors, such as impacts and dependencies on nature.",0 "The climate model we use for public assets – Aladdin Climate – was updated in 2023 to better reflect the latest scientific developments, as well as new data sets, including issuer net zero target information (eg Science Based Targets initiative and CDP data ).",0 "We are also aware of reputational climate risk to our business, such as not meeting our targets or overstating our work.",0 "We are also evolving our approach to climate strategy and decarbonisation in line with changing best practice, and may, as a result, review the actions we take to align with the climate transition.",0 "Many publicly-listed companies are measuring and reporting their emissions, which is a required data point for the calculation of climate-related metrics.",0 "Over 2023, our climate advocacy involved contributing to the UK Government’s updated Green Finance strategy, the work of the Transition Plan Taskforce to set out a best-in-class template for corporate disclosure on the transition, the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Regime and the European Commission’s proposals to review SFDR.",0 "–Approving and recommending all ESG reporting for the Board’s approval, including the Company’s Sustainability Report and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) Report.",0 "For required spend in years subsequent to FY2023/24 to meet interim and 2029/30 targets, this is currently included within capital expenditure and operating cost increase assumptions in the three-year financial plan rather than being included specifically.",0 Metrics and Targets A) Disclose the metrics used by the organisation to assess climate-related risks and opportunities in line with its strategy and risk management process.,0 assessment of the potential impact of climate change on the Group’s account balances and classes of transaction and did not identify any reasonably possible risks of material misstatement.,0 "More information on our risk management process can be found on page 56, which includes the consideration of climate-related risks.C) DESCRIBE HOW PROCESSES FOR IDENTIFYING, ASSESSING AND MANAGING CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE ORGANISATION’S OVERALL RISK MANAGEMENT.",0 "Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) At National Grid, we recognise that addressing climate change as a result of GHG emissions is the defining challenge of the 21st century.",0 COP27 The 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties held in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt in November 2022 at which the Company gave various keynote speeches.,0 "Our overall climate commitment is to become a net zero business across scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 2050, as established in our CTP.",0 "In the US, we have seen the introduction of the Inflation Reduction Act 2022 (IRA) – one of the most significant investments the US has ever made to develop clean energy and slow the effects of climate change.",0 "The controls for our climate change mitigation GPR are in line with our strategy and regulatory frameworks and are also reflected throughout other relevant risks, for example: regulatory outcomes; political and societal expectations; and significant disruption of energy.",0 "Kusini Water alongside its Reckitt mentor, Deroosha Naidoo, was the subject of the ‘Climate and Us’ film produced for Reckitt by BBC Storyworks Commercial Productions and presented by the Global Climate and Health Alliance at COP28 in UAE.",0 "The CRSEC Committee supports the Board in reviewing, monitoring, and assessing our approach to sustainability, which includes climate change.",0 Partnerships are essential to addressing the climate and nature crises.,0 Click to download our ESG Addendum: investors.vodafone.com/esgaddendum Disclosures prepared in accordance with the Task Force on Climate-related Disclosures (‘TCFD’) framework.,0 "The cultural climate in Vodafone is measured through a number of mechanisms including policy and compliance processes, internal audit, and formal and informal channels for employees to raise concerns.",0 Climate change Working to reduce our environmental impact to reach net zero emissions across our full value chain by 2040.,0 "The Committee recognises the importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (‘ESG’) topics and the requirement for disclosures in accordance with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (‘TCFD’) framework.",0 "These judgements will be kept under review by management as the future impacts of climate change depend on environmental, regulatory and other factors outside of the Group’s control which are not all currently known.",0 We have begun this journey with a focus on using green digital solutions to tackle climate change and help decarbonise society.,0 See additional commentary relating to climate change below.,0 "In FY23 we launched a series of webinars called ‘Green Talks’, covering topics including climate change science and net zero.FY23 network waste management (excluding hazardous waste) 2023 2022 Reused 2% 3% Recycled 94% 92% Disposed14% 5% Total network waste (metric tonnes) 8,920 5,979 Note: 1.",0 We adjust the deferred tax accounts and the liabilities periodically to reflect any revised estimated tax basis and any estimated settlements with the various tax authorities.,0 "Table of Contents Report of Management Management’s Report on Financial Statements Our management is responsible for the preparation, integrity and fair presentation of information in the consolidated financial statements, including estimates and judgments.",0 "Critical Accounting Estimates The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and contingent liabilities.",0 "Table of Contents Other Areas of Regulation Intellectual Property Copyright, trademark, unfair competition, patent, trade secret and other proprietary-rights laws of the United States and other countries help protect our intellectual property rights.",0 "As a result, we have adjusted, and may continue to adjust in the future, our procurement practices to adapt to the evolving landscape.",0 We may also have to expend resources to adjust our offerings in certain jurisdictions if the legal frameworks on AI are not consistent across jurisdictions.,0 Use of Estimates Preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the use of estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes.,0 "On January 15, 2020, the IRS's amendment to answer was filed stating that it planned to assert at trial an adjustment that is higher than the adjustment stated in the Notice.",0 "Our tax obligations, including income and non-income taxes, are based in part on our corporate operating structure and intercompany arrangements, including the manner in which we operate our business, develop, value, manage, protect, and use our intellectual property, and the valuations of our intercompany transactions.",0 "Our Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Guy Rosen leads our cybersecurity program and oversees teams across the company supporting our security functions of identify, prevent, detect, respond, and recover.",0 "More broadly, we also continue to innovate our advertising tools to help marketers prepare campaigns and connect with consumers, including developing growing formats such as Reels ads and our business messaging ad products.",0 We also assessed the historical accuracy of management’ s forecasts of financial results used in developing prior fair value estimates to assist in evaluating the reliability of the current forecasts.,0 Cash Flows Used In Financing Activities We seek to maintain a mix of fixed and variable rate debt to lower borrowing costs within reasonable risk parameters and to protect against earnings and cash flow volatility result ing from changes in market conditions.,0 "Further , the Company shall not enter into any agreement that exempts any Incentive-based Compens ation from the application of this Policy or that waives the Company’ s right to recover y of any Erroneously Awarded Compen sation and this Policy shall supersede any such agreement (whether entered into before, on or after the Effective Date).",0 "If there is a deterioration of our customers’ financ ial condition or if future actual default rates on receivables in general differ from those currently anticipated, we may have to adjust our allowance for credit losses, which would affect earnings in the period the adjustments are made.",0 "Our reputation and brands could be negatively affected by a number of factors, including actual or alleged quality or reliability issues related to our services and products; cybersecurity incidents and data breaches; allegations of legal noncompliance; 15",0 "Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Program Verizon’ s comprehensive cybersecurity program is designed to identify and protect against cybersecurity risks and to position Verizon to rapidly detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents that impact our company .",0 Verizon’ s experience has been that the payment attributes of longer tenured customers are highly predictive for estimating their reliability to make future payments.,0 "We offer a suite of management and data security services that help our customers protect, detect and respond to security threats to their networks, data, applications and infrastructure.",0 "In fiscal 2021, the Company recognized a $186 million gain from the sale of our investment in fuboTV Inc. (fuboTV gain), a $126 million gain on the sale of our 50% interest in a German free-to-air (FTA) television network (German FTA gain) and a non-cash loss of $111 million from the adjustment of our investment in DraftKings to fair value.",0 "In fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively, the Company recognized non-cash losses of $663 million and $111 million to adjust its investment in DraftKings to fair value.",0 "Accordingly, the Company enters into various contracts that change in value as foreign exchange rates change to protect the U.S. dollar equivalent value of its existing foreign currency assets, liabilities, commitments and forecasted foreign currency revenues and expenses.",0 The success of our businesses therefore depends on our ability to successfully predict and adapt to changing consumer tastes and preferences outside as well as inside the U.S.,0 Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.,0 "Along with alleged violations of Sections 10(b), 14(a), 20(a), and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act, premised on the same allegations as the Securities Class Action, plaintiffs in both actions sought to recover for alleged breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement and waste.",0 "Inadequate laws or weak enforcement mechanisms to protect entertainment industry IP in one country can adversely affect the results of the Company’s operations worldwide, despite the Company’s efforts to protect its IP rights.",0 "In fiscal 2022, the Company recognized a non-cash loss of $663 million from the adjustment of its investment in DraftKings to fair value.",0 "As changes in our business environment occur we have adjusted, continue to adjust and may further adjust our business strategies to meet these changes and we may otherwise decide to further restructure our operations or particular businesses or assets.",0 Internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements prepared for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.,0 "The legal landscape for some new technologies, including some generative AI, remains uncertain, and development of the law in this area could impact our ability to protect against infringing uses.",0 "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION The Company’s businesses throughout the world are affected by its ability to exploit and protect against infringement of its IP, including trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and trade secrets.",0 Use of Estimates: Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities to prepare these financial statements.,0 "We may not be able to accurately predict, prepare for and respond to new kinds of technological innovations with respect to electric vehicles and other technologies that minimize emissions.",0 "Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates Preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period and related disclosures of contingent liabilities.",0 "Additionally, the Board, in its sole discretion and subject to applicable law, may seek to recover Incentive- Based Compensation or discretionary compensation Received by any current or former Executive Officer during the Recovery Period in the event that such Executive Officer’s willful engagement in conduct which is demonstrably or materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise.",0 We will continue to evaluate current and expected business conditions and adjust the level of share repurchases under our share repurchase program in a manner that is consistent with our capital allocation strategy or as we otherwise deem appropriate.,0 The Claimant (or his duly authorized representative) may review pertinent documents related to the Plan and in the Administrative Committee’ s possession in order to prepare the appeal.,0 "As we obtain additional information and refine our methods regarding the assumptions and estimates we use to recognize liabilities incurred, we will adjust our reserves accordingly.",0 “Transition Period” shall mean any transition period that results from a change in the Company’s Fiscal Year within or immediately following the three completed Fiscal Years immediately preceding the Company’s requirement to prepare a Restatement.,0 "A significant portion of our expenses and investments are fixed, and we may not be able to adjust our spending quickly enough if our sales are less than expected.",0 "Effect if actual results differ from assumptions A 10% change in our markdown adjustment as of February 3, 2024, would have af fected net earnings by approximately $1 1 million in fiscal 2024.",0 "The program deploys multiple layers of controls designed to identify , protect against, detect, respond to and recover from information security and cybersecurity incidents and our Cyber Security Incident Response Team, which is part of our Enterprise Information Protection (“EIP”) organization, plays a core role in detecting, mitigating and remediating cybersecurity incidents.",0 "Management's Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements Our management is responsible for the preparation, integrity and objectivity of the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the related financial information.",0 "In addition, any compromise of our data security may materially increase the costs we incur to protect against such breaches and could subject us to additional legal risk.",0 "If any Erroneously Awarded Compensation is Received by a Covered Executive, the Company shall reasonably promptly take steps to recover such Erroneously Awarded Compensation in a manner described under Section 5 of this Policy.",0 "Additionally , newly applicable and potential new or significantly revised state, provincial and federal laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we do business are expanding our obligations to protect and honor the privacy and security of customer data, requiring additional resources and creating incremental risk arising from a potential breach or compliance failure.",0 Community Impact Best Buy is committed to helping prepare teens from disinvested communities for the tech-reliant careers of the future.,0 "Failure to adapt to a rapidly changing market or evolving customer demands, and costs required to be incurred to react to dynamic market conditions, could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.",0 "The determination of the Impartial Appraiser (or the Expert, as the case may be) shall be final and binding on the parties hereto, and T enant shall forthwith adjust the amount of the insurance carried pursua nt to this Article XIII to the amount so determined by the Impartial Appraiser (or the Expert, as the case may be), subject to the approval of the Facility Mortgagee, as applicable.",0 Land Base Rent shall be subject to further adjustment as and to the extent provided in Section 14.6.,0 "We manage our interest rate risk by monitoring interest rates, including future projected rates, and adjust our mix of fixed and variable rate borrowings.",0 Leased Property Rent Adjustment Event : As defined in Section 14.6.,0 "Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, the unauthorized use or reproduction of our trademarks could diminish the value of our trademarks and our market acceptance, competitive advantages, or goodwill, which could adversely affect our business.",0 "“Corresponding Tenor ” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest paym ent period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.",0 "Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for SEC reporting purposes the Borrower is required to prepare pro forma financial statements in connection with an acquisition or disposition of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, then the Borrower will calculate Consolidated EBITDA on a pro forma basis with respect to such acquisition and/or disposition.",0 "The actual or perceived threat of a pandemic or communicable disease, terrorist attack, mass shooting, heightened security requirements, including cybersecurity, or a failure to protect information systems for critical infrastructure, such as the electrical grid and telecommunications systems, could harm our operations, the economy or consumer confidence generally.",0 "“Adjusted Term SOF R Rate ” means, for any Term SOFR Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period, plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if the Adjust ed Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor , such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.",0 "Any compensation that is recouped or recovered from or reimbursed or forfeited by any current or former Executive Officer pursuant to the Clawback Policies, will not be subject to duplicative recoupment, recovery, reimbursement or forfeiture under this Policy .",0 "In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender and its registered assigns substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G hereto.",0 "We may adjust these reserves when our judgment changes as a result of the evaluation of new information not previously available and will be reflected in the period in which the new information is available, or due to the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations.",0 "to recover from the Company any taxes, interest or penalties deemed to be due as a result of the Separation Benefits , Executive shall indemnify , defend and hold harmless the Company and its successors and assigns from and against any and all such claims for taxes, interest or penalties.",0 "We conducted our annual impairment test of goodwill as of August 31, 2023 and 2022 and determined that no adjustment to the carrying value of goodwill for any reporting unit was required.",0 The purpose of this eBay Inc. (the “Company”) Incentive-Based Compensation Recovery Policy (this “Policy”) is to enable the Company to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation in the event that the Company is required to prepare an Accounting Restatement.,0 "•Changes to our programs to protect buyers and sellers could increase our costs and loss rate, and failure to manage such programs effectively can result in harm to our reputation.",0 We review our tax positions quarterly and adjust the balances as new information becomes available.,0 "Table of Contents Critical Accounting Policies, Judgments and Estimates General The preparation of our consolidated financial statements and related notes requires us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.",0 "We must protect our intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights in an increasing number of jurisdictions, a process that is expensive and time consuming and may not be successful.",0 The indemnity rights we have against PayPal under the agreements may not be sufficient to protect us.,0 "The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of $3.2 billion inclusive of a $81 million currency translation adjustment and a $44 million gain net of tax on the net investment hedge settled in the fourth quarter of 2021, as well as income tax expense of $369 million.",0 "In the event of an Accounting Restatement, the Company shall satisfy the Company’s obligations under this Policy to recover any amount owed from any applicable Executive Officer by exercising its sole and absolute discretion in how to accomplish such recovery.",0 This system is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP.,0 "The Company has the right to require the inclusion of addional provisions in your plan designed to protect you and/or the Company, whether before or aer the plan has been approved by the Securies Pracce Team, or to delete or amend exisng provisions.",0 (j) This adjustment was excluded because it relates to strategic activities to transition certain Cadillac dealers out of our dealer network as part of Cadillac's EV strategy .,0 (i) This adjustment was excluded because it relates to a settlement with third parties relating to retrospective recoveries of indirect taxes in Brazil realized in prior periods.,0 "The EU Taxonomy Regulation aims to enhance allocation of capital towards sustainable activities and projects, and therefore, navigate the transition to a low-carbon economy and meeting the EU’s climate and energy targets.",0 "Stellantis’ strategic climate commitments, their implementation and their progress versus targets, are presented to the Board of Directors, in order to deliver relevant information on the climate-related CSR issues impacting the organization.",0 "The Top Executive Team monitors progress against climate commitments and objectives, and reviews top risks with a particular focus on climate change, especially vehicle CO 2 emissions, which are identified as the most strategic CSR issue for Stellantis.",0 "Within the South America segment, we announced in February 2023, an investment into 360 Energy S.A., a green energy company, currently producing renewable energy through solar panels, which will provide Stellantis preferential rights to purchase energy at discounted prices as part of our climate-related commitments.",0 The currently available definitions as included in the EU Taxonomy Regulation and Climate Act are broadly formulated which requires companies to interpret how to apply these regulations to its business activities when assessing taxonomy eligibility and alignment.,0 "In 2023, the ESG Committee assisted the Board by reviewing the update of the Diversity and Inclusion Policy for the Composition of the Board of Directors, the updated Dutch Corporate Governance Code, and discussing items related to climate change, such as reduction of fuel emission, electrification, circular economy and stakeholders’ engagement.",0 "Therefore, climate-sensitive issues are embedded in decisions made by the Top Executive Team on reviewing and guiding major plans of action, annual budgets or business plans.",0 "The global automotive industry is experiencing significant change due to increased focus on climate change resulting in evolving regulatory requirements for fuel efficiency, driving electrification as well as changes in fuel efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions and other tailpipe emissions.",0 "Other major projects that can be impacted by the consequences of climate change, such as the location of new sites, are also reviewed by the Board of Directors.",0 "During Board of Directors meetings, Stellantis’ strategic climate commitments, their implementation and their progress versus targets, are presented to the Board of Directors, in order to deliver relevant information on the climate-related CSR issues impacting the organization.",0 Bringing a tangible impact on climate change Introduction Stellantis has a holistic approach to climate change.,0 "Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) The applicable DNSH criteria for activity 3.3 (""Manufacture of low carbon technologies for transport"") are set out in the Climate Act.",0 "The CEO and the Strategy Council are responsible for defining the overall environmental strategy, including climate -related policies.",0 Suppliers complying with our climate requirements are also eligible to join the UK retail sector’s first sustainability-linked supply chain finance programme.,0 "As a result of integrating climate change action throughout our business, we have been able to make further progress on engagement and investment in decarbonisation.Working toward decarbonisation The majority of our GHG emissions come from producing the things we sell, and customers using what they buy from us, mainly from fuel and energy.",0 "We have also assessed whether these disclosures reflect our understanding of the Group’s approach to climate.7.4 Working with other auditors The Group audit team issued detailed instructions to the component auditors and visited the component auditors for each of the six significant locations set out above, in addition to Tesco Bank and the Group’s shared service centre in Bengaluru.",0 "We modelled three further transition risks in relation to: the risk of climate-related litigation, the risk of a negative shift in consumer sentiment; and negative investor sentiment due to a perceived lack of action to address climate change.",0 The Committee received updates on perceived challenges and viability impact that the business could face resulting from climate change and broader macroeconomic uncertainties.,0 Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures continued 24 Tesco PLC Annual Report and Financial Statements 2023,0 "Our performance against these issues is tracked using the following KPIs: Climate: percentage reduction of Scope 1 and 2 market-based GHG emissions compared with 2015/16 baseline year and Scope 3 targets by 2050, see page 18.",0 "Climate change –Climate change –Responsible sourcing –Political, regulatory and complianceGlobal action to address rising temperatures results in a shift in consumer sentiment towards more sustainable products and an increase in carbon taxes levied against Group emissions.",0 "We have quoted the financial value at risk below as a range, reflecting the uncertain and heavily assumption-based nature of climate-related modelling.",0 "This included challenging projected cash flows, discount rates and the use of independent third-party valuations as well as considering the uncertainties arising from a macroeconomic downturn, higher levels of operating cost inflation and climate change.",0 These include the identification and documentation of climate-related risks and the review and consideration of appropriate risk responses.,0 "The targets that we set as a Board not only support our core purpose of serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day, but are also essential for the delivery of our net zero commitments of being climate neutral within our own operations by 2035 and through our supply chain by 2050.",0 (c)Excluding rain water of the Italian EP subsidiar y (29 kt in 2022 and 30 kt in 2021).,0 "In addition, TotalEnergies implements a strategy to tackle climate change challenges and reports on this in detail, notably in its statement of extra -financial performance (refer to point 5.4 of chapter 5), in accordance with Articles L. 22-10-36 and L. 225-102-1 of the French Commercial Code.",0 "The Company typically cooperates with these organizations on technical subjects, but some take public stances on other issues, such as climate.",0 Our responses to the European Commission’s public consultations on climate are public and may be viewed online.,0 5.4.3.2 Processes to manage risks related to climate change The risks posed by climate change are included among the risks analyzed by the TotalEnergies Risk Management Committee (TRMC).,0 "The energy system must therefore be transformed, because energy is at the heart of this global climate challenge: GHG emissions linked to the production or use of energy account for over 60% of global emissions in 2021 (ref.",0 The transition will not take place without social acceptability (both between North and South and within OECD countries) and without genuine efforts in terms of climate justice.,0 "Jacques Aschenbroich brings to the Board of Directors of TotalEnergies his experience as the head of an industrial, international and technological group that is exposed to climate issues.",0 There can be no assurance that climate change or environmental regulation or deregulation will not have a negative competitive impact on our ability to sell our products or that economic returns will match the investment that we are making in new product development.,0 "Climate change presents immediate and long-term risks to our Company and to our customers, with the risks expected to increase over time, including, among others, acute physical risks (such as flooding, hurricanes, or wildfires) or chronic physical risks (such as droughts, heat waves, or sea level changes).",0 Our climate commitment requires us to offer a full line of next generation products by 2030 without compromising safety or energy efficiency.,0 "DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY Trane Technologies plc, a public limited company, incorporated in Ireland in 2009, and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively we, our, the Company or Trane Technologies) is a global climate innovator.",0 "This strategy supports our efforts to create opportunity for all by providing underrepresented students with a range of resources, from classroom curriculum that introduces them to careers at a climate innovation company, to soft-skill development for landing a STEM job.",0 "Our emissions reduction commitments align with the Paris Climate Accord net-zero targets, consistent with limiting global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 °C.",0 "There continues to be a lack of consistent climate legislation, which creates economic and regulatory uncertainty.",0 Climate change is a risk multiplier with respect to these physical disasters in both frequency and severity and may affect our global business operations as a result.,0 "Each year, we make investments in new product development and new technology innovation as they are key factors in achieving our strategic objectives as a leader in the climate sector.",0 "TRANE BRANDS, INC. DELAWARE 100% TRANE BUFORD LLC DELAWARE 100% TRANE BV BELGIUM 100% TRANE CANADA ULC CANADA 100% TRANE CENTRAL AMERICA, INC. DELAWARE 100% TRANE CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED CAYMAN ISLANDS 100% TRANE CLIMATE MANUFACTURING S.R.L.",0 "Changes regarding climate risk management and practices may result in higher regulatory, compliance risks and costs.",0 Table of Contents Global climate change and related regulations could negatively affect our business.,0 "In addition, climate change could affect our ability to procure needed commodities at costs and in quantities we currently experience and may require us to make additional unplanned capital expenditures.",0 "2022 – Included the following items: •$114 million pretax, or $0.23 per diluted share, of production facilities fire insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred.",0 "Operating income in fiscal 2022 was impacted by $27 million of insurance proceeds related to a fire at a production facility in fiscal 2019, and $16 million of restructuring and related charges.",0 "Climate change and rising global temperatures may contribute to changing weather patterns, elongated drought periods, heavier or more frequent storms and wildfires, and increased frequency and severity of natural disasters.",0 We were selected as a potential grant recipient in fiscal 2022 under the USDA's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities grant program.,0 Operating income in fiscal 2021 was impacted by $626 million of losses from the recognition of legal contingency accruals and $23 million of expenses related to a fire at a production facility.,0 "Operating income in fiscal 2023 was impacted by $322 million in plant closure charges, $210 million of goodwill impairment charges, $156 million in legal contingency accruals and $16 million in restructuring and related charges, offset by $11 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred associated with a production facility fire in fiscal 2021.",0 "Increasing concern over climate change also may adversely impact demand for our products due to changes in consumer preferences and result in additional legal or regulatory requirements designed to manage greenhouse gas emissions, climate risks, and resulting environmental impacts.",0 "•Operating Income (Loss) – Operating income decreased due to compressed pork margins, increased operating costs as a result of the inflationary market environment, losses incurred in our live hog operations and impacts from a production facility fire in the third quarter of fiscal 2023.",0 "Increased government regulations to limit carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gas emissions as a result of concern over climate change, as well as alternative energy policies and sustainability initiatives (including those related to single use plastics), may result in increased compliance costs, capital expenditures and other financial obligations for us.",0 "•$75 million pretax, or $0.16 per diluted share, of production facilities fire insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred.",0 "Finally, we currently provide certain climate-related disclosures, and from time to time, we establish and publicly announce goals and commitments to reduce our carbon footprint.",0 "•Decrease of approximately $58 million in our Chicken segment related to insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, related to the fire at our production facility in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.",0 "•Increase of approximately $24 million in our Chicken segment due to $11 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, in fiscal 2023 compared to $35 million of insurance proceeds, net of costs incurred, in fiscal 2022 related to the fire at our production facility in fiscal 2021.",0 Climate change In preparing these consolidated financial statements we have considered the impact of both physical and transition climate change risks as well as our plans to mitigate against those risks on the current valuation of our assets and liabilities.,0 The Trustees consider climate risk as one of the key investment risks and are continually evolving their investments to lower the overall climate risk.,0 "In 2023, we expanded our Supplier Climate Programme to reach more than 100 suppliers, with around 80 delivering on our asks.",0 Due to the nature of climate risks and opportunities we are monitoring them across a number of time horizons.,0 "We are more certain than ever that it is the right time to focus our sustainability efforts on the four key priorities where we are best placed to drive impact: climate, nature, plastics and livelihoods.",0 "A summary of the climate metrics and targets we are currently able to measure can be found on pages 46 to 47, and form part of these TCFD disclosures.STRATEGIC REPORT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Review of the Year Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2023 55",0 "We also integrate climate-related disclosures throughout this Annual Report and Accounts, including in our Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP) Annual Progress Report on pages 43 to 47.",0 "Climate Our Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP) outlines the actions we are taking to reduce GHG emissions in our business and across our value chain, to reach net zero by 2039.",0 "We are developing products with a lower carbon footprint, decarbonising our operations through eco-efficiency measures, powering our factories with renewable electricity, and replacing climate-harmful refrigerants.",0 "Supplier Climate Programme We continue to support suppliers of raw materials, ingredients and packaging to deliver long-term reductions in GHG emissions.",0 Climate Transition Action Plan We will continue to work hard to become a more sustainable business having made progress again in 2023.,0 Our suppliers with more mature climate programmes have now sent us around 240 Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) data points that meet industry standards and can be incorporated into our GHG measurement in the future.,0 "Freight rail leads other forms of surface transportation when it comes to minimizing GHG emissions, and we expect rail will continue to play a critical role in mitigating and abating the impacts of climate change.",0 "We May Be Affected by Climate Change and Market or Regulatory Responses to Climate Change – Climate change, including the impact of global warming and transition risks involving policy, legal risks, and market risks, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity over both a long-term and near-term basis.",0 "Violent weather caused by climate change, including hurricanes, fires, floods, extreme temperatures, avalanches, and significant precipitation has in the past and could in the future cause line outages and other interruptions to our infrastructure.",0 "Any of these factors, individually or in operation with one or more of the other factors, or other unpredictable impacts of climate change could reduce the amount of traffic we handle and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity.",0 We could face increased costs related to defending and resolving legal claims and other litigation or complying with laws or regulations related to climate change and the alleged impact of our operations on climate change.,0 Climate Change – Climate change could have an adverse impact on our operations and financial performance (see Risk Factors under Item 1A of this report).,0 "We continue to refine our approach to understand climate-related risks and are taking an iterative approach in our business planning processes as risk factors, solutions, and technology develop.",0 We utilize climate scenario analyses to better understand climate-related risks and opportunities the Company may face in the future under a range of potential scenarios.,0 "However, we are unable to predict the likelihood, manner, severity, or ultimate financial impact of actual future incidents as climate scenario analysis considers a range of potential outcomes.",0 "We could also be subject to environmental liability claims from various parties, including airport authorities and other third parties, related to our operations at our owned or leased premises, including our use of PFAS-containing fire suppression systems as required by fire codes, or the off-site disposal of waste generated at our facilities.",0 Table of Contents all of which are key to advancing the Company's climate goals.,0 "Climate change is expected to increase the frequency, severity, unpredictability and duration of severe weather events and other natural cycles and could affect travel demand as well as result in increases in delays and cancellations, turbulence-related injuries and fuel consumption to avoid such weather, any of which could result in a significant loss of revenue and higher costs.",0 "Over the last few years, we have made historic investments to fight climate change and provided career opportunities to thousands of people.",0 The Company may incur substantial costs and operational disruptions as a result of both its physical risks (such as extreme weather conditions or rising sea levels) and transition risks (such as regulatory or technological changes) associated with climate change.,0 "As a result, the Company continues to incur costs to convert existing fixed foam fire suppression systems to accommodate PFAS-free firefighting foam agents.",0 There is also a risk that the increased regulatory focus on airline GHG emissions could result in a patchwork of inconsistent or conflicting regional requirements that could unduly shift excessive cost burden to airlines and inhibit the development of carbon reduction technologies that the Company needs to reach its climate goals.,0 "In addition to the EU ETS, other countries are considering climate proposals that would impact aviation.",0 Table of Contents There can be no assurance of the extent to which any of our climate goals will be achieved or that any current or future investments that we make in furtherance of achieving our climate goals will produce the expected results or meet stakeholders' evolving expectations.,0 Climate Change and Sustainability.,0 Management periodically updates the Board on the implementation of the Company's climate-related strategic goals and objectives.,0 "The Company's Board of Directors (the ""Board""), including through its Public Responsibility Committee, provides oversight of its environmental sustainability and climate-related strategic goals and objectives to ensure integration with its core business strategy.",0 "In order to be aligned to the climate change mitigation objective, an activity must be eligible, meet the technical screening criteria, comply with the minimum safeguards stipulated in the regulation and not cause significant harm to any of the other five objectives.",0 "The IPCC’s Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels details the consequences for people and the planet even if emissions are reduced considerably, while the first instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report presents the most compelling evidence to date that human activities are causing climate change.",0 "TCI is proud to be a shareholder of VINCI, a leader in environmental policy and a facilitator of the energy transition.”Climate Ambition for 2030 Climate Performance in 2023 A FORCE FOR GOOD 032",0 "3.2 Acting for the climate Climate change is a reality: global temperatures have risen by more than 1°C compared with pre-industrial levels, leading to more frequent and more intense extreme weather events each year.",0 "According to the climate models published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in relation to the RCP 6.0 and RCP 8.5 scenarios, current production and consumption practices could see temperatures rise by around 3.5°C to 5°C by the end of this century, resulting in major and irreversible shifts that could affect all aspects of society.",0 All climate forecasts are taken into account to calculate the historical baseline.,0 "For example, VINCI’s climate commitments address the pressure of climate change as a cause of biodiversity loss, and actions to promote the circular economy alleviate pressures on biodiversity by curbing waste and protecting natural resources.",0 Construction revenue therefore appears twice: under 7.1 as contributing to the climate change mitigation objective and under 3.1 as contributing to the circular economy objective.,0 "In 2019, awareness of the climate emergency and the environment became more acute, leading to the definition of a new environmental ambition involving all VINCI entities for the 2020-2030 period.",0 "As an example, on VINCI Construction ’s Coastal GasLink project, to meet the requirements of British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, buffer zones were created along sensitive waterways and sediment- laden run-off was captured and treated.",0 "Of the taxonomy-eligible sales revenue from economic activity 3.3 Manufacture of low-carbon technologies for transport, €36.6 billion met the screening criteria us ed to measure the substantial contribution to climate change mitigation.",0 It was included if the vehicles in question make a substantial contribution to the climate change mitigation objective.,0 "At Volkswagen, this comprises all new-build activities that enable the use of gas and climate-neutral synthetic fuels",0 "In this way, we have identified those vehicles among all of our taxonomy-eligible vehicles that meet the screening criteria and with which the substantial contribution to climate change mitigation is measured.",0 "In addition to the broad range of all-el ectric vehicles and hybrid models, we kicked off the goTOzero retail project that is focused on decarbon izing our entire sales network and increasing its ESG performance, helping our sales partners to move over to a climate-neutral business model.",0 Growing global energy needs call for innovation in the industry and a growing willingness on the part of governments to invest in line with the global climate policy.,0 Volkswagen also retained its B rating from MSCI and kept its score of A– in the CDP Climate Rating in 2023.,0 "The topics of our social commitment range from education to culture, diversity, a culture of remembrance, climate action and environmental protec- tion, and various local commitments.",0 The table below sets out the allocation of our activities in the vehicle-related business and in Power Engineering to the economic activities listed in the EU Taxonomy under the environmental objective of climate change mitigation.,0 "These enable us to record and reduce the quantitative environmental impact of our production sites, particularly in the areas requiring action of climate protection and energy, emissions, water and waste.",0 They were included if the vehicles in qu estion make a substantial contribution to the climate change mitigation objective.,0 "Sustainability will continue to be a recurring theme in the business world and will gain further pertinence, driven by the increasingly noticeable consequences of climate change, a greater consciousness of sustainable lifestyles on the part of the customer and, not least, underlying factors such as the Paris Climate Agreement.",0 Another aspect of implementing the climate pathway is increasing energy generation from renewable sources.,0 Our neighborhood developments are designed to comply with clear climate protection requirements (see Environmental Issues ).,0 "The risk assessment is based on scenario RCP4.5, which, according to the United Nations (UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2023), represents the probable increase in the global average temperature that will result from the national contributions to climate change mitigation that have currently been defined and implemented.",0 "This calculation revealed that, taking into account long-term sales that are already planned and Recurring Sales, Vonovia’s climate pathway is compatible with global warming of 1.4° Celsius.",0 The purchase of certified green electricity to supply communal areas makes a further contribution to our climate strategy.,0 "As such, environmental and climate protection is accorded paramount importance within our sustainability strategy.",0 "In the future, the individual findings from the climate risk analysis will be incorporated into the specific neighborhood profiles that provide the guidelines for managing and developing a neighborhood.",0 "For buildings constructed after December 31, 2020, the same criteria for substantial contribution to climate change mitigation apply as for new construction (activity 7.1).Turnover from electricity generation using solar photovolta- ic technology (activity 4.1) is treated as a direct climate change mitigation measure in the EU Taxonomy Regulation.",0 "Due to the deterioration in the investment climate and resulting adjustments to this specific investment program, we were only able to use part of the €62.8 million that had been earmarked for investment in neighborhood developments in Germany for the 2023 fiscal year in full.",0 The recommendations made by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) constitute important guidance in this regard.,0 Climate risks have an impact on Vonovia’s business model and strategy.,0 The Company is sensitive to the growing global debate with respect to climate change.,0 "See Item 1A, Risk Factors – The effects of climate change could harm the Company’s business, for more information on the potential significance of climate change legislation.",0 "Customers, consumers, investors and other stakeholders are increasingly focusing on environmental issues, including climate change, energy and water use, plastic waste and other sustainability concerns.",0 "Environmental, social and corporate governance (“ESG”) issues, including those related to climate change and sustainability, may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and damage our reputation.",0 "Concern over climate change or plastics and packaging materials, in particular, may result in new or increased legal and regulatory requirements to reduce or mitigate impacts to the environment.",0 "In the event that any future climate change legislation would require that stricter standards be imposed by domestic or international environmental regulatory authorities with respect to the use and/or levels of possible emissions from such chemicals and/or other substances, the Company may be required to make certain changes and adaptations to its manufacturing processes.",0 "On top of this extensive pay investment, we have launched a series of financial education modules and face-to-face sessions to support our teams in Operations and our Support Centre in the current climate.",0 "The full TCFD Report reiterates the process we undertook to identify the principal climate-related issues which have affected and will potentially affect our businesses, strategy and financial planning.",0 "Biodiversity appeared last year as an issue on our materiality matrix and is fast becoming a key topic for businesses, driven not only by increased awareness about its role in fighting climate change, but also by upcoming legislation, increasing shareholder interest, and the value it can provide from a guest perspective.",0 "The directors have also determined that, over the period of the going concern assessment, there is not expected to be a significant impact as a result of climate change.",0 The impacts of climate change are now being seen on a daily basis.,0 "Our consideration of climate- related risks As described on pages 52 and 66, the Group has assessed the risks and opportunities associated with various future climate-related scenarios.",0 "The Group has considered the impact of climate-related risks on its financial performance and position, and although the impact represents an uncertainty, it is not considered to be material.",0 "• We have robust fire safety policies, procedures and training for our team members, and work closely with independent fire safety consultants, regarding fire safety in our hotels.",0 "This exposes the Group to risks including those relating to interest rates, equity markets, foreign exchange and climate change.",0 The Group’s full Task Force on Climate-Related disclosures report outlines the process they have taken to identify the principal climate-related issues which have affected and will potentially affect the business.,0 "○The Carbon Reporting Committee (CRC) i ncludes senior management representatives focusing on climate-related matters from across the businesses, P&T climate-related disciplines and functions including Finance, Legal and Strategy.",0 "Additionally, the impact of physical climate change on Shell's operations is unlikely to be limited to the boundaries of Shell's assets.",0 We continue to align and enhance our climate-related disclosures.,0 "Consideration was given to the climate change and energy transition risk, however the associated material impacts are of a longer-term nature, outside the three-year viability statement period.",0 "Given the current environment, there may be a heightened risk of proved reserves with a high carbon intensity not ultimately being produced (also see climate change and energy transition key audit matter).",0 We are also working with governments on their climate policy to help establish regulatory frameworks that will enable society to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement.,0 "Average prices from three 1.5-2 degrees Celsius external climate change scenarios: In view of the broad range of price outlooks across the various scenarios, the average of three external price outlooks was taken from IHS Markit/ACCS 2023; Woodmac WM AET-1.5 degree; and IEA NZE50.",0 "See ""Climate-related risks and opportunities identified by Shell over the short, medium and long term"" on pages 90-93.",0 "For five activities, assets in scope for screening were assessed as aligned with the DNSH criteria for climate mitigation, including solar, wind, hydrogen manufacturing, storage of electricity and infrastructure enabling low-carbon road transport.",0 "Refineries in the Chemicals and Products segment (carrying amount as at December 31, 2023 , $6 billion (2022: $6 billion )) may be impacted under a two-degrees-Celsius or less external climate scenario.",0 Climate change drives the need for decarbonization and digitalization.,0 "Furthermore, it develops technologies for environmentally friendly and increasingly renewable-based energy systems, ranging from climate-friendly F-gas-free switchgear for medium voltage to charging solutions for e- mobility and grid integration of green hydrogen production.",0 "Due to regular screening of climate risks and environmental, social and governance (ESG) developments we can initiate related mitigation actions in a timely manner – also as part of our DEGREE implementation.",0 Climate change litigation has become a worldwide phenomenon with a corresponding risk to Siemens as a large corporation.,0 "Combined Management Report 30 legislative and governmental measures to accelerate the mitigation of climate change, especially in Europe such as through the Green Deal or sustainable finance initiatives.",0 "For fiscal 2023, EU Taxonomy reporting is limited to the first two environmental objectives (climate change mitigation and climate change adaption).",0 The following considerations were made in respect of the financial statements: –The impact of climate change on the going concern assessment and the viability of the Group over the next three years.,0 For further information on our governance see the Governance Report from page 88 and our Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reporting on pages 60–64 .,0 "We address climate-related risk primarily through business strategies in our global operations functions including facilities, health and safety, business continuity and global supply chain management.",0 "The impact of climate change on our audit In planning our audit, we considered the potential impacts of climate change on the Group’s business and its financial statements.",0 Our Principal Risks capture our physical and transitional climate-related risks in our Enterprise Risk Management process.,0 "Climate change The impact of climate change has been considered as part of our review of the impairment testing of goodwill and acquired intangible assets, and the going concern assessment.",0 "–The impact of climate change on the carrying value and useful economic lives of property, plant and equipment.",0 "Climate change is an element of our Global Supply Chain Principal Risk, as increasingly frequent climate events increase the likelihood and impact of disruptions to our supply chain.",0 Environment and sustainability Climate change and sustainability-related risks have the potential to impact the Group’s business model and performance.,0 –In assessing our TCFD risks we concluded that climate-related risks are not significant in our viability horizon of three years.,0 "Through this process we have identified a number of climate-related opportunities relating to energy sourcing, energy efficiency, on-site renewable energy generation, engagement through the CDP Supply Chain programme and packaging reduction initiatives.",0 "This year, we are reporting both our 2022 and 2023 Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 13 categories and are developing our Scope 3 GHG emissions reduction roadmap and strategy for the short to medium term.Climate change During 2023, we have continued to consider the potential impact of climate change on our business operations.",0 –The impact of climate change on the cash flow forecasts used in the impairment assessments of non-current assets including goodwill.,0 This is a climate neutral print product for which carbon emissions have been calculated and offset by supporting recognised carbon offset projects.,0 "For TIGPS, where all benefits are now secured by way of annuity purchase, all investment risks including ESG and climate risk, have effectively now been eliminated.",0 "The TCFD provides an internationally recognised framework to provide clear, comprehensive and high-quality information on the impacts of climate change.",0 "This year, based on our current assessment of their materiality, we have replaced our environment, social and governance (ESG) risk with a broader climate-related risk, capturing both the opportunity and risk of energy transition and climate-related regulatory risks.",0 Climate change has been identified as a Group principal risk and is managed and owned by the Audit & Risk Committee.,0 "Climate-related opportunities such as those relating to the decarbonisation/energy transition agenda have been communicated to the Executive Committee and Board, culminating in a Group-wide strategic response for markets and opportunities.",0 "The Executive Committee also ensures that risk owners and decision makers understand the Board’s risk appetite, and ensures that risks, including climate risk, are adequately managed, and conducts an annual assessment of strategic risk.",0 57 SMITHS GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT FY2023 TCFD CONTINUED MONITORING METRICS AND TARGETS The table below outlines the key metrics and targets used to monitor climate risks and opportunities.,0 CLIMATE CHANGE – Missed opportunities in energy transition and change in climate conditions causing business disruption and economic loss for the Group Failure to identify and act on the significant opportunities arising from the world’s transition to a low-carbon economy and/or failure to respond appropriately to climate change risks and regulation.,0 "During FY2022 we undertook a scenario analysis, including climate risk and opportunities workshops for Group and the divisions.",0 "The time horizons considered for identified climate- related risks and opportunities, found in the table below, align to our targets which have been submitted to the SBTi.",0 "From FY2023 onwards, we introduced climate-related metrics (energy efficiency) into our AIP and (absolute GHG reduction) into our LTIP to more closely align decision making and ownership of climate goals.",0 Similar to the approach with investors we generate greater understanding of our customers sustainability and climate needs through ongoing engagement and dialogue on data requirements and a focus on issues important to them.,0 This would de-risk climate transition risks linked to energy but would also contribute to the Group’s sustainability goals.,0 — Climate scenario analyses conducted in 2021 and 2023 indicates that the proportion of asset value at risk is low.,0 — Climate Change Mitigation 4.20 Cogeneration of heat/cool power from bioenergy: Our Piteå and Nettingsdorf paper mills combined heat and power plants meet the substantial contribution criteria.,0 We continue to support the development of sustainability and climate related capabilities of the Board in the area of climate change.,0 We have set both interim and long-term targets related to climate change and our interim 2030 targets have been approved by the SBTi as in line with the Paris Agreement.,0 Climate change is a principal risk for the Group.,0 "Given the short-term nature of the Group’s trade receivables and the sustainable nature of the Group’s products, no adjustments were applied to the expected loss rates to specifically incorporate the effect of climate-related risks.",0 "Climate change, limited natural resources, littering, deforestation, a growing population and increased social inequality, are pressing global challenges that require forward thinking and a constructive response from the business community.",0 "In addition, as part of our reporting process, we have considered the recommendations outlined in the FRC reports, ‘CRR Thematic review of TCFD disclosures and climate in the /f_inancial statements’ and ‘CRR Thematic review of climate-related metrics & targets’.",0 The risk identification process is designed to consider the risks and opportunities through the specific lens of climate change.,0 "The Group considered the potential impact of climate-related risks, which is a principal risk in the long-term for the Group when assessing the recoverability of its trade receivables.",0 "The expectations of our stakeholders is that we approach climate change responsibly and provide regular, detailed progress reports.",0 "In 2023, third party experts carried out training for Non-executive Directors on the importance of climate scenario analysis, how to use it, and what it means for SKG.",0 A climate event could impact some or all of its facilities and human or technical resources.,0 "Some information may have been obtained from public or other sources that the Group has not independently verified.However, as clients are increasingly adopting a framework for climate reporting and disclosure, the Group expects external data on emissions to become more accessible and reliable over time.",0 A growing number of companies now reports their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and assesses their contribution to climate change risks.,0 "As with the Climate‑related risks, the risk data was cross‑referenced with the Group’s activity data.",0 "By only financing companies making a commitment to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, SG Tikehau Dette Privée presents an ambitious low‑carbon strategy, aligned with the objectives set by the Paris Climate Agreement .",0 "For more information on these indicators and targets, see the latest Climate and Alignment Report (https:// www.societegenerale.com/ sites/ default/ files/ documents/ CSR/ Climate‑and‑Alignment ‑Report.pdf ).22 22 2 2 2 2th",0 "Chapter 4, Environmental and Social (E&S) General Principles and sector policies , page 306; Chapter 4, Incorporating environmental factors into the risk management framework , page 313, Processes and tools for identifying and measuring climate risks and mitigation , page 315.",0 "The behavioural skills reflected in the Leadership Model are divided into three categories corresponding to the main levels of responsibility within the Bank (senior executives, managers and employees) and are shared throughout the Group.the Board of Directors , which approves the CSR strategy (notably climate strategy) guided by General Management and the non‑voting Director.",0 "Hence, the Group is exposed to physical climate risk with respect to its ability to maintain its services in geographical areas affected by extreme events (floods, etc.).",0 "A qualitative analysis of the potential impact of climate risks on the calculation of expected credit losses in the review of these adjustments, whenever compatible with the provisioning horizon.",0 Violations of environmental and climate change- related laws and regulations could lead to significant fines and penalties and reputational harm.,0 "Similarly, the Company has experienced operational challenges in connection with severe weather events and associated crew scheduling, such as during and subsequent to Winter Storm Elliott.",0 "The reporting obligations of the CCDAA, CRFRA, VCMDA, and other state or federal laws or rules requiring the disclosure of climate-related risks or emissions may cause the Company to incur additional increased costs for compliance as well as increased costs regarding access to capital.",0 "In late December 2022, Winter Storm Elliott impacted a significant portion of the United States, leading to wide-scale operational disruptions for the Company.",0 "At the federal level, in July 2016, the EPA issued a final endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions from certain types of aircraft engines, which the agency determined contribute to pollution that causes climate change and endangers public health and the environment.",0 "The FAA and the U.S. Department of Defense have strict performance specifications for fire suppression systems, which has contributed to the use of AFFF/PFAS over the decades.",0 "Enhanced climate-related disclosures pursuant to these requirements could also lead to reputational or other harm with Customers, regulators, investors, or other stakeholders.",0 "After Winter Storm Elliott, the Company was challenged to realign flight crews, flight schedules, and aircraft for a period of several days during this peak demand travel period.",0 "Finally, the potential acute and chronic physical effects of climate change, such as increased frequency, duration, and severity of extreme weather events, longer-term changes in weather patterns, and other climate-related events, could affect the Company’s operations, infrastructure, and financial results.",0 "Risk/opportunity DescriptionHow we manage and mitigate this riskEstimated financial impa ctLink to metrics and targets Heat stress Currently 45% of the TIV of the Group’s operations (112 locations) is e xposed to heat stress, seeing an average of >20 heatwave days in a given year with temperatures in excess of 30˚C.",0 "In addition, physical risk exposure diagnostic analysis was completed for 45 of the Group’s suppliers (selected on the basis of spend, strategic importance, geographic location o b usiness coverage).",0 "Describe the impact of climate-related risks and opportunities on the organisation’s businesses, strategy and financial planning Growing awareness of climate change and customer sustainability targets will continue to provide an impetus for b usiness growth as we provide products, services and solutions that increase efficiency and reduce customers’ energy use and carbon emissions.",0 "Suppliers are required to complete a series of surveys including climate impact, human rights, human trafficking and slavery and a Spirax Group bespoke survey covering biodiversity, community engagement and inclusion, as well as diversity in the supply chain.",0 "We committed to establishing science-based targets during 2021, as part of our wider commitment to take action on climate change and reduce our environmental impacts.",0 There were lots of examples of this during the last decade as we evolved the scale and composition of our Group by focusing on opportunities to create significant value for all our stakeholders and address the imperative of climate change.,0 We also continue to follow the framework set by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) to enable the transition to a low-carbon economy.,0 The Risk Management Committee has responsibility for managing climate-related risks.,0 "As a result, no specific climate change impact scenario has been included.",0 It helps companies to set ambitious and credible climate targets that are based on the best available science and the needs of the planet.,0 "Cognisant of the UK regulator’s focus on Climate Risk, this will remain a key priority in 2024.",0 "In 2023, we were involved in some of the largest carbon market transactions, including the Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC) and Climate Impact X (CIX) auctions, and established primary supply partnerships with clients in Kenya, Brazil, China and Vietnam.",0 "In 2023, we have continued to build on embedding Climate Risk into existing risk-management processes, focusing on a ‘Business as Usual’ state to identifying, assessing, and monitoring across risk types.",0 • We have built an in-house Sovereign climate model that forecasts Sovereign credit grades across the various NGFS scenarios.,0 "The Group has explained in the “Sustainability review” section of the Annual Report how they have reflected the impact of climate change in their financial statements, including how this aligns with their commitment to the aspirations of the Paris Agreement to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.",0 "Silicon Valley Bank or by Credit Suisse In 2023, the Group undertook a number of Climate Risk stress tests, including those mandated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Central Bank UAE and internal management scenario analysis.",0 Model Risk Work is also underway to build in-house first generation transition risk models for our Corporates and Sovereigns portfolios which have been used to estimate climate adjusted Expected Credit Loss and stress testing use cases.,0 "Chronic Longer-term shifts in climate patterns, such as changing precipitation patterns, sea-level rise, and longer-term drought.",0 511 Standard Chartered – Annual Report 2023Supplementary informationThe following table sets out the recommendations and recommended disclosures of the Taskforce on Climate–related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and summarises where information can be found in this Annual Report.,0 Temperature alignment is one way to consider a company’s impact on climate change and an indicator of a client’s progress towards a net zero economy.,0 "The assessment of risks associated with how individual client, transaction, product and strategic coverage decisions may affect perceptions of the organisation and its activities is based on explicit principles including, but not limited to, human rights and climate change.",0 "During 2023, the physical risk profile across products and markets has remained stable, apart from slight variations in exposure to high flood risk levels due to enhancements in Munich Re’s flood risk model.",0 "Legal risks include potential lawsuits or regulations regarding the impacts of climate change, failure to adapt to climate change, and the insufficiency of disclosure around material financial risks.",0 "New legal or regulatory requirements may be enacted to prevent, mitigate, or adapt to the implications of a changing climate and its effects on the environment.",0 ─ Stakeholder scrutiny: A change in stakeholders’ expectations could lead to reduced capital availability and market valuation due to concerns about our resilience to climate change impacts.,0 "In this context, the Group is engaged in the analysis, adaptation and creation of transition and physical risk scenarios.",0 "For example, climate change (including in terms of extreme weather and climate conditions) exacerbates risks to biodiversity and natural and managed habitats; at the same time, natural and managed ecosystems and their biodiversity play a key role in attenuating climate change and in supporting climate adaptation, as confirmed in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (2023).",0 AXA remains convinced that the non-Life insurance sector has a key role to play in helping its clients to adapt to climate change and will work to ensure that the EU Taxonomy Regulation disclosures adequately reflects ithe Group’s contribution to this objective.,0 "It is equally vital to prepare for the consequences of current and anticipated changes brought about by climate change, which create a tangible urgency to take action.",0 "Eligibility to participate in global government initiatives and grants which facilitate the continued acceleration of climate change adaptation efforts (Scope 1 and 2), encompassing tax reforms, green and digital stimulus packages as well as research and development incentives.",0 "40 These are: 1) climate change mitigation 2) climate change adaptation, 3) sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, transition to a circular economy, pollution prevention and control and protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems.",0 "Does no significant harm (DNSH) to the EU environmental objective of climate change adaptation (DNSH 2) The climate-change-related risk assessment was carried out based on the TCFD analysis, which we supplemented with adjustment solutions for physical climate risks.",0 "DHL Group does not currently see any climate-related indications for the adjustment of useful lives and residual values of aircraft and other items of property, plant and equipment.",0 "The TCFD recommends organisations select relevant short, medium, and long term time horizons when assessing their resilience to climate impacts.",0 Methodology: •Scenario analysis involves forecasting financial impacts using climate scenario variables to assess the resilience of the organisation under various risks and opportunities for different climate scenarios and time horizons.,0 13: Climate action 13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.,0 "6.c) Preparation of the financial statements In preparing these financial statements, the impact of climate change has been considered in a number of key estimates, including: – estimated useful lives of assets, their residual values and decommissioning provisions; and – impairment tests.",0 "The Group is exposed to the risk of not being able to mitigate the impacts of climate change, a lack of adaptation and/or an insufficient disclosing of the financial implications of climate change.",0 "Technological In today's fast-evolving technological landscape, the Group may be exposed to the possibility of having to undertake sizeable investments in operations and infrastructure to adapt to climate change.",0 "5.2.3.2 Climate risk adaptation Due to the impacts of climate change, Kering faces physical and transition risks as described in section 5.2.2, whose financial and operational impacts depend on the climate scenario considered for the Group (""Paris Agreement"" scenario or ""No mitigation"" scenario as described in section 5.2.2).",0 Adaptation to climate-related risks focuses in this section more specifically adaptation to physical risks.,0 The Taxonomy aims to identify economic activities that meet at least one of the following six environmental objectives: •climate change mitigation; •climate change adaptation; •sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources; •transition to a circular economy; •pollution prevention and control; •protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems.,0 "DNSH – Climate change adaptation The climate change adaptation criterion applies only to Kering's eligible activities, but all of the Group’s locations were included in the analysis regarding the application of the criterion.",0 "Lack of foresight, resilience or Group initiatives in response to the effects of climate change.",0 It also effects the Group’s resilience to climate change.,0 "Climate change adaptation With regard to economic activity 3.3, the EU Taxonomy requires a climate risk analysis to be carried out.",0 The European classification system stipulates that non -life (re)insurance activities can make a substantial contribution to the environmental objective of climate change adaptation.,0 Market risk may arise from disruptions and shifts associated with the transition to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy.,0 "The Paris Agreement brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so.",0 Customer sentiment can be influenced by companies’ actions or inaction to mitigate and adapt to climate change.,0 "It’s crucial to prepare for potential intensifying impacts by considering various scenarios, understanding that some degree of impact is inevitable despite efforts to combat climate change.",0 "When considering this “climate-nature nexus”, Schneider Electric recognizes the inability to mitigate – or adapt to – the impacts of climate change without protecting, restoring, and enhancing the global stocks of nature.",0 "Physical climate risk may threaten business continuity not only on Schneider’s premises, but for all players in the value chain (from raw material extraction and transformation to transportation hubs and distribution centers) requiring a systemic approach towards climate adaptation.",0 "Without adaptation action and in a Paris Agreement (2°C) scenario, the expected aggregated impact to Schneider Electric’s discounted cash flows from physical climate-related risks amounts 2.1% over the next 10 years.",0 "There are a number of factors that rating agencies evaluate to arrive at credit ratings for each of Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries, including each Registrant Subsidiary’s regulatory framework, ability to recover costs and earn returns, storm or climate risk exposure, diversification, and financial strength and liquidity.",0 "Climate Change As detailed below, the Registrants face climate change mitigation and transition risks as well as adaptation risks.",0 "Energy companies, including the Utilities and Transmission Companies, have been the subject of criticism on matters including the reliability of their distribution services and the speed with which they are able to respond to power outages, such as those caused by storm damage.",0 "In addition, there are physical risks associated with adapting to changing climate conditions and extreme weather events.",0 Mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change presents opportunities for growth for the Utility’s business and economic opportunity for the communities it serves.,0 "In addition, the potential physical effects of climate change, such as increased frequency and severity of storms, floods, and other climatic events, could disrupt our operations and cause us to incur significant costs to prepare for or respond to these effects.",0 "Transitioning to a low‑carbon economy to meet the challenges of mitigating and adapting to climate change can involve major political, legal, technological and market changes.",0 "Measures taken to protect against climate change, and limit the impact of catastrophic climate events, such as implementing an energy management plan, which sets out steps to reuse lost heat from industrial processes, making plants more compact and reducing logistics-related CO 2 emissions, as well as using renewable energy, may also lead to increased capital expenditures.",0 "Climate being a key topic, the Board of Directors ensures that the strategy fits with the Stellantis sustainable long-term vision and climate resilience objectives, but also that related risks and opportunities stemming from the effects of climate change are properly identified and managed.",0 "Climate being a key topic, the Board of Directors ensures that the strategy fits with the Stellantis long-term vision and climate resilience, and that related risks and opportunities stemming from the effects of climate change are properly identified and managed.",0 "The energy transition will undoubtedly generate substantial opportunities in infrastructure projects – energy grids, water management, low-carbon transport, climate-resilient structures – which already account for a growing share of new business.",0 "Meanwhile, only enabling activities can be aligned to the climate change adaptation objective.",0 "The IPCC’s Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels details the consequences for people and the planet, while its Sixth Assessment Report presents the most compelling evidence to date that human activities are causing climate change, and stresses the need for available adaptation and mitigation solutions.",0 "3.2.3 Resilience of projects and structures The consequences of climate change affect the Group at the level of its businesses, in both construction and concessions, contracts (such as maintenance contracts), and employees.",0 "This risk was assessed under an RCP 4.5 scenario, using data from a study conducted by the Resallience engineering and design office on the resilience of Group activities to climate risks.",0 The regulations deriving from France’s Climate and Resilience Law and the “no net land take” target for 2050 create a risk for Group revenue in the medium term.,0 "• Mitigating and adapting to climate change Climate change is a reality: global temperatures have risen by more than 1°C compared with pre-industrial levels, leading to more frequent and more intense extreme weather events each year.",0 Climate change is identified as a principal risk as its impact on the environment may lead to issues around food sourcing and supply chain continuity in some of the Group’s markets (see page 26).,0 The Group may need to adapt its business model and processes to accommodate the changes brought about by climate-related issues.,0 Improving water stewardship Climate change adaptation is key to what we do with respect to water stewardship.,0 "The main climate-related risks affecting the Group relate to: how physical risks such as flooding, damage from hail, and freeze damage, could cause disruption to our business operations; and the risks posed by the transition to a low-carbon economy, such as climate change regulation and any failure to adapt our products and services in markets most affected by this change.",0 "Climate change poses a physical risk to the buildings that we occupy as an organisation, including our offices, retail branches and data centres, both in terms of loss and damage, and business interruption.",0 "Failure to recover from a major disaster, (e.g., fire, flood, etc.)",0 "However, SMB markets and businesses are more exposed and less resilient to the impacts of climate change.",0 "The Group has determined that the most significant future impacts from climate change on their operations will be from extreme weather events which may have an impact on workforce productivity, increasing cost of energy and carbon, hosting resilience and changing customer behaviour.",0 "Business Resilience to Climate-related Risks and Opportunities As a leading paper-based packaging business, the Group understands the need to lead in the area of climate.",0 "In common with other businesses around the world, in the longer term we could face adverse market or value chain conditions associated with large-scale cumulative impacts of physical climate change if global mitigation and adaptation efforts are insufficient or unsuccessful.",0 "As described on page 62 , we have identified a number of physical risks which may affect our business and assets, the frequency or severity of which could be affected by climate change.",0 The risk of exposure is increased due to the impacts of climate change which have heightened long term financial resilience concerns for many industry participants.,0 "Most tool outputs do not factor in existing adaptation measures, governmental policies to protect and build for changing climate, and structural adaptation e.g., age and quality of construction or flood defences and dams protecting the property.",0 "Acute impacts of natural catastrophes is expected to increase in frequency and severity, and liability-related claims for failure to prepare for climate change will rise.",0 Liability claims associated with a failure to prepare or adapt to climate change are expected to increase in severity and likelihood.,0 One of the most significant risks to our resilience over the longer term is climate change.,0 "Climate change-related risks and relevant mitigation and adaptation actions may impact the useful lives of property, plant and equipment.",0 "The impacts of chronic risks are likely to differ by location, with some countries already experiencing and managing high levels of heat stress or drought, with the ability to adapt to those conditions.",0 Physical risk – adapting to a changing climate Our global footprint means we operate in places which are experiencing differing effects of climate change.,0 Supply chain resilience and increasing cost of raw materials Sourcing and availability of materials could be impacted by both transition and physical risks.,0 Climate Change Adaptation a) Properties located in 100-Year Flood Zones Two U.S. data centers totaling approximately 0.5 million square feet are exposed to 100-year flood zones designated by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency as special flood hazard areas.,0 "Climate change, extreme weather conditions, wildfires, droughts and rising sea levels could affect our ability to procure commodities at costs and in quantities we currently experience.",0 "In addition, sea level rise and more frequent and severe weather events caused or contributed to by climate change pose physical risks to our facilities.",0 An additional 25 data centers in Europe totaling approximately 2.6 million square feet are exposed to 100-year flood zones.,0 "In addition, our operations and facilities may be located in areas impacted by the physical risks of climate change, and we face the risk of losses incurred as a result of physical damage to stores, distribution centers, or our corporate offices, as well as loss or spoilage of inventory and business interruption caused by such events.",0 Such potential physical impacts of climate change on our operations are highly uncertain and would vary by operation based on particular geographic circumstances.,0 Current and long-term water risks include those that arise from our operations and events that we do not control (such as extreme weather and other physical risks associated with climate change).,0 "In addition, the potential for overall decreases in precipitation could affect the availability of water needed for our operations, leading to increased operating costs, or in extreme cases, disruptions to our mining operations.",0 "Most of our North America and South America mining operations are in areas where competition for water supplies is significant, and where climate change may lead to increasing scarcity of water sources in the future.",0 "The physical effects of climate change, such as extreme weather conditions, drought, and rising sea levels, could adversely affect our results of operations, including by increasing our energy costs, disrupting our supply chain, negatively impacting our workforce, damaging our stores, distribution centers, and inventory, and threatening the habitability of the locations in which we operate.",0 "Uncharacteristic or significant weather conditions, including the physical impacts of climate change, can affect consumer shopping patterns, particularly in apparel and seasonal items, which could lead to lower sales or greater than expected markdowns and adversely affect our results of operations.",0 "Climate change also may affect our business by increasing the cost of (or making unavailable) property insurance on terms we find acceptable in areas most vulnerable to such events, increasing operating costs at our hotels, such as the cost of water or energy, and requiring us to expend funds as we seek to repair and protect our hotels against such risks.",0 "If any of the climate and extreme weather scenarios described above were to occur, we may incur material costs to address these conditions and protect such assets (to the extent not covered by our tenants under the terms of our leases).",0 "Physical risks, including weather conditions and natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic activity, droughts, floods, hailstorms, heavy or prolonged precipitation, wildfires and others, can harm our business.",0 "Additionally, the physical impacts of climate change may cause these occurrences to increase in frequency, severity and duration.",0 "That hotel sustained significant damage due to storm surge, which breached the beach dune and flooded the lowest level of the hotel.",0 "Additionally, in September 2017 , our operations in Florida and Houston were impacted negatively by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey and in 2022, a majority of our hotels in Florida were affected by Hurricane Ian.",0 "These environmental laws include such subjects as storm water and surface water management, soil, groundwater and wetlands protection, subsurface conditions and air quality protection and enhancement.",0 "In addition, as local governmental authorities and utilities are required to spend increasing amounts of their resources responding to and remediating weather and climate-related events, their ability to provide approvals and service to new housing communities may be impaired.",0 "Natural disasters, severe weather conditions and changing climate patterns could delay deliveries, increase costs, and decrease demand for new homes in affected areas.",0 "Furthermore, our insurance premiums may increase as a result of the threat of climate change or the effects of climate change may not be covered by our insurance policies.",0 "Severe drought or prolonged water stress experienced in Las Vegas and the surrounding region or in the other regions in which we own properties, as well as the potential impact of regulatory efforts to address such conditions, could adversely affect the business and financial results of the tenants operating at our properties in such regions.",0 "Supplier relationships have been and could be interrupted in the future due to supplier material shortage, climate impacts and severe weather events, natural and other disasters, and other disruptive events such as military conflicts, or be terminated.",0 "Medium Negative financial impacts could be expected from projected yield declines and costs for replacing barley production due to longer-term climate impacts such as sustained higher temperatures To create our products, we depend on a reliable, quality supply of agricultural crops.",0 "In the event that climate change leads to droughts or water over-exploitation or has a negative effect on water availability or quality, the price of water may increase in certain areas and certain jurisdictions may adopt regulations restricting the use of water or enact other unfavorable changes to applicable water-related taxes and regulations.",0 "In the event that climate change has a negative effect on agricultural productivity, AB InBev may be subject to decreased availability or less favorable pricing for certain agricultural commodities necessary for its products, such as barley, hops and rice.",0 Low Event-driven climate impacts such as extreme drought could reduce barley quality and quantity in the longer term and would be expected to have negative financial impacts on the costs of barley production.,0 "Climate change and sustainability Physical and transition climate change risks, including water stress, extreme weather events, temperature rises and increased regulation, may result in increased volatility in the supply of raw materials, production costs, capacity constraints and higher costs of compliance.",0 Water supply: Inability to produce brands due to constrained water supply as a result of drought caused by chronic climate change.,0 "Water scarcity is the biggest climate-related risk to our operations, since we have many sites in water-stressed areas that might face interruption to operations if the warming temperature scenarios play out.",0 "Physical risks could affect IAG operations across its global network, reflecting the global nature of climate change.",0 "Major storm costs of £186 million were £134 million higher year-on-year, driven by Storm Elliott, but as in 2021/22, the total costs passed our threshold ($100 million in aggregate with New England) and so are excluded from our underlying results.",0 We will give this notice no later than 10 business days before the scheduled expiration of the reference share of fer.,0 "Further, Chevron is required to comply with sanctions and other trade laws and regulations of the United States and other jurisdictions where we operate, such as sanctions imposed in Venezuela and Russia, which, depending upon their scope, could adversely impact the company’s operations and financial results in these countries.",0 "The types of assets and liabilities included in Level 3 are non-exchange traded derivative instruments for which observable market data is not available to corroborate the valuation inputs and transmission congestion rights (TCRs) in the SPP Integrated Marketplace.",0 "As we face an environment likely to remain uncertain in FY24, I remain fully confident in Pernod Ricard’s ability to deliver on our medium- term objectives.",0 "In 2022, the increase was the result of lower network fluidity which led to greater time-and-mileage expenses, increased automotive and intermodal equipment expenses, and higher short-term locomotive resource costs.",0 "These reclassifications, individually and in the aggregate, did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.",0 "The respectiv e risk o wner e valua tes, impl emen ts, and monit ors the associa ted measur es.",0 "The costs of compliance with these measures are high and are likely to increase in the future.",0 "Total investment could potentially change based on results of external assurance process results.",0 "Table of Contents 137approximately 5 million customers in its service area.",0 "the Participant already has a loan outsta nding, and the maximum number of loans shall be increased to two (2) for so long as both such loans are outstanding.",0 "Amount and proportion of other taxonomy - eligible but not taxonomy -aligned economic activities not referred to in rows 1 to 6 above in the denominator of the applicable KPI 25�395 16�3 – – – – 8.",0 "Developments in these and other global regulatory trends may require additional actions by 3M, including investigation, remediation, and compliance, or may result in additional litigation and enforcement action costs.",0 "The losing Party shall pay the prevailing Party’s attorney’s fees and costs and the costs associated with the arbitration, including expert fees and costs and the arbitrators’ fees and costs; provided, however, that each Party shall bear its own fees and costs until the arbitrator(s) determine which, if any, Party is the prevailing Party and the amount that is due to such prevailing Party.",0 The repurchases may be effected through solicited or unsolicited transactions in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.,0 "Eligible associates can participate in our Retirement Savings Plan, which provides a dollar-for-dollar match on the first 5% of associate contributions, and all associates can participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan.",0 "F or some hedges, the char acteristics o f hedging ins trumen ts and hedged it ems diff er, resul ting in ine ffectiv eness.",0 "The movement reflects ING’s active liquidity management.",0 "Although these ratios do not currently concern our core activities, we have analyzed the eligibility and alignment ratios.",0 "CMS finalized its proposal to expand the categories of parties within the purview of the denial and revocation provisions to include excluded administrative or management services personnel who furnish services payable by a federal healthcare program, such as a billing specialist, accountant, or human resources specialist.",0 "Although the use of collar structures and swap agreements can reduce the overall cost of hedging, these instruments carry more risk than purchased call options in that the Company could end up in a liability position when the collar structure or swap agreement settles.",0 "** Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement, as required by Item 15(a)(3).",0 "I f we are unable to obtain adequate quantities of inventory, we could face cost increases or delays or discontinuations in product shipments, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.",0 "Management reviews non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, to assess ongoing operations and considers them to be helpful, for both management and investors, in evaluating BlackRock’s financial performance over time.",0 "Key Business Metrics We use certain key metrics and financial measures not prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) to evaluate and manage our 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agreed financial and operational covenants, and other administrative terms of the facility.",0 "On December 15, 2023, Todd M. Rynaski, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting, Risk, and Compliance Officer, adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy Rule 10b5-1(c) to sell up to 5,271 shares of Union Pacific Corporation common stock, of which 5,271 are to be acquired upon the exercise of vested stock options, between March 15, 2024, and September 16, 2024, subject to certain conditions.",0 "We should have the opportunity to appeal an FTC decision modifying the order and could request the 53",0 The main acquisitions and disposals of the year are described in Note 2.1.,0 "Management believes the presentation of adjusted earnings and adjusted EPS provides useful information to investors, as it provides them with an additional relevant comparison of Duke Energy’s performance across periods.",0 "• Operating income (loss) was ($881.8) million and as a percentage of total revenues, decreased 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Barton President and Chief Executive Of ficer",0 "11, 2015 over 10 years (EUR 750 million) 2,012 – (910) 1,102 Sep. 8, 2015 over 8 years (EUR 800 million) 403 – (403) – Oct. 13, 2015 over 10 years (EUR 100 million) (432) – 152 (280) Sep. 9, 2016 over 8 years (EUR 800 million) 1,726 – (911) 815 Dec. 13, 2017 over 9 years (EUR 750 million) 2,288 – (466) 1,822 June.",0 "This mainly pertains to the way sustainability is incorpo- rated into the business strategy; th e establishment of sustainability ta rgets; nonmandatory ESG reporting and the auditing thereof, if applicable; opportunities and risks; and organizational structures and processes in ESG areas, provided the Audit Committee is not alr eady responsible for these ma tters.",0 "The Investing Banking business area has not been considered since it represents less than 1% of the BBVA Group's gross margin.",0 "Competition includes microbreweries, regional brewers, national craft brewers, and large international and domestic producers of beers, FMBs, and hard seltzers such as Molson Coors, Constellation Brands, AB InBev, The Boston Beer Company and The Mark Anthony Group among many others.",0 "The Board of Directors seeks to maintain a balance between the various components of remuneration, with most remuneration consisting of short- and long-term variable elements related to the Group's performance and that of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.",0 "Nokia Technologies operating margin in 2023 was 67.6 % compared to 75.7 % in 2022 .Business overviewCorporate governanceBoard reviewFinancial statementsOther information 82 Operating and financial review continued Nokia in 2023 82",0 "They are proceeding on a consolidated basis in the U.S. District Court before the Honorable Paul L. Friedman (MDL I).",0 "A t the da te of disposal o f an in vestmen t, the t otal cumula tive gain or l oss is r eclassified t o retained earnings.",0 "This includes a risk for the Group to be seen as taking an unfair advantage thanks to its current position on the market.",0 "Date: February 14, 2024 /s/ John M. 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law changes are not expected to have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.",0 "That the Board of Directors should perform its functions with a unity of purpose and independence of criterion, treating all similarly situated shareholders equally and being guided by the best interests of the company, which is understood to mean the pursuit of a profitable and sustainable business in the long term, promoting its continuity and maximising the economic value of the business.",0 "We have entered into cross currency swaps on our foreign denominated debt in order to fix our future interest and principal payments in U.S. dollars and mitigate the impact of foreign currency transaction gains or losses.",0 "If the planned proposal is approved at the Annual General Meeting, the dividend for the 2023 fiscal year would rise to €0.35 per share.",0 "The notional amounts of these foreign exchange contracts at September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022 were $3.1 billion and $3.8 billion, 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The Human Capital Management and Compensation Committee reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reward outstanding performance in unique situations by awarding an employee a bonus outside the terms of the 2024 Executive Bonus Plan.",0 "Election/re-election of Directors When recommending the election/annual re-election of individual Directors to shareholders, the skills and experience each Director brings, as well as their time commitment, tenure and independence, are considered by the Nominating and Governance Committee.",0 "L’ORÉAL — UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2023 151Presentation of the Group – Integrated Report The L’Oréal Group: the fundamentals",0 "FERC has designated NERC as the ERO to promulgate standards, under FERC oversight, for all owners, operators and users of the bulk power system.",0 The spot rates are used to discount the estimated future benefit distribution amounts under the pension and OPEB plans.,0 "We also expect to participate in additional federal, state and municipal grant programs over the coming years, including the BEAD program, if regulatory conditions are conducive to private investment.",0 "In the event of any inconsistency between the Policy or the Prior Policy, as applicable, and the terms of any employment agreement to which I am a party, or the terms of any compensation plan, program or agreement under which any compensation has been granted, awarded, earned or paid, the terms of the Policy or the Prior Policy, as applicable, shall govern.",0 "We record the cash flow impact of our financial instruments in operating cash flows based upon their balance sheet classification.",0 "The Clean Air Act in the United States and similar laws elsewhere require that certain of our facilities, including our cement plants, obtain and maintain air emissions permits that subject them to pollution control requirements and require pre-approval for constructing certain facilities.",0 "The historical development patterns for these data elements are used to calculate reserve estimates.",0 Capital requirements correspond to 8% of risk-weighted assets.,0 "These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s assessment and implementation of new regulatory matters or changes to existing regulatory matters.",0 "See “Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors” for additional information about risks and uncertainties facing our Company.",0 "Except for certain derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, changes in the fair value of commodity-related derivatives are recognized in the consolidated statements of earnings as a component of cost of products sold.",0 "The Icahn Group agrees not to conduct a proxy contest or engage in any solicitation of proxies, regarding any matter, including the election of directors, with respect to the 2024 Annual Meeting.",0 "New Jersey utilities can request recovery of such regulatory asset in a stand-alone COVID-19 regulatory asset filing or future base rate case.",0 "Table of Contents SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.",0 "As part of the qualitative assessments, Exelon, ComEd, and PHI evaluate, among other things, management's best estimate of projected operating and capital cash flows for their businesses, outcomes of recent regulatory proceedings, changes in certain market 47",0 "The Company plans to replace older, smaller mainline jets and at least 200 single-class regional jets with larger aircraft, which we expect will lead to fuel efficiency benefits compared to older planes, including an expected 17-25% lower carbon emissions per seat compared to older planes.",0 "Putting sustainability and responsibility firmly at the heart of all that we do.GLENTAUCHERS DISTILLERY, SCOTLAND Pernod Ricard Annual Report FY23 65",0 "U.S. pension plan service cost, which includes administrative expenses and Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation premiums, were insignificant for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021.",0 "We have also granted restricted stock awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends on unvested shares; 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therefore, the loss of any one customer would not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or cash flows.",0 "Energy efficiency and demand reduction programs have received regulatory support in most of the states AEP serves, and appropriate cost recovery will be essential for AEP operating companies to continue and expand these consumer offerings.",0 It will also be necessary to further upgrade our processes over user access and change management for key systems that support financial reporting and to employ additional resources to ensure that the re-designed control environment can operate effectively and in a sustainable way.,0 "A LIST 2023 CLIM ATE WA TERInnovative packaging Our Global Innovation and Technology Center (GITEC) has been at the forefront of our sustainability journey, from developing technology in early stages to implementing it in brewing operations.",0 "These limits are subject to formal approval by our Risk and Sustainability Committee, which sets appropriate divisional and Group maximum liability thresholds.",0 "Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in 15",0 "In addition, LVMH once again loaned out the Stradivariuses in its collection to talented musicians.",0 "SCE's depreciation expense was $2.5 billion, $2.5 billion and $2.0 billion for 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.",0 "Our Byron, Dresden, and Braidwood nuclear plants were each awarded CMC contracts.",0 Disclosure to other parties is not permitted without Boeing’s consent except as may be required by applicable law or governmental regulations.,0 "Effective August 1, 2022, Srinivas Subramanian was named Executive Vice President - Advanced Technology Solutions.",0 "Representatives of shareholders and employees will be elec ted for a pe- riod of office of three y ears in 2024.",0 "For a breakdown of our employee headcount by region, see Note (B.1) , and for a breakdown of revenue by region, see Note (A.1) .",0 "Nokia also achieved sustained average downlink speeds of over 2 Gbps using millimeter wave spectrum for 5G Fixed Wireless Access, over a distance of almost 11 kilometers.",0 "Sephora Champs-Élysées, ParisLVMH SELECTIVE RETAILING 2023",0 "The employer contributions amount to €668 million and €6 million for other plan participants as of 31 December 2023 (2022: €595 million and €6 million respectively).",0 "On August 21, 2023, the Company effected the two -for-one stock dividend to stockholders of record as of August 14, 2023.",0 "We also maintain a letter of credit facility that allows us to request the participating bank to issue letters of credit on our behalf up to an aggregate amount of $25 million.",0 "Chairman of the Board, President and February 14, 2024 Joseph R. 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Jorden Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President",0 The risk-free interest rate is assumed to equal the yield on a three-year treasury bond on the grant date.,0 "Significant Events The following significant events occurred during 2023 and through the filing date, as further described within this Management's Discussion and Analysis and the Consolidated Financial Statements: Vivint Smart Home Acquisition and related financings On March 10, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of Vivint Smart Home.",0 "Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk.",0 "C _ Group Management Report Annual Report 2023 − Allianz Group 68 We have therefore updated our engagement targets earlier than originally planned.",0 "These assets are 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"With respect to its Commitment, Loans, Letter of Credit Commitments and Letters of Credit, the Person serving as the Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be.",0 "IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed by a duly authorized oficer, and the Recipient has afixed his or her signature hereto.",0 "Mr. Wennink and Mr. van den Brink will remain entitled to performance shares granted under their running LTI plans, which will vest in accordance with the relevant performance criteria as stated in the grant letters.",0 "combination thereof, the Performance Goals for each Performance Criterion or each combination thereof, and the Performance Criteria Weighting Percentage for each Performance Criterion or each combination thereof within ninety (90) days after the commencement 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authority has been deleg ated.",0 "These include claims for personal injury or pr operty by users of our equipment, environmental, health, and safety claims, disputes with distributors, vendors and others with respect t o commercial matters, and disputes with taxi ng and other governmental au thorities regarding the conduct of our business.",0 The undersigned have signed this Power of Attorney this 6th day of February 2024.,0 "Investments Other Than Derivatives Investments other than derivatives primarily include money market funds, common stock, mutual funds, United States government and agency securities, municipal and corporate bonds and foreign government bonds.",0 "Certain prior period presentations and disclosures, while not required to be recast, may be reclassified to ensure comparability with current period classifications.",0 "It also sets out the roles, responsibilities and accountab ilities of key personnel identified to manage information security risk; the strategy and 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By:_________________________ By:___________________________ [GRANTEE] Date:_________________________",0 "The following is a summary of activity for the Company’s RSA’s and RSU’s for the for the year ended July 31, 2023: (In thousands, except per share data) Restricted Shares Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Outstanding as of July 31, 2022 708 $ 30.14 Grants 539 32.52 Vested ( 384 ) 30.63 Forfeitures or expirations ( 63 ) 26.89 Outstanding as of July 31, 2023 800 $ 31.77 78",0 "The goodwill results from our acquisitions and represents the excess of cost over the fair value of the identifiable net assets we acquired.",0 "W e also share personal and confidential information with suppliers and other third parties and we use third-party technology and systems that process and transmit information for a variety of activities.",0 "The contractor typically incurs all exploration, development and production costs, which are subsequently recoverable out of an agreed-upon share of any future PSC production, referred to as cost E-8",0 Prior to Delivery): Delivery Escalation Number of Factor (3.3) Serial Escalation [***] Adv.,0 "In addi tion, other financial liabilities include the balance sheet accounts reclassified from other liabilities, note 4.",0 "Furthermore, raw materials and supplies are mostly not under the control or respon- sibility of the operating segment management and are therefore mostly allocated to corporate functions.",0 "The continued use of remote working and hybrid work-from- home arrangements may additionally result in some increased risk of attacks associated with a number of our employees accessing our data and systems remotely.",0 "Its related activities are periodically repeated to identify and address risks in a timely fashion, and ensure outcomes are relevant for effective decision-making.",0 These compensation components are gross (excludin g employer’s charges and contributions).,0 "Date: February 26, 2024 /s/ Daniel J. 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"2019/980/uni00A0 of 14 March 2019, amended and corrected by Delegated Regulation (EU) no.",0 "See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and ""emerging growth company"" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.",0 "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence Information required by Item 13 of Part III will be included in our Proxy Statement relating to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A on or before April 30, 2024 , and is incorporated herein by reference.",0 "Furthermore, in 2023, BBVA AM's employment plan manager adhered to the CNMV's Code of Good Practices for Investors in Spain.",0 "On December 2, 2022, the DOC issued its preliminary determination, finding four of the eight companies being investigated are attempting to bypass U.S. duties.",0 "In 2000 he moved back to Unilever as Senior Vice-President, Sauces and Condiments Europe and became in 2003 Chairman and 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(aq) “Vesng Da te” of an Op on means the v esng da te specified in the Aw ard Communic aon f or such Op on.",0 "ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORA TION (the “Company ”) By: Its: EMPLOYEE: Employee’ s Signature ###P ARTICIP ANT_NAME### Employee’ s Printed Name 2024 Performance Share Agreement 7",0 "Refer to Note 23, ""Interest Expense, Net,"" for additional information on securitization transaction fees.",0 "In our opinion, CSX Corporation (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on the COSO criteria.",0 "Against this background and due to the material significance of the amounts for the group's assets, liabilities and financial performance as well as the complexity of determining the underlying assumptions and estimates made by the executive directors, the measurement of these liabilities was of particular significance in the context of our audit.",0 "I, Jamie Iannone, hereby certify pursuant to 18 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