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IRO-1 Description of the process to identify and assess material impacts, risks and opportunities
During 2024, DOF conducted a materiality assessment based on ESRS 1 requirements The assessment involved identifying and objectively assessing impacts, risks and opportunities (IROs) and resulted in a completed double-
materiality assessment (DMA) The impacts, risks and opportunities identified in the DMA are described under the relevant topical ESRS in this report
Identify IROs Stakeholder Engagement Examine IROs Related to Value Chain Materiality Scoring Approach Decision-Making and Internal Controls
Future Steps: Integration, Monitoring, and Review
DOF started by evaluating its direct value
chain, extended business relationships,
and associated stakeholders to pinpoint
relevant sustainability issues as outlined
in ESRS 1
The process involved a thorough
examination of critical sustainability
themes in the marine, conventional and
renewable sectors where DOF operates,
along with the exploration of company-
specific matters based on stakeholders’
interests Impact, risks and opportunities
were also identified across upstream and
downstream areas of the value chain
Sustainability topics and sub-topics that
did not align with DOF’s value chain were
excluded from the analysis Justification
for the exclusions include:
• Our value chain had no significant
interaction with the sustainability
topics
• The activities or geographies where the
IROs are not material
• The impact materiality was determined
to be minor in scale, scope or
remediability
• The likelihood of financial effects
from the topic was low based on
DOF’s business model, operations and
exposure
• The teams involved in the DMA process
agreed the excluded material topics
Key internal stakeholders, including
representatives from DOF’s support
functions and Regions, were involved in
the DMA process during the annual global
gatherings hosted in Bergen, Norway The
engagement produced valuable insights
related to external stakeholder groups and
the diverse geographic context of DOF’s
operations
Stakeholders focused on identifying IRO
considerations to a sub-topic level, playing
a crucial role in:
• The clarification of sustainability
concerns, and,
• Identification and validation of potential
IROs
Additionally, the DMA process used
industry information and perspectives
obtained through client feedback,
interactions with industry peers and
associations, and comprehensive desktop
research
DOF applied the Corporate Risk and
Opportunity Register to consider the
potential financial risks and opportunities
stemming from identified impacts or
dependencies
The approach ensured that the foundation
for recognising sustainability-linked
financial risks and opportunities originated
from Executive Vice Presidents from DOF
Regions Financial Risks and Opportunities
were validated by various internal
stakeholders within workshop sessions
Identification of IROs related to our value
chain involved mapping business activities,
capital inputs and dependencies across our
upstream activities, Marine Management,
Specialist Fleet, Project Management and
Downstream Operations
IROs were examined across specific
activities within the direct areas of our
control in addition to extended business
relationships
Sustainability-related risks and
opportunities are integrated into the
ERM process along with other types of
business risks This ensures stakeholders
have a holistic view of sustainability
considerations and are not treated
differently or isolated from other business
risks Sustainability IROs are therefore
a fundamental component of DOF’s
overall view of organisational risks and
opportunities
Examination of climate-related impacts,
risks, and opportunities was integral to the
DMA for sustainability issues related to
climate change mitigation and adaptation
DOF conducted a climate-related scenario
analysis to aid the DMA process and
identification and assessment of physical
and transitional risks and opportunities
across different time frames
The materiality assessment’s scoring
method and criteria followed ESRS 1
requirements and focused on:
• Impact materiality: considered the
scale, scope, irreversibility, and
likelihood of impacts being positive/
negative and actual/potential Impact
materiality threshold was set at high
or critical levels, determined by impact
materiality criteria outlined above
• Financial materiality: assessed the
financial significance of risks or
opportunities, their likelihood, the
nature of financial impacts and whether
they exceed DOF’s threshold of 1% of
2024 revenue The financial materiality
threshold within DMA is consistent with
our financial accounting
Whenever feasible, the scoring
incorporated time frames and
thresholds from DOF’s ERM system,
aligning sustainability-related risks and
opportunities with other enterprise risks
and opportunities
A sustainability issue was classified as
material if any associated IRO surpassed
the set threshold, indicating either impact
materiality, financial materiality, or both
Non-material issues were those falling
below these thresholds
The outcome of the materiality approach
and list of material topics were validated
by the Audit Committee and Board of
Directors in Q4 2024
Critical decisions in the process included
identifying key internal stakeholder
representatives, validating IRO scoring
with identified stakeholders, and the
presentation of sustainability matters in
the Q4 Board meeting
Critical decisions in the process included:
• Identify key internal stakeholder
representatives,
• Validate IRO scoring with identified
stakeholders,
• Present sustainability matters in the Q4
Board meeting,
• Scoring methodology adhered to ESRS
guidelines,
• Aligned with DOF’s ERM system to set
thresholds and timeline,
• Each IRO was documented to justify its
materiality
DOF intends to update the DMA process on an annual
basis to consider emerging IROs, evolving trends,
regulatory changes and underlying assumptions
Following the acquisition of Maersk Supply Service
AS (MSS AS) an assessment was carried out
between the two organisation’s DMA outcomes and
processes Both companies conducted independent
assessments MSS AS had engaged external
consultants to undertake the assessment and utilised
a classic Enterprise Risk Management system with
matrices for both likelihood and financial scale The
financial matrix included risks and opportunities
Impact materiality used severity and likelihood as the
two axes with actual, potential, positive and negative
impacts evaluated in addition to severity, scale, scope
and irremediability of impact
The determination of materiality, impact and financial,
is shown in matrices independent of each other When
a respective IRO exceeds the threshold value the
subject was considered either an impact or financially
material The MSS AS DMA process was found to
have adequate involvement of internal stakeholders
Both organisations identified the same ESRS topics
as material The conclusion was both DMA processes
were robust and shared enough similarities in
methodology to reach the same outcomes
Our assumption is DOF and MSS shared DMA
outcomes indicate synergies in the understanding of
sustainability matters for 2024 reporting In 2025,
we intend to incorporate DOF Denmark stakeholders
in the existing DMA stakeholder engagement
processes
The DMA process has evolved due to DOF’s alignment
with CSRD and ESRS 2 requirements Amendments
to thresholds and criteria have reduced standalone
material topics, consolidating many into IROs While
fewer material topics remain, they are now more
clearly defined and better understood through the
in-depth analysis mandated by ESRS 2
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