2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTD.) 2.4 SUMMARY OF MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTD.) (w) Climate-related matters The Group considers climate-related matters in estimates and assumptions, where appropriate. This assessment includes a wide range of possible impacts on the group due to both physical and transition risks. Even though the Group believes its business model and products will still be viable after the transition to a low-carbon economy, climate-related matters increase the uncertainty in estimates and assumptions underpinning several items in the financial statements. Even though climate-related risks might not currently have a significant impact on measurement, the Group is closely monitoring relevant changes and developments, such as new climate-related legislation. The items and considerations that are most directly impacted by climate-related matters are: (i) Useful life of property, plant and equipment. When reviewing the residual values and expected useful lives of assets, the Group considers climate-related matters, such as climate-related legislation and regulations that may restrict the use of assets or require significant capital expenditures. (ii) Impairment of non-financial assets. The value-in-use may be impacted in several different ways by transition risk in particular, such as climate-related legislation and regulations and changes in demand for the Group’s products. Even though the Group has concluded that no single climate-related assumption is a key assumption for the 2024 test of goodwill, the Group remains vigilant and will consider incorporating climate-related assumptions into its financial reporting as and when such risks become more prevalent or significant to the Group’s operations. 2.5 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND ESTIMATES The preparation of the Group’s and of the Company’s financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the reporting date. However, uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that could require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the asset or liability affected in the future. (a) Judgements There are no critical judgements made by management in the process of applying the Group’s and the Company’s accounting policies that may have significant effects on the amounts recognised in the financial statements. (b) Key sources of estimation uncertainty The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are as follows: (i) Revenue recognition – Asset consultancy The Group recognises its revenue and profit on consultancy contract services based on the percentage of completion, calculated by reference to the proportion of costs incurred to date against the total expected costs for the contracts. Full provision is made for losses on all contracts when they are first foreseen. Significant estimates are applied especially in determining the total expected costs for the contracts in order to reliably estimate the percentage of completion. (ii) Impairment of goodwill The Group determines whether goodwill is impaired at least on an annual basis. This requires an estimation of the value-in-use of the CGU to which the goodwill is allocated. Estimating a value-in-use amount requires management to make an estimate of the expected future cash flows from the CGU and also to determine suitable discount and growth rates in order to calculate the present value of those cash flows. The carrying amounts of goodwill at 31 December 2024 was RM633.0 million (2023: RM587.6 million). Further details are disclosed in Note 17(a). Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2024 301 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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