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Deloitte Australia CleanTech (DACT) Index July 2020 1 Contents Executive summary 03 The CleanTech Sector in Australia 04 Market wrap – 30 June 2020 05 Focus Company: Orocobre 06 Positive contributions to the DACT 07 Negative contributions to the DACT 08 Sub-Indices Performance 09 DACT20 Index 10 Constituent Companies 11 Compilation of the DACT 14 Contact us 15 July 2020, Issue 6 Deloitte Australia CleanTech Index Published quarterly by Deloitte Brought to you by: John O’Brien Partner | Financial Advisory CleanTech Specialist Tel: +61 8 8407 7168 e-mail: [email protected] 2 Deloitte Australia CleanTech Index Executive Summary Welcome to the Deloitte Australia CleanTech (DACT) Index Quarterly Performance Report for 30 June 2020. The Deloitte Australia retail, restaurants and pubs to CleanTech (DACT) Index is a reopen. quarterly review of cleantech stocks listed in Australia. It is compiled Over the longer term, the from publicly available information cleantech sectors track record for provided by the Australian outperforming the market, the Securities Exchange (ASX). The DACT index should continue to DACT Index is based on the market recover from this market capitalisation weighted share price disruption. performance of listed companies that operate across a number of The 5-year performance of the defined sub-sectors. The impact of DACT still boasts a 53.4% gain, dividends and capital returns are compared to 14.7% gain for the excluded from the Index, which ASX200. currently comprises 91 companies. To provide an analysis of the DACT In the last quarter of FY20, the Index, a number of sub-indices Australian market bounced back have been developed. Over the after the shock from the COVID-19 quarter, all sub-indices performed pandemic. The ASX200 grew by well, boasting strong signs of 16% this quarter, with the DACT recovery from the COVID-19 shock. John O’Brien Index closely behind, growing by The Efficiency & Energy Storage Partner | Financial Advisory 14.5%. sub-index was the strongest Energy Transition & Renewables performing sub-index recording a The FY20 annual performance of 30.6% increase, with the Waste the DACT was a contraction of sub-index following close behind 5.8%, significantly outperforming with a 26% increase. Despite the the ASX200 loss 10.9%. recovery this quarter, the year-to- date performance of the sub- This brings the total to seven years indices still reflects the shocks from in a row where the DACT has the previous quarter. outperformed the wider market and demonstrates how the sector is The cleantech sector was hit almost maturing and growing. as hard as the total market, yet signs of recovery may be hinting a Governments both domestically more rapid recovery in stock prices and internationally implemented for the industries of the future over restrictions and constraints to curb the next three to six months. the spread of the virus, and relieve the stress on health care systems by attempting to flatten the curve. These restrictions were a demonstrated success in Australia, with new community transmitted infections dropping dramatically over the quarter. By the end of June, Australian state governments began slowly winding back lockdown regulations, allowing 3 The cleantech sector in Australia Stocks with both environmental and economic benefits Cleantech Subsectors Smart Grid & Energy Solar Biogas Generation Efficiency Solar thermal, Biomass digester gas, Demand response, grid traditional photovoltaics, landfill gas, biosyngas, concentrating photovoltaics, management, peer-to-peer waste-to-energy nanotechnologies trading, energy efficiency, home automation, IoT Wind Energy Storage Green Buildings Onshore, offshore, urban, & Fuel Cells Green building design, turbines, developers, tower Energy storage systems, precinct design, products and blade manufacturers, batteries, pumped hydro, and services, rating systems community wind farms fuel cell technologies and building management Biofuel Vehicle Technologies Biomaterials Corn ethanol, sugar ethanol, Hybrid, plug-in hybrid, flex Organically based materials cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, fuel, hydrogen and electric and plastics, energy algae production, biotech vehicles, recharging and materials and green providers refuelling infrastructure chemistry Water Carbon Trading Wave, Tidal, Hydro Utility management, Environmental offsets, Surface and submerges treatment technologies, carbon farming, soil wave technologies, tidal, desalination, water reuse, management, livestock major and mini-hydro, sensor technologies, water management and carbon pumped storage schemes efficiency trading Waste Management Geothermal Environmental Service Recycling Hot fractured rock, Providers Residential and industrial conventional geothermal, Environmental engineering, waste collection and technology and equipment specialist service and disposal, recycling providers equipment providers operations The cleantech sector is split into a number of sub-sectors as detailed above. Each of the sub-sectors contains technologies and solutions that have both environmental and economic benefits. The cleantech sector is fundamentally different to Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) or Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. SRI and ESG look at incremental improvements in company performance and can be seen as ‘operational hygiene’ measures that find the best in class. Cleantech focuses on companies whose output positively enhances the communities and ecologies in which they reside. It is about doing ‘more good’ rather than ‘less bad’. With 91 companies falling under the coverage of the Index (Windlab was delisted since the last quarter) and with a combined market capitalisation, after its rebalance, of $47.4 billion, the DACT Index presents a comprehensive picture of the Australian cleantech sector in a single measure. To provide a focus on the performance of the larger, more liquid stocks, we also track the performance of the largest twenty companies by market capitalisation. The composition of the DACT20 is rebalanced every quarter and highlights any differences between the smaller and larger stocks. 4 Deloitte Australia CleanTech Index Market wrap – 30 June 2020 The performance of the DACT Index over the June 2020 quarter is detailed below. % Change Last Quarter 12 Months 3 Years 5 Years ASX200 16.2% (10.9%) 9.6% 14.7% DACT Index 14.5% (5.8%) 11.8% 53.4% DACT20 14.1% (3.6%) 18.2% 60.7% Deloitte Australia CleanTech Index Indices set at 100 at 31 Dec 2015 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 Jun 2017Jun Jun2016 Jun2018 Jun2019 Sep 2017Sep Jun 2020Jun Sep 2016Sep Sep 2018Sep 2019Sep Dec Dec 2017 Dec Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Mar 2017Mar Mar 2019Mar Mar 2016Mar 2018Mar Mar 2020Mar ASX200 Clean Tech Index Australian CleanTech 20 5 Focus Company: Orocobre Providing crucial natural resource to enable the cleantech sector Orocobre Limited (Orocobre) is a 8 global lithium carbonate supplier and an established producer of 7 boron. 6 Orocobre’s operations include its: 5 • Olaroz Lithium Facility in Northern Argentina, 4 3 • Cauchari lithium deposit, 3 2 1 adjacent to Olaroz 2 Share(AUD) Price • Borax Argentina, an established 1 Argentine boron minerals and refined chemicals producer 0 • Naraha lithium hydroxide Jul-17 Jul-16 Jul-18 Jul-19 Jul-20 Jul-15 facility, under construction in Jan-16 Jan-18 Jan-17 Jan-19 Jan-20 Oct-15 Oct-17 Oct-16 Oct-18 Oct-19 Apr-17 Apr-18 Apr-19 Apr-20 Apr-16 Japan 1. Beginnings in Borax Orocobre acquired Borax Argentina S.A., a long established Argentine boron (or borate) minerals and refined chemicals producer, in August 2012 from Rio Tinto PLC. Borax is the only South American based boron producer with a wide range of refined products and relatively unique mineral products 2. Setting up for success The first sale of lithium carbonate from the Olaroz Lithium Facility occurred in late April 2015 and volumes have been increasing since then. The facility is a joint venture between Orocobre, Toyota Tsusho Corporation and the Provincial government of Jujuy Argentina. Olaroz is a long life and high quality Olaroz Lithium Facility Sourc e: O rocobre Annual Report 2 019 resource which is capable of sustaining continuous production for forty-plus years 3. Acquisition of Advantage Lithium In April 2020, Orocobre announced it completed the How lithium is charging the cleantech acquisition of Advantage Lithium, increasing its sector ownership from 34.7% to 100%. Lithium is an essential material battery This strategic opportunity will allow Orocobre to technology. The global adoption of both integrate the Cauchari lithium deposit with the existing electric vehicles and Energy Storage Systems Olaroz facility. will continue to drive this unprecedented The two deposits are adjacent to each other and an growth in lithium demand over the coming integrated development will enable Orocobre to deliver decades. optimal basin management and maximise the long term productive capacity. 6 Deloitte Australia CleanTech Index Positive contributions to the DACT Index Over the last quarter, only 66 of the 91 Infigen Energy Limited (IFN) is a companies positively contributed to the vertically integrated energy DACT Index. The top three positive company,and is Australia’s largest listed contributors to the Index during this wind power generator by installed quarter were Meridian Energy, Cleanaway capacity with 670 MW across the Waste and Infigen Energy. country. Infigen’s wind generation assets are located in NSW, SA and WA Meridian Energy Limited (MEZ)