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Financial Feasibility Analysis

Energizing Cleaner Production Management Course

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Session Agenda: Introduction Cash Flow Profitability Indicators

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Simple Payback Return on Investment (ROI) Net Present Value (NPV) Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

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But first…

In what step(s) of the methodology is financial feasibility analysis relevant?

• task 1a: Meeting with top management • task 1b: Form a Team and inform staff • task 1c: Pre-assessment to collect general information • task 1d: Select focus areas • task 1e: Prepare assessment proposal for top management approval • task 2a: Staff meeting and training • task 2b: Prepare focus area flow charts • task 2c: Walkthrough of focus areas • task 2d: Quantify inputs and outputs and costs to establish a baseline • task 2e: Quantify losses through a material and energy balance • task 3a: Determine causes of losses • task 3b: Identify possible options • task 3c: Screen options for feasibility analysis • task 4a: Technical, economic and environmental evaluation of options • task 4b: Rank feasible options for implementation • task 4c: Prepare implementation and monitoring proposal for top • task 5a: Implement options and monitor results • task 5b: Evaluation meeting with top management 3

Introduction

Step 4 – Feasibility Analysis

Technical

Company’s priority

Other

- Regulatory - Organizational - Health/safety - Community

Project Selection

Environmental Financial

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Introduction

Questions Management Will Ask

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1. Is the project profitable?

Initial investment costs Annual operating costs and savings

Cost of operating inputs

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Cost of waste management Less tangible costs Revenues 2. Determine availability of internal investment funds for bigger projects 3. Obtain external financing for remaining projects

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Introduction

Capital Budgeting Process

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Process by which organisation decides: Which investment projects are

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Needed Possible Special focus on projects that require significant up-front capital investment How to allocate available capital between different projects If additional capital is needed

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Introduction

Capital Budgeting Practices

Vary widely from company to company

Larger companies tend to have more formal practices than smaller companies

Larger companies tend to make more and larger capital investments than smaller companies

Some industry sectors require more capital investment than others

Vary from country to country

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Introduction

Typical Project Types and Costs

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Maintenance

Maintain existing equipment and operations Improvement

Modify existing equipment, processes, and management and information systems to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase capacity, improve product quality, etc.

Replacement

Replace outdated, worn-out, or damaged equipment or outdated/inefficient management and information systems

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Cash Flow

Cash Flow Concept

Common management planning tool

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Distinguishes between Costs: cash outflows Revenues/savings: cash inflows

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Cash Flow

Types of Cash Flow

Outflow Inflow One-time Annual Other Initial investment cost Equipment salvage value Operating costs & taxes Operating revenues & savings Working capital Working capital

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Cash Flow

Costs and Savings

Initial investment costs

purchase of the camera system, delivery, installation, start-up

Annual operating costs (and savings)

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Operating input — materials, energy, labour Incineration — fuel, fuel additive, labour, ash to landfill

Wastewater treatment — chemicals, electricity, labour, sludge to landfill

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Cash Flow

Working Capital and Salvage Value

Working capital: total value of goods and money needed to maintain project operations

– – – –

Raw materials inventory Product inventory Accounts payable/receivable Cash-on-hand

Salvage Value: resale value of equipment or other materials at the end of the project

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Year 1

Cash Flow

Timing

Annual Revenues/Savings End of project: Salvage Value

Year 2 Year 3 TIME

Time zero: Initial Investment

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Cash Flow

Incremental Analysis

Needed for many CP or EE projects

Compares cash flow of implemented options to the “business as usual” cash flow

Covers only the cash flows that change

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Profitability Indicators

Definition: “a single number that is calculated for characterisation of project profitability in a concise and understandable form”

Common indicators 1. Simple Payback 2. Return on Investment (ROI) 3. Net Present Value (NPV) 4. Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

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1. Simple Payback

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Definition: number of years it will take for the project to recover the initial investments Usually a rule of thumb for selecting projects, e.g. payback must be < 3 years

Simple Payback (in years)

=

Investment Cash Flow 16

2. Return on Investment

Definition: the percentage of initial investment that is recovered each year Simple Payback (in years) = Initial Investment Year 1 Cash Flow

3 years

ROI (in %) = Year 1 Cash Flow Initial Investment

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Workshop Exercise PLS Company: produces rolls of laminated film

plastic film, aluminium film, adhesive

INVENTORY

plastic film, ink

PRINTING

solvent air emissions printed film solvent air emissions

LAMINATION

printed laminated film

SLITTING

Solid scrap Solid scrap Solid scrap Liquid waste ink to waste management to waste management 18

Workshop Exercise

PLS Company installs QC Camera

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Printing step Printing errors cause high scrap rate Quality Control (QC) 3-camera system

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Detect printing errors Operators halt the operations before too much solid scrap is generated QC camera system costs US$105,000 to purchase and install 40% reduced scrap and operating costs

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Workshop Exercise

Question 1: Calculate annual cash flows using the cash flow worksheet

(15 min)

Question 2: Calculate simple payback

(5 min)

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3. Net Present Value

Money Loses its Value

Question: If we were giving away money, would you rather have: (A) $10,000 today, or (B) $10,000 3 years from now Explain your answer...

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3. Net Present Value

Inflation

Money loses purchasing power over time as product/service prices rise, so a dollar today can buy more than a dollar next year

inflation 5%

costs $1

now

costs $1.05

next year

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3. Net Present Value

Return on Investment

A dollar that you invest today will bring you more than a dollar next year — having the dollar now provides you with an investment opportunity Investing $1 now Investment Gives you $1.10 a year from now 10 % interest, or “ return on investment ”

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3. Net Present Value

PLS Company’s QC Camera Project

Initial Investment Cost Annual Operating Costs Business As Usual 0 $ 2,933,204 Installing quality control camera $ 105,000 $ 2,894,741 (in US$) Annual Savings = US$38,463

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3. Net Present Value

Question

Is the annual savings of $38,463 per year for 3 years a sufficient return on the initial investment of $ 105,000?

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3. Net Present Value

Time Value of Money

Money is worth more now than in the future because of

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Inflation Investment opportunity

“Time value” of money depends on

Rate of inflation

Rate of return on investment

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3. Net Present Value

Cash Flows from Different Years

Before you can compare cash flows from different years, you need to convert them all to their equivalent values in a single year

It is easiest to convert all project cash flows to their “present value” now, at the very beginning of the project

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3. Net Present Value

Converting Cash Flows to Present Value

Annual Savings End of project $38,463 $38,463 $38,463

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 TIME

Time zero: Initial Investment = $105,000

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3. Net Present Value

Converting Cash Flows to Present Value

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Discount rate: Converts future year cash flows to their present value Incorporates:

Desired return on investment

Inflation Reverse of an interest rate calculation

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3. Net Present Value

Discount Rate & Interest Rate

Invested at an interest rate of 20%, how much will $10,000 now be worth after 3 years?

$10,000 x 1.20 x 1.20 x 1.20 = $17,280 At a discount rate of 20%, how much do I need to invest if I want to have $17,280 in 3 years?

$17,280 1.20 x 1.20 x 1.20 = $10,000 30

3. Net Present Value

Which Discount Rate?

• Equal to the required rate of return for the project investment, based on – A basic return - pure compensation for deferring consumption – Any ‘risk premium’ for that project’s risk – Any expected fall in the value of money over time through inflation • At least cover the costs of raising the investment financing from investors or lenders (i.e. the company’s

cost of capital

) • A single “Weighted Average Cost of Capital” (WACC) characterises the sources and cost of capital to the company as a whole 31

3. Net Present Value

Calculating “Present Value”

Value of the cash flow in year n Present Value = Future Value n x (PV Factor) Value of cash flow at “Time Zero,” i.e. at project start-up

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Present Value (PV) Factors or “discount factors” For various values d (discount rate): 10%, 15%, 20% For various years n (number of years) Tables available

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3. Net Present Value

The Value of a Future $1

Discount rate (d)

:

Years into future (n) 1 2 3 4 5 10 20 30 10% 20% 30% 40%

.9091

.8264

.8333 .7692 .7142

.6944 .5917 .5102

.7513 .5787 .4552 .3644

.6830 .4823 .3501 .2603

.6209 .4019 .2693 .1859

.3855 .1615 .0725 .0346

.1486 .0261 .0053 .0012

.0573

.0042 .0004 .0000

Present value factors

Handout: Table with discount rates

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3. Net Present Value

Net Present Value (NPV)

Definition: sum of present values of all project’s cash flows

Negative (cash outflows)

Positive (cash inflows)

Characterises the present value of the project to the company

If NPV > 0, the project is profitable

If NPV < 0, the project is not

More reliable than Simple Payback or ROI as it considers

Time value of money

All future year cash flows

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3. Net Present Value

Workshop Exercise (15 min)

Question 3: Calculate the NPV Year Expected Future Cash Flows X PV Factor = Present Value of Cash Flows (at time zero) 0 1 2 3 - $105,000 + $38,463 + $38,463 + $38,463 ???

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???

???

Sum = project’s Net Present Value = - $???

$???

$???

$???

$???

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3. Net Present Value

Workshop Exercise (5 min)

Question 4: compare the Simple Payback and the NPV

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3. Net Present Value

Sensitivity Analysis

In business as usual scenario PLS Company needs waste water treatment plant in year 3: $150,000 investment

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With QC project: $95,000 Savings: $55,000

Also consider taxes!

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Pollution taxes / fees Tax deductions for equipment depreciation Tax deduction for “environmental projects”

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3. Net Present Value

Workshop Exercise (answer B)

Year Expected Future Cash Flows X PV Factor = Present Value of Cash Flows (at time zero) 0 1 2 3 - $105,000 + $38,463 + $38,463 + $93,463 .8696

.7561

.6575

Sum = project’s Net Present Value = - $105,000 33,447 29,082 61.452

-18,981

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4. Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

Definition: discount rate for which NPV = 0, over the project lifetime

Tells you exactly what “discount rate” makes the project just barely profitable

Similar to NPV, considers

Time value of money

All future year cash flows

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Profitability Indicators Summary

Advantages Disadvantages Simple Payback & ROI NPV Easy to use Neglect TVM Neglect out-year costs Do not indicate project size Considers TVM rate Indicates project size Needs firm ’ s discount IRR Considers TVM Requires iteration Does not indicate project size

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Analysis of Options

Thank you for your attention!

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Acknowledgements

This training session was prepared as part of the development and delivery of the course “Energizing Cleaner Production” funded by InWent, Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (Capacity Building International, Germany) and carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The session is based on the presentation “Financing Cleaner Production and Energy Efficiency Projects” from the “Energy Efficiency Guide for Industry in Asia” developed as part of the GERIAP project that was implemented by UNEP and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). www.energyefficiencyasia.org

The workshop exercise is taken from “Profiting from Cleaner Production”, in Strategies and Mechanisms For Promoting Cleaner Production Investments In Developing Countries, developed by UNEP

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