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Manufacturing Sector –
Canada and the United
States – May 2023
P a u l Yo u n g C PA C G A
P r e - S a l e s C o n s u l t a n t a n d B u s i n e s s D e v e l o p m e n t
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Paul Young - Bio
• CPA, CGA (1996)
• Academia (PF1, FA4, FN2, MU1. and MS2)
• SME – Customer Success Management
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – ESG and Sustainability Reporting and
Policy Development
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Macro/Micro Indicators
• SME – Supply Chain Management
• SME – Data, AI, Security, and Platform
• SME – Internal Controls and Auditing
Contact information email: Paul_Young_CGA@outlook.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-young-055632b/

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Agenda
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• United States Manufacturing Sales
• Canada Manufacturing Sales
• Profitability Architects
• Safeguarding Assets / Climate Change
• ESG

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United States Manufacturing Sales
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Source – USA Government

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Canada Manufacturing Sales
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Source – Stats Canada

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Profitability Architects
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Safeguarding Assets and Climate Change
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Blog - Safeguarding Assets through use of Weather Analytics and Vegetation Management Solutions - ESG and Climate
Change - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-young-055632b_vegetation-
TQfV?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
https://www.ibm.com/products/environmental-intelligence-suite/vegetation-management
This is a great opportunity for the utility sector to re-look at their asset management through using vegetation and
weather management solutions. Mitigation of risk from climate is becoming a key focus area for the utility sector.
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/electricity-analysis-canada-and-the-oecd-february-2023pptx

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ESG
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Blog - Non-GAAP Definitions, Environmental Credits, ESG Data: Baruch Conference Highlights -
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blog-non-gaap-definitions-environmental-credits-esg-paul-young
1. Defining Terms - The issue of non-GAAP disclosures doesn’t appear in the business news cycle much
anymore. That doesn’t mean accountants, auditors, and CFOs feel the matter is settled.
2. Accounting Lifeline -Do you or your accounting head need reliable help with an accounting or auditing
compliance matter? The SEC’s office of the chief accountant (OCA) is available. Lindsay McCord said
consulting the OCA is a resource underutilized by many companies, despite a whole web page devoted
to where to get questions answered. There’s even a list of information the OCA needs to sort out your
sticking poin
3. Is an Environmental Credit a Credit? Almost a year ago, FASB added a project to its technical agenda on
accounting for environmental credit programs — e.g., carbon offsets, an area for which it has no
specific rules.
4. ESG Is About Data - What’s a financial reporting conference without a panel on the SEC’s forthcoming
ESG reporting standards? With a lot still up in the air, the panel was mostly a “how will we do this, how
will we do that” discussion.
https://www.cfo.com/accounting-tax/financial-reporting-2/2023/05/financial-reporting-baruch-non-gaap-oca-carbon-credits-
esg-data/

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Key Links
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• ESG and Sustainability Reporting - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/introductory-to-esg-and-sustainability-
reportingpptx-257524640
• Data Management - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/how-to-solve-data-management-isuses-for-both-the-private-and-
public-sectorspptx
• Risk and Compliance - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/strengthen-internal-controls-and-compliance-through-data-and-
ai-as-part-of-the-regulatory-and-corporate-reporting-cyclepptx-257453565
• Close, consolidate, and reporting - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/close-consolidate-and-reporting-cyclepptx-
256864692
• Top Reporting Challenges - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/top-reporting-challenges-facing-both-the-private-and-
public-sectorpptx
• Data and AI - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/leveraging-realtime-analytics-as-part-of-driving-data-and-ai-to-improve-
business-outcomespptx
• Blog – Building the Business Model that include Circularity as part of moving to Net Zero - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-
young-055632b_how-to-build-circularity-into-your-business-activity-7048291009599860736-
5RXv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop