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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

3.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial information was prepared based on the information of Suzano and its associates on the six-month period ended June 30, 2021, as well as in accordance with consistent accounting practices and policies.

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, considering that its purpose is to provide an update on the activities, events and significant circumstances in relation to those disclosed in the consolidated financial statements. Therefore, unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial information focus on new activities, events and circumstances and do not duplicate the information previously disclosed, except when Management judges that the maintenance of the information is relevant.

The accounting policies have been consistently applied to all consolidated companies.

There were no changes on such policies and estimates calculation methodologies, except for the application of the new accounting policies as of January 1, 2021 and whose estimated impact was disclosed in the annual financial statements of December 31, 2020, as disclosed in the Note 3.1.

3.1. New accounting policies and changes in accounting policies adopted

The new standards and interpretations issued, until the issuance of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial information, are described below. The Company intends to adopt these new standards, changes and interpretations, if applicable, when it come into force and does not expect to have a material impact on the financial statements.

3.1.1.Accounting policies adopted

3.1.1.1.

Interest Rate Reform – IAS 39 / IFRS 7 and IFRS 9 – Phase 2 (Applicable on/or after January 1, 2021, early adoption permitted)

The adoption of phase 2, it is summarized as follows:

(i)

changes in contractual cash flows: practical expedient that allows to replace, as a consequence of the reform, the effective interest rate of a financial asset or financial liability with a new economically equivalent rate, without derecognition of the contract;

(ii)

hedge accounting requirements: end of exemptions for evaluating the effectiveness of hedge accounting relationships (Phase 1), and

(iii)

disclosure: requirements about the disclosure of risks to which the Company is exposed by the reform, risk management and evolution of the IBORs transition.

The Company assessed content of this pronouncement and does not expect to have significant impacts on its debts and derivatives linked to LIBOR (note 4.4.2).

3.1.1.2.

Lease – IFRS 16 – Update of the original issued on June 16, 2020 (Applicable on/or after April 1, 2021, early adoption permitted)

On March 31, 2021, this pronouncement was changed because of the benefits granted to lessee due COVID-19 under lease agreements. The Company assessed the content of this pronouncement and did not identify any impacts, for the clauses of the current lease agreements remained unchanged.

3.1.2.Accounting policies not yet adopted

3.1.2.1.

Business Combination IFRS 3 – Reference to the conceptual framework (Applicable on/or after January 1, 2022. Early adoption is permitted if the entity also adopts all other updated references (published together with the updated Conceptual Framework) on the same date or earlier.

The amendments update IFRS 3 so that it refers to the 2018 Conceptual Framework instead of the 1989 Structure. It also include in IFRS 3 the requirement that, for obligations within the scope of IAS 37, the buyer applies IAS 37 to determine whether there is a present obligation on the acquisition date due to past events. For a tax within the scope of IFRIC 21 – Levies, the buyer applies IFRIC 21 to determine whether the event that resulted in the obligation to pay the tax occurred up to the date of acquisition.

The amendments add an explicit statement that the buyer does not recognize contingent assets acquired in a business combination.