v3.20.4

Significant accounting policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Significant accounting policies [Abstract] |
Details of financial instruments | The following table contains details of the financial instruments that the Company holds as of December 31, 2020 which reference LIBOR and have not yet transitioned to RFRs:
|  | Carrying amount as of December 31, 2020 |
|  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |
Non-derivative assets and liabilities referenced to LIBOR |  |  |  |  |  |
Measured at amortized cost |  |  |  |  |  |
Project debt |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,143,815 |
Total non-derivatives items |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,143,815 |
Derivatives |  |  | - |  |  |  | 105,742 |
Total assets and liabilities referenced to LIBOR |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,249,557 |
Details of hedging instruments | The following table contains details of only the hedging instruments used in the Company’s hedging strategies which reference LIBOR and have not yet transitioned to RFRs, such that relief(s) of phase 1 amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7 for IBOR reform, effective January 1st, 2020, have been applied to the hedging relationship:
|  | Carrying amount as of December 31, 2020 |  |  |  |  |
|  | Notional |  |  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |  | Balance sheet line item(s) |  | 2020 changes in fair value used for calculating hedge ineffectiveness |
Cash flow hedge |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps |  |  | 618,806 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 105,742 |  | Derivative liabilities |  |  | 36,172 |
Total cash flow hedges |  |  | 618,806 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 105,742 |  |  |  |  | 36,172 |
Discount rates and growth rates used to calculated recoverable amount for CGUs by segment | Accordingly, the following table provides a summary of the discount rates used (WACC) to calculate the recoverable amount for CGUs with the operating segment to which it pertains:
Operating segment |  | Discount rate | (*) |
EMEA |  |  | 3%-5 | % |
North America |  |  | 4%-5 | % |
South America |  |  | 5%-7 | % |

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