Daily FNArena News - ESG Focus

Decarbonisation has been in the ASX headlines in the past month, several majors hitting the markets with decarbonisation strategies, including Worley, Rio Tinto, and Woodside Petroleum

Global agreements on carbon markets are set to mobilise trillions of transition funds which will have major implications for Australia’s resources sector

China’s green taxonomy homes in on circularity, which combined with carbon-market developments, suggests a -28% fall in seaborne iron-ore demand within five years – not to mention metallurgical coal

COP26 may have appeared a fizzer to many observers but the outcomes point to another reality – big capital has got this one – and it’s a whopper

The recent acquisition of Huon Aquaculture by Brazilian meatpacker JBS offers a great case study on ESG M&A, and an opportunity for investors to weigh impending global regulation on the world’s oceans

Sustainability-linked loans are transforming the leveraged-loan market as corporations and investors eye ESG-driven M&A and dividend recapitalisations, and seek to mitigate ESG risks in standard transactions

The big end of town is weighing up its options for extracting value from sustainability-linked loans, starting with massive revolving credit facilities

Global share-markets have been hushed in the lead-up to COP26, as big players prepare for potential capital reallocations

Sustainability-linked loans are about to flood the world in a bid to ensure all those who don’t qualify for other forms of sustainable finance are drawn into the transition

While Australia manages to remain middle of the pack on gender representation in the workplace, it is JP Morgan’s view that a commitment to female representation would be financially beneficial to companies