Daily FNArena News - ESG Focus

FNArena's dedicated ESG Focus news section zooms in on matters Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) that are increasingly guiding investors preferences…

The European Commission is set to include nuclear energy and gas energy in its taxonomy but only under strict conditions – a move that could attract a capital influx to help the industry to adapt to new standards

As big capital’s focus homes in on modern slavery, Monash University has taken steps to rank the ASX300 on disclosure, applying an A-F performance rating, perhaps providing early insights into ESG winners and losers

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