Daily FNArena News - ESG Focus

It’s all hands on deck heading into the fourth industrial revolution, China is in the game, and companies will need the best of the best to survive: well informed and well-heeled ESG investors know it; and sovereign nations are legislating

Part 1 of this series focused on the bigger picture for fossil fuels, and in this article, we drill down to the ESG trends affecting forecasts in the specific coal, gas and oil markets

The merger of the US Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and the International Integrated Reporting Council signals an acceleration towards mandatory, standardised global ESG reporting.

Credit Suisse says the overperformance of ESG “quality” stocks in APAC markets throughout 2020 post-covid has created a factor risk for ESG investors heading into 2021

The International Energy Agency has switched its allegiance from fossil fuels to renewables post-covid painting a bleak picture; battery storage has hit the US$100KWH tipping point and the market can expect a rollout in 2021

Preparing for the “green recovery” and social stimulus, ESG investors are focusing on the effects of covid-19 on individual environmental, social and governance themes, and lining up their ducks – FNArena summarises the winners and losers and checks out the post-covid geopolitical and anti-trust environments

In Part 2 of this series, FNArena examines the rise of the S in ESG, stakeholder capitalism and the acceleration of Modern Monetary Theory onto the global economic stage and its links to ESG

Covid is being touted by many as the perfect opportunity to accelerate the transition to a circular, sustainable economy. It has exposed the vulnerable underbellies of critical and not-so-critical industries; guided to a grand future for others; and triggered fundamental shifts in economic monetary policy, the repercussions of which will reverberate for decades

The resignation of Rio Tinto’s corporate chiefs and the recent chastising of Cleanaway’s CEO Vic Bansal have shifted the corporate spotlight from the “E” and the “S” to the “G” for governance – and boards are feeling the pressure.

FNArena examines the latest financial reports from the waste-management industry, which stands to benefit from several ESG megatrends; and an update on Rio Tinto’s Juukan Gorge and its implications for the resources industry, which stands at the opposite end of the ESG stick