Daily FNArena News - ESG Focus

FNArena zooms in on the social theme, examining developments affecting food and liquor retailers and wholesalers and miners while checking out big capital’s attitude to social metrics, and the roles AI might play in helping companies manage social issues

In today’s edition of The Little Big Things, FNArena examines the Green Capital Expenditure Theme, pent up critical metals and minerals demand, the US Inflation Reduction Act one year on, and the floundering sustainability-linked bond market

In FNArena’s inaugural ESG bulletin we discuss capital destinations, green energy deflation, the impact of a fuel emissions standard, and AI regulation

Waste-to-energy is set to be a major green play over the next two decades as climate and circularity imprimaturs kick in and a swathe of new waste-to-energy technologies is coming to market. Republished to add Remondis clarification on Ipswich

Australia has been a global laggard on the waste to energy front but that may all be about to change, as we discover in this deep dive

The iron and steel industry is about to be transformed by a raft of innovations, some here, some on the way, and others on the distant horizon – we check them out in this deep dive

Green steel is shaping up as one of the big innovation impact plays for 2023, as Australia eyes off steel exports

The announcement by the Australian government of plans to float the first green bond in mid-2024 has sparked hopes that efforts to mitigate climate change are finally underway

Tim Boreham warns not all so-called ethical or ESG funds and ETFs are what they seem

For those that really need to understand how their investments work, and with some estimates suggesting a fusion breakthrough as early as 2025, we examine the nuts and bolts of fusion and the latest private sector innovations