Daily FNArena News - ESG Focus

ASX-listed ESG targets, board expectations of rising decarbonisation capex, the top 10 sustainability topics, AI opportunities, plus lots more!

Pundits say innovation in iron-based batteries is a game-changer – welcome to the new iron age

In this edition of Little Big Things, ailing carbon-credit market hitting a nadir; cash flow as an investment lens; a huge landmark native-title deal with massive implications, and more

The FY23 ESG August reporting season was a cracker with companies across the board bumping up reporting and investments in decarbonisation; the Safeguard Mechanism yielding a few surprises; waste recycling kicking off in earnest; AI, safety and cyber-crime dominating governance and remuneration; and biodiversity rocking onto the scene

Solve the problem of intermittency at a tenth of the cost of existing batteries is about to hit the market, and their implications for the energy industry, energy security, and businesses globally are profound

How much do ocean circulation patterns impact economic outcomes and sovereign risk? Rick Stathers and Carmen Altenkirch assess El Nino, the climate phenomenon driving atmospheric circulation in the tropics, affecting everything from GDP to inflation and social stability

Macquarie counts the cost of capital for the ASX100; Jarden weighs the prospects for heavy emitters; Macquarie also examines where the downstream and upstream insurance emissions buck might stop; IEEFA spies rising credit-rating risk; and Morgan Stanley forecasts growing water capital expenditure for semiconductor and copper industries

Battery innovation is going gangbusters, driven by environmental and social imprimaturs, leading experts to conclude that it is not a matter of if but when lithium will be dethroned – prepare for the great reshuffle

In this edition, we check out the broader sustainability theme: it seems ESG M&A activity is back, according to a new report; Goldman Sachs checks out Australian stocks to sustainability; IAASB hands down an audit proposal; and nations are at loggerheads over seabed mining

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