Daily FNArena News - ESG Focus

World leaders met in Egypt to formalise the first steps in progressing the biodiversity agenda, resulting in big subsidy cuts to “harmful” industries and activities, and an imperative for investors to start revising their strategies

COP27 has called for a transformation of the financial system, and Australia’s major banks find themselves in the middle of it all

It’s big – really big – so FNArena takes a deep dive into the global markets for green hydrogen, ammonia and fuel cells; checks out the fuel’s role as an energy security play; and outlines the global developments and incentives making it immediately cost competitive

As green hydrogen hits a tipping point, investors are turning their focus to the broader clean hydrogen prospect, and this article examines the nuts and bolts of the hydrogen market and its related technologies

FNArena summarises the key developments at COP27 and Macquarie checks out their implications for Australian stocks

Fossil-fuel energy inflation hugged the spotlight in 2022 masking strong green-energy investment – a period in which green hydrogen came of age

The Ukraine invasion fired a focus on the energy revenue opportunity in the June half, and we examine ESG developments affecting gas and nuclear energy demand for this year and the next decade

Green revenue provided one of the few highlights in an otherwise dour, interest-rate hampered August reporting season, and this article checks out the season’s darlings: green commodities and mining services

The Ukraine conflict intensified the ASX300s decarbonisation drive in the June half, companies shifting to alternative fuels, fleet upgrades, hedging, technology partnerships and asset sales – a process which only intensified in the September quarter along with capital expenditure bills

FNArena’s third and final instalment on biodiversity gives investors a heads up to tax reforms to $1.8trn in harmful global tax subsidies; monetisation schemes; and the upcoming biodiversity COP