Ethical Investment Updates
Carbon Tax Special Edition
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How does carbon pricing work? Which sectors in Australia are the biggest carbon emitters?
Read our Carbon Tax Fast Facts to find out more about the Carbon Tax.
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The Carbon Tax and Ethical Investments
The government's plan to introduce a carbon tax in July 2012 is a positive development for ethical investors both from an ethical and an investment point of view. By making companies pay to pollute, the tax will encourage everyone, and particularly the large greenhouse gas polluters, to move towards energy efficiency and clean energy.
Ethical investors win because the tax will help the environment and greatly improve the sustainability of many companies; yet overall it will be only a small financial cost to many of the companies in ethical portfolios, and help small and innovative clean energy companies to develop....(Read the full article)
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Are you carbon-taxed to exhaustion? The Winter Warming: weekend retreat 12-14 August will allow you time to replenish yourself with beautiful vegetarian food, including wine, meditation, yoga, visual art and attend presentations in the foothills of Mt Tibrogargan. To find out more contact Jennifer Long Retreats or view the flyer.
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