The extent of information companies are required to disclose to investors could change after new research. Business reporter Neal Wallace discovers greenhouse gases are more than just hot air when it comes to company valuations.
Australian farmers may be exempt from an emissions trading
scheme - unlike their New Zealand counterparts - but from
next year, they will be able to earn income by selling carbon
credits.
The idea of capturing carbon as coal is burnt is
fairy talk, and a dangerous distraction from the urgent task
of building a strong, future-proofed economy, writes Simon
Boxer.
Each 100gm portion of lamb meat grown in New Zealand and
consumed in Britain produces the equivalent of 1.9kg of
carbon dioxide (CO2), a study concludes.
