Responsible investment can require an investigative search into a fund’s investments, but the waters are clearing. By Adam Gifford The debate over responsible investing has been boosted by attacks on a high profile public investor. At the end of 2012 … Read more
Here are Element’s picks of the clever kiwi organisations working to improve the environment – and the bottom line. Next Monday, research contracts to the tune of $133m will take effect, boosting the research and development funding of smart kiwi … Read more
A taxpayer sponsored conference featuring a number of pro-GE lobbyists and companies signals government intent to push genetic modification, says the Green Party. The party’s primary production spokesperson, Steffan Browning, says the Minister of Science and Innovation, Steven Joyce, needs … Read more
The Colour of Growth report released by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the UK’s largest business lobby group, shows how a further push towards green growth could add more than £20 billion to the UK economy by 2014 – … Read more
Element finds the best ways to keep the power bill down. Doing a fairly good impression of a goldfish when you tear open the envelope and look at your power bill? You’re not alone. Since 2003 power prices have increased … Read more
Time to fly the coop! With a little planning, finances don’t have to be a big deal. Your biggest cost will be rent, paid weekly or fortnightly. The Department of Building and Housing’s Flatting 101 website gives an idea of typical … Read more
The Green Party has pledged to keep tabs on how much is being spent in the process of selling off the country’s assets. Noting the sale of Contact Energy in the late 1990s cost the New Zealand taxpayer almost $40 … Read more
The insurance industry is streets ahead of the pack when it comes to preparing for the effects of climate change. They have to be… At a building research centre in Australia, researchers are firing blocks of ice at roofing tiles … Read more
An alternative currency known as HANDS has been in use in Nelson’s Golden Bay for 23 years. My decrepit old laptop turned into locally grown vegetables. And new hems on my favourite corduroy trousers. And a month’s supply of firewood … Read more
Having a baby is exciting, so you don’t want money worries spoiling things. If you’re a working mother, take a look at your household income and expenses, then adjust it to see what life will be like after baby comes. … Read more