The big end of town is getting the message. In this article, the spokesperson from Colonial First State investment management (one of the biggest in Australia) says that sustainable investing is the next big thing. It was “the next big thing” for us in 1989. One must always be patient. http://www.afrsmartinvestor.com/p/why_sustainable_investing_is_the_IcZns4np4kiqV6EJ1ybVqM BTW. Sorry I’ve [...]
Writings from Paul’s friend Warwick, who with wife Gillian inhabits an extremely simple and comfortable passive solar “earthship” home in the South West of Australia. Warwick and Gillian taught me and many others about Permaculture. Lining the walls and stairways of Rockneath is a 4000 item indexed library of a books and articles relating [...]
Some good news amongst the background of gloom. Written by Ross Kendall Wednesday, 14 December 2011 Ethical and responsible investment funds have outperformed their mainstream counterparts in all of the 12 categories covered in the latest overview of the sector. Over one, three, five and seven years the average return of Australian responsible investment funds was higher [...]
http://www.bankmecu.com.au/why-bank-with-us/news-media/media/bankmecutv.html?view=22cda088-73e1-4b73-9e4b-252ec8ded2a6 A calm and timely approach from Paul Hawkin of “Triple Bottom Line” fame. This is one of a series of video clips on the MECU site.It is the current one but may be archived if you are coming in later. I found it helpful.
http://cdkn.org/2011/09/pavan-sukhdev-speaks-about-the-concept-of-green-economy/ Most “stimulus” has gone back into propping the old “Brown” economy . Here is a different approach and a clear argument as to why intelligent green is pro economy and not anti economy as claimed by old interests. This is what we mean by “a better future for us all”.
Some experienced fund managers in Australia have launched a suite of managed funds in Australian shares, property and international shares that aim to meet the ethics of islamic investors. There is sufficient demand in Australia now to provide the efficiency of scale to do so. We will do financial research on such funds if requested but [...]
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/super-funds-slash-greenhouse-risks-to-reduce-carbon-tax-impact/story-fn7j19iv-1226131691431 Cut and paste link to browser. This is a good demonstration of how the issues flow into your investments. But it is not just about the “tax” ( I call it the “rubbish tip fee”) because the “tax” is about a wider reality. The cost of large scale carbon burners and users of their [...]
The following announcement sits beside another report I read on the topic quoting leading suppliers of solar panels in China, noting that the downward trajectory of price per megawatt put them on track for coal fired parity in 2 years from now. There were horse drawn buggies around for a long time after the first [...]
