Their very existence, some argue, provides an opportunity for companies, especially those attempting to enhance their public image, to claim they are "carbon neutral" instead of doing the hard work to reduce or eliminate emissions. The quality of some offset projects is also in ...
13 Financial Abuse in a Banking Context: Why and How Financial Institutions can Respond 683 For instance, Australia's (Hayne) Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has led to significant legislative and regu- latory change across ...
3) NZ has a very different commodity basket than Australia, and hasn’t experienced the same level of a commodity price boom. 4) NZ experienced A LOT of supply side shocks during this crisis – it wasn’t just about insufficient demand. We also had a massive drought in 2008 (with its ...