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Are green companies valued more highly?
When BusinessDesk charted recent data, it found no strong correlation between emissions and valuations for NZX-listed companies.
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Policy
Business pushes back against ETS changes
A submission from Energy Resources Aotearoa said a more moderate approach was needed to contain household and business costs.
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Forest & Bird damns the dam
Forest & Bird asks whether raising Lake Onslow, in Central Otago, to create NZ’s largest artificial lake for hydro storage is a potential saviour or a “white elephant”.
Policy
A tale of two central banks
Diverging central banks: the RBA is trying to deliver lower inflation and a soft landing while the RBNZ looks to be only focused on inflation.
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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