What sorts of things do government invest your money in? Governments across Australia--federal, state and territory--are pretty keen to spruik their green credentials these days. But how do they go putting their money (or rather, your money) where their mouths are?

From: Habitat Australia | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Meadows, Josh | Copyright information

THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS underpinning a new piece of research released by ACF in March.

The study, Responsible Public Investment in Australia, looked at the really big buckets of money (anything over $50 million) controlled by governments and asked: (1) Are these major government investment funds taking environmental issues into account? and (2) Are governments' investments consistent with their stated environmental protection policy goals?

First, let's be...

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