Now back to the carbon tax debate: If the government is going to levy a $ 20 / ton carbon tax for environmental purposes anyway, then it can achieve even more benefits by taking that revenue and using it to reduce marginal tax rates elsewhere in the code. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
In what may be the clearest sign that Morrison is intent on doing more than «putting the barn on the package,» she backed Plum's decision in 2013 to become a public benefit corporation, which codifies the business's social and environmental purpose in its charter. (fortune.com)
The Government hailed it as «the UK's first tax with an explicit environmental purpose», but cut employers» National Insurance contributions rate at the same time in order to soften the impact on business. (politics.co.uk)