Update January-June 2015

The Ex’tax Project
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JANUARY – JUNE 2015

Great news: Ex’tax made it into
a European Parliament Motion
on SMEs and sustainability!

http://ex-tax.com/news/extax/extax-eu-parliament-resolution/
European Parliament resolution

Femke Groothuis was one of fifteen experts to
advise the Finance Committee of the Dutch
House of Representatives in a public hearing

http://www.tweedekamer.nl/vergaderingen/commissievergaderingen/details?id=2014A04493
Public hearing Dutch Parliament

http://nos.nl/artikel/2026835-neem-de-tijd-voor-nieuw-belastingstelsel.html
Dutch national news service NOS.nl

https://fd.nl/economie-politiek/1102470/fiscale-vergroening-stuit-op-grenzen-tijd-voor-nieuw-belastingstelsel.html
Dutch national newspaper Financieele Dagblad

We were invited to present at The World
Business Council for Sustainable Development
Liaison Delegate Meeting in Montreux.
WBCSD is a group of 200 multinationals that
represents 'the voice of business' in
international climate negotiations.

https://www.wbcsdevents.org/Montreux2015/agenda/#toggle-id-58
Session at the WBCSD Liaison Delegate meeting, Montreux

We presented also at the
ABN-AMRO innovation Center

http://innovationcentre-aab.nl/het-ei-van-columbus-voor-belastingen-tax-shift-van-arbeid-naar-natuurlijke-hulpbronnen/
ABN-AMRO

We contributed to a masterclass for members
of the House of Representatives and staff,
partnering with De Groene Zaak…

… and presented Ex’tax at the D66 congress
(the Dutch democratic party)

Van Nelle Fabriek
18 april 2015
Rotterdam
D66-congreskrant-C101[def].indd 1 15-04-15 16:51
https://d66.nl/publicaties/wrap-up-video-congres-101/
D66 congress booklet

Online coverage over the
last few months:

http://www.euroforum.nl/blog/het-belastingsysteem-niet-ingesteld-op-een-circulaire-economie/
Euroforum video

http://www.govsgocircular.com
‘Governments Going Circular - Global Scan Best Practices’

http://www.p-plus.nl/nieuws/grote-belastinghervorming
P+ Magazine

http://www.stadslevenamsterdam.nl/2015/04/02/de-stad-een-goudmijn-aan-mensen-column-femke-groothuis/
Blog on Amsterdam City Life

One World Magazine (Friends of the Earth NL)

https://insights.abnamro.nl/circulair-bouwen-het-fundament-onder-een-vernieuwde-sector/
ABN-AMRO publication on ‘Building Circular’

WBCSD video
Femke enters Dutch Sustainability Top 100More than 16,500 page views in 5 months!
www.ex%tax.com+
January 1, '15 June 9, '15 Diff
Page views 42,348 59,254 16,906
Unique visitors 11,852 21,281 9,429
Total video views 10,977 13,499 2,522

With Interface and Circle Economy
we have worked on the
‘Tax Shift Simulator’
Interface®

Linear scenario footprint
Tax Shift Simulator (Preview 1/2)

Circular scenario footprint
Tax Shift Simulator (Preview 2/2)

Others on the principles of Ex’tax:

http://www.clubofrome.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Final-version-Swedish-Study-13-04-15-till-tryck-ny.pdf
Club of Rome report

http://www.circle-economy.com/news/business-frontrunners-call-for-strengthened-circular-economy-package-with-economic-incentives/
International business organisations’ manifesto in support of Ex’tax

Dirk Jan Koch (Special Envoy Natural Resources at Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, NL) supports Ex’tax in lecture

http://www.nrcreader.nl/artikel/8359/lasten-op-arbeid-moeten-juist-wel-lager-zegt-dnb-baas-knot
"Knot steunt het voornemen
van het kabinet-Rutte om het
belastingstelsel te hervormen
- door vicepremier Lodewijk
Asscher (PvdA) zaterdag
"onze volgende grote
opdracht" genoemd. De
belangrijkste gedachte achter
die geplande hervorming -
een lastenverschuiving van
arbeid naar consumptie - kan
op Knots goedkeuring
rekenen."
Klaas Knot (President Dutch Central Bank) in NRC Handelsblad

http://www.nu.nl/geldzaken/4017975/voer-enkel-btw-tarief-van-19-procent-in-lagere-arbeidslasten.html
Prof. Stef van Weeghel (International Tax Law)

http://www.volkskrant.nl/opinie/de-oplossing-voor-werkloosheid-en-vervuiling~a3922847/
Op-ed Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad

http://www.vieuws.eu/environment/circular-economy-package-commission-to-favour-recycling-quality-over-quantity/
Europarliamentarian Gerben Jan Gerbrandy (at 2:29): “I am a strong supporter
of working on the tax shift from labour (labour is far too expensive, 25 million
people unemployed in the EU) to a tax on resources.”
Gerben Jan Gerbrandy (Member of European Parliament) in video

NRC Handelsblad, May 23, 2015
http://www.nrc.nl/handelsblad/van/2015/mei/23/overheid-stimuleert-het-gebruik-van-fossiele-energ-1499601
Op-ed NRC Handelsblad

Renny Ramakers (founder Droog Design) Volkskrant Magazine

http://www.nu.nl/politiek/3975081/samsom-opent-aanval-cda-en-d66.html
Dutch Labour Party on Ex’tax

http://www.volkskrant.nl/opinie/ontzie-burger-belast-bedrijven~a3926930/
Dutch Socialist Party on Ex’tax

We were invited to the
Business and Climate Summit, in Paris,
a gathering of 2,000 businesses
*pending confirmation
**confirmed
***confirmed, subject to change

http://www.businessclimatesummit.com
…where CEO after CEO (across every sector)
stated: “We need a carbon tax.”

Business and Climate Summit tweets (1/2)

Business and Climate Summit tweets (2/2)

[Ex’tax'is]'‘almost(too(good(to(be(implementable,((
but(a(very(good(idea.(We(need(to(implement(
incentives(that(will(create(new(ways(of(operating.(
We(have(discussed(this(at(WBCSD(and(I(have(
encouraged(people(to(research(this.(We(need(
‘lighthouses’(that(show(the(way.’(
José Lopez (Executive VP, Nestlé) at the Summit:

Global views on taxes are changing,
momentum for Ex’tax is building…

https://medium.com/@ClimateCEOs/open-letter-from-global-ceos-to-world-leaders-urging-concrete-climate-action-e4b12689cddf
Initiative by Sijbesma, Polman: global CEOs call for climate action

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/04/18/raising-trillions-for-climate-finance
IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings focused on carbon pricing

http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2015/041715a.htm
Christine Lagarde (IMF) supports carbon taxes

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/13/fossil-fuel-subsidies-say-burn-more-carbon-world-bank-president
… and so does Jim Yong Kim (World Bank)

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/03/18/5-ways-reduce-drivers-climate-change?cid=EXT_TWBN_D_EXT&hootPostID=673c6f92363d8fb931ee2cea580c12d7
In fact, according to the World Bank it’s step #1

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/12/world-leaders-should-take-advantage-of-low-oil-prices-to-ditch-fossil-fuel-subsidies
Polman: ‘Low oil price is an opportunity for carbon tax’

Some more good things to share:

https://www.triodosfoundation.nl/nl/over-triodos-foundation/wat-wij-doen/projecten/resultaten/?projectId=1656281&locationId=21951&name=ex_tax_project&cs=1
Triodos Foundation is now sponsor and supporter of Ex’tax

Professor Paul Ekins has joined the Ex'tax Advisory Board

And we found a charming new office,
in a former kindergarten
in the centre of Utrecht!
You are welcome any time.

We are excited about our progress,
and -with your support- we hope to
make a difference!

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