Update December 2015-January 2016

1. The Ex’tax Project
Update
DECEMBER 2015 -JANUARY 2016

2. The Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition mentions Ex’tax
in their latest report on the Circular Economy
The Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition is a coalition of AkzoNobel, DSM, FrieslandCampina,
Heineken, KLM, Philips, Shell and Unilever. The coalition was officially founded at the World
Economic Forum in January 2012. Its aim was to give further impetus to sustainable growth
business models, linking economic results with environmental and social returns.
http://dsgcpublication.online-magazine.nl/nl/magazine/category.html

3. Ex’tax is mentioned in a publication by Accenture

4. …and in an article by Accenture
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/20/davos-finding-25-trillion-in-the-trash-commentary.html

5. Ex’tax features in the action program of the NPHF
(Dutch Federation for Health)
http://nphf.nl/standpunt/025/NPHF-Actieagenda-Financieel-Stelsel/

6. Ex’tax is now member of Green Budget Europe, a Brussels-based
non-profit expert platform on Environmental Fiscal Reform
http://green-budget.eu

7. Wendy van Ierschot
- Human resources specialist
- Founder & CEO Van Ierschot BV
(HR co-sourcing & HR consultancy)
- Van Ierschot investments (informal investor)
- In 2015, van Ierschot BV was listed as FD
Gazelle as one of the fastest growing
companies in the Netherlands.
- In 2014, Wendy won the Enterprising Woman
of the Year Award (United States).
We are proud to anounce our new board member!

8. We moved to new offices on a canal in Utrecht
- with the most beautiful nameplate ever ☺
http://green-budget.eu

9. TEDXUtrecht was awesome…
TEDxUtrecht was awesome!

10. http://green-budget.eu

11. Tweets

12. Dutch tweets

13. D66 (Democratic Party) adds Ex’tax elements to Dutch tax deal
http://www.nltimes.nl/2015/12/08/e5-billion-tax-reform-deal-wins-support-workers-elderly-to-pay-less/

14. Prime Minister Rutte video statement includes Ex’tax principles
“The
tax
system
is
‘greened’
further.
(…)
There
will
be
a
shift
in
energy
taxes
on
gas
and
electricity,
which
will
lead
to
less
CO2
emissions;
this
higher
burden
on
businesses
will
be
compensated
by
a
lower
tax
on
labour”
Dutch
Prime
Minister
Rutte
http://nos.nl/artikel/2068870-­‐rutte-­‐geen-­‐akkoord-­‐belastingplan-­‐toch-­‐stemmen.html

15. Luxemburg EU-Presidency Circular Economy meeting

16. Presenting to approximately 35 staff members of CDP in London

17. Some other tax news

18. Tax developments in the Gulf states
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/six-gulf-states-will-start-taxing-people-for-the-first-time-a6768206.html
Gulf states, The Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) - a loose federation of Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the
United Arab Emirates - has agreed to
introduce VAT following costly military
campaigns and a drop in global oil prices.

19. Europe’s 10-year plan aims for higher environmental taxes

20. We are looking forward to a lot of
‘wave-making’ action in 2016.
Thank you for your support!