The Ex’tax Project provided an update on their activities from January to June 2015. Some key accomplishments included being referenced in a European Parliament resolution, advising the Dutch Parliament, presenting at conferences, and gaining increased online attention and support. Momentum and interest in the Ex’tax proposal for tax reform continues to build from organizations like the IMF, World Bank, and global CEOs who recognize the need for carbon pricing and shifting taxes from labor to resource use.

1. The Ex’tax Project
Update''
JANUARY – JUNE 2015

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

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

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

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

6. …which was duly noted …

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

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

9. Dutch tweets

10. 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.

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

12. We presented also at the
ABN-AMRO innovation Center

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

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

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

16. Tweets on D66 congress

17. 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

18. Online coverage over the
last few months:

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

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

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

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

23. One World Magazine (Friends of the Earth NL)

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

25. 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

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

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

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

29. Others on the principles of Ex’tax:

30. 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

31. 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

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

33. 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

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

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

36. 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

37. 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

38. Renny Ramakers (founder Droog Design) Volkskrant Magazine

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

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

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

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

43. Business and Climate Summit tweets (1/2)

44. Business and Climate Summit tweets (2/2)

45. [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:

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

47. 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

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

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

50. 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)

51. 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

52. 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’

53. Some more good things to share:

54. 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

55. Professor Paul Ekins has joined the Ex'tax Advisory Board

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

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