Carbon tax

Citizen jury finds strong public backing for greener UK tax and VAT regime

Taxation

Citizen jury finds strong public backing for greener UK tax and VAT regime

Overhaul of the tax and VAT regime to help drive greener behaviours, products and services strongly favoured by poll respondents and citizen's jurors

clock 17 August 2021 • 4 min read
Why carbon dividends are having a moment

Taxation

Why carbon dividends are having a moment

Josh Burke at LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment explores the challenges and benefits of redistributing the proceeds of a carbon tax

clock 04 August 2021 • 7 min read

Carbon Trading

Investors managing $6tr of assets call for global carbon price corridor

Current piecemeal approach to carbon pricing threatens progress towards global climate goals, Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance argues

clock 06 July 2021 • 5 min read

Energy

ExxonMobil lobbyists admit oil major 'aggressively' fought climate science in Greenpeace sting

Undercover investigation from Greenpeace dupes oil and gas executives into detailing firm’s efforts to sabotage tougher US climate legislation

clock 01 July 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Swiss citizens reject carbon tax in world's first 'CO2 referendum'

51.6 per cent of voters strike down federal government’s plans to hike taxes on petrol diesel, heating oil and natural gas

clock 15 June 2021 • 3 min read

Taxation

'Opportunity to reset': How MPs are urging the Treasury to use tax policy to drive green recovery

Environmental Audit Committee Chair Philip Dunne talks to BusinessGreen about the need for 'a tax system fit for net zero Britain' and the right time to judge whether the government has delivered on its green recovery promises

clock 17 February 2021 • 10 min read

Taxation

If the UK is to achieve net nero, a carbon tax is not the silver bullet

Carbon taxes can work well in some parts of the economy, but are not always the right mechanism, writes Energy Systems Catapult chief executive Philip New

clock 10 February 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Reports: Johnson considers carbon border tariff push ahead of G7 Summit

Number 10 reportedly considering making plans for carbon border tariffs a priority for G7 Summit, as sources downplay chances of new meat and dairy tax

clock 05 February 2021 • 3 min read

Taxation

Government mulls carbon tax push, as criticism mounts over 'contemptuous' coal mine decision

Reports suggest Number 10 is considering a radical overhaul of the UK's carbon taxes in a bid to spark global climate action ahead of COP26 Summit

clock 04 February 2021 • 7 min read

Carbon Trading

Political flip-flopping is not unique to carbon pricing: the UK needs stronger environmental protections across the board

clock 04 November 2020 • 5 min read