“Business leaders must…work openly with regulators, business and civil society to shape fiscal and regulatory policies that create a level…

“One of the biggest tax policy challenges in Europe is that governments tend to rely too much on labour taxes. But…

“Shifting taxes from labour to finite resources could level the playing field for more labour-intensive, but less resource-intensive practices. This…

“For reducing carbon emissions (…), carbon pricing (through taxes or trading systems designed to behave like taxes) should be front and…

“Increased or more effective use of environmentally related taxes can drive growth-oriented reform by shifting the tax burden away from…

“offsetting increased carbon prices with lower labour taxes can potentially decrease labour costs (without affecting salaries), enhance employment and reduce…

“Labour tax cuts can be a tool promoting higher levels of employment. Shifting taxation to other tax bases is one…

“Carbon pricing offers a potential “double dividend” by providing both environmental benefits and the possibility of reducing more distortionary taxes…

‘Taxing polluters generates revenues that can be leveraged to reduce other (distortionary) taxes, for example taxes on labour. These reductions…