A unanimous cross-party vote by London Assembly Members puts Greater London in pole position as the UK’s number one regional fair tax champion. Assembly Members of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which oversees an annual budget of nearly £15bn, have come together to ask the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, to back responsible business tax conduct. It makes the GLA the first …
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The Fair Tax Foundation is developing a Fair Tax Mark learning module for “The World’s First Online Course in Corporate Taxation and Sustainability”. Launching in May, and aimed at international enterprises and professionals, the new course is a partnership between Lund University School of Economics and Management and CSR Sweden. It aims to provide participants with a thorough understanding of …
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Lendology CIC has secured its first Fair Tax Mark accreditation, joining the global Fair Tax family of businesses. Based in Somerset, England, Lendology are a not for profit community interest company and social enterprise lender. Working with local authorities across the South West, they help homeowners access council-funded home improvement loans. The low cost loans can be used towards energy …
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The number of Fair Tax Councils continues to grow at a wonderful pace - with 46 municipalities backing fair tax practices across the UK, an increase of 170% since the beginning of 2022. There are now Fair Tax Councils in every nation and region across the UK. City of Doncaster are the 46th Fair Tax Council Growing support in the …
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Mother has been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, becoming the first global advertising agency to secure accreditation to the gold standard of responsible tax conduct. An independent creative company, Mother employs more than 500 people across offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and Shanghai. Mother was founded in 1996, and has since created award-winning creative campaigns for global …
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The next few weeks will see technology giants Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Netflix release their annual financial results. And, as happens every year, investment analysts and journalists will pore over them to separate hard facts from hyperbole. But, as also happens every year, there will likely be an enormous gaping omission: namely, the complete and utter absence of a country-by-country breakdown of the company’s economic impact…
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The Fair Tax Foundation will co-partner CSR Europe, the leading European business network for Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, in the development of a new collaborative platform on tax responsibility and transparency. Five multinational business pioneers have committed to support the project, with more hopefully to follow. These include Fair Tax Mark accredited Ørsted and Vattenfall. Together with Enel, Fortum and …
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Fair Tax Week 2023 will run from 8th – 18th June, incorporating Tax Justice Sunday on 11th June. Fair Tax Week is a UK-wide recognition of the companies and organisations that are proud to promote responsible tax conduct and financial transparency. Through webinars, events and social media activity, Fair Tax Week will celebrate the positive contribution corporation tax makes to society. A …
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Ørsted has been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, becoming the first Danish multinational company to secure accreditation to the global gold standard of responsible tax conduct. Ørsted develops, constructs, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, renewable hydrogen and green fuels facilities, and bioenergy plants. Listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen, Ørsted is a market leader in …
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Right across the UK, local support for fair tax has surged this year. More than 18,000 emails have been sent by residents to local councillors in every UK local authority, asking them to back fair tax practices. The campaign called on councils to pass a motion in support of our Councils for Fair Tax Declaration. Since the start of the year, …
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