burnt. This tax has been introduced to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. These taxes can be regressive tax‚ in which they may affect low income groups directly or indirectly. This regressive impact on carbon taxes can be addressed by using the tax revenues to help the low income groups. The government sets a price per ton of carbon in the fuels. Carbon taxes are introduced on the 1st of July 2012 to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. But from economic perspective‚ carbon taxes are having negative
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adverse environmental impacts resulting from the use of small‚ old‚ and decrepit vehicles‚ as well as the destabilization of existing services are persisting defects long-desired to be rehabilitated (World Bank). Consider fuel economy and CO2 emission rates. Widely acknowledged public utility vehicles such as the Toyota Coaster‚ Mitsubishi Coaster‚ and Hyundai County evidently have more efficient fuel consumption and CO2 output than our beloved jeepneys. Respectively‚ the average fuel consumption
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Environmental Taxes in the United Kingdom and Australia Written by‚ Group No: 1031 Sherman Li (610016052) Meenu Annadurai (610032500) Chi Yan Wong (590070663) Ghinna Maharanny (610042745) BEA 2002 15 February 2013 Word Count: 1994 words TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents………………………………………………………………...2 1.0 Introduction ………………………………………………………………… 3 2.0 Landfill Tax …………………………………………………………………4 3.1 United Kingdom……………………………………………………..4 3.2 Australia……………………………………………………………
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In 2010‚ Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard decided to implement carbon tax in order to gain more support in response to the change in climate (http://isen.northwestern.edu/doc/pdf/URG-ISEN_ALloyd.Jun12_ProjectSummary.pdf) and on the 8th of November 2011‚ the ‘Clean Energy Legislative Package’ is then passed by the Senate which sets out the way that Australia will introduce the carbon tax to reduce carbon pollution (http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_AU/au/services/assurance/accountingtechnical/wha
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general welfare. In the establishment of ambient air quality standards‚ factors such as local atmospheric conditions‚ location and land use‚ and available technology‚ shall be considered among others. Section 4. National Emission Standards. There shall be established national emission standards for new and existing stationary and mobile sources of pollution which shall consider among others such factors as type of industry‚ practicable control technology available‚ location and land use‚ and the nature
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Political factor is one of the factors of remote environment. Political factors are legal and regulatory parameters that firms must abide by. Since those factors can affect the whole business environment such as tax rate‚ minimum wage etc. When designing the strategy‚ political factors are the major considerations of managers. Cathay Pacific‚ one of the largest airlines in the world‚ has also been affected by political factors. The first political factors is export control. In the recent years‚
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Basic Introduction “Environment” Ambiguous definition Natural resources E.g. nature‚ bio-diversity‚ climate Not looking at human-made‚ artificial environment Most landscape is seen as human made There is no one single treaty on environment but instead many different laws that address several different issues‚ both domestically and internationally 1970s – Environmental issues pop up Stockholm Conference (1972): First UN conference on environmental issues On the “human environment”
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Doing the right thing | Sustainability Strategy 2007–2015 Doing the right thing. Contents 2 3 4 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 8 1 0 2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8 2 Foreword What sustainability means to Woolworths Limited Our major commitments and targets Who is Woolworths Limited? Our external engagement Engaging our people Our sustainability priorities Climate change Water Sourcing Packaging Waste Green Stores Implementation and reporting All of us‚ every day. Foreword
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Kong and make Hong Kong a healthy city for everybody to enjoy their lives. From the data issued in the Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory Report by the Environmental Protection Department‚ every Hong Kong citizen produces 5.5 tons of CO2 in 2005. Though it is less than the 6.5 tons per capita of the Global Warming Potential Weighted Emission‚ we still can do something to contribute to our environment. We have to identify what the major sources of pollution are‚ so that we can further
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Climate change‚ extreme weather events‚ air pollution and respiratory health in Europe (De Sairo) • Europe; one of the most vulnerable regions for climate scenarios. • Heat wave episodes: synergistic effect of air pollution and high temperatures • Allergen patterns are also changing in response to climate change: air pollution can modify the allergic potential of pollens • Heath consequences: decrease in lung function to allergic disease‚ new onset of diseases‚ exacerbation of chronic
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