Sometimes a committment to sustainability at the heart of your business pays off - big time. The headlines of the Financial Times in Europe this past weekend read "France an UK push for green tax cuts". Seems that the new leaders in charge of France (Sarkozy) and the UK (Brown) have wasted no time putting the environment first and foremost.
Their main plan is to implement lower Value Added Tax (VAT) on emergy saving goods and services.
Sarkozy was quoted "It is unfair that a polluting car costs less than a car that does not pollute."
The business case cannot get any clearer. Now let's see how long it takes, and how many hoops have to be jumped through for this scheme to actually be implemented!
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Dear Sir,
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