Taxing meat can protect the environment

Taxing meat could be an important lever for aligning Western diets with environmental goals and can be designed such that low-income households and farmers are compensated.

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Is Meat Too Cheap? Towards Optimal Meat Taxation

Livestock is known to play a significant role in climate change and to negatively impact global nitrogen cycles and biodiversity. However, economically efficient policies for regulating meat production and consumption are under-researched. In the absence of first-best policy instruments for the livestock sector, second-best consumption taxes on meat can address multiple environmental externalities simultaneously, while improving diet-related public health.

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The wallet can be used to control the operation

Swiss farmers benefit from tax reductions when buying pesticides. Denmark does the opposite - and succeeds.

Übers Portemonnaie lässt sich der Einsatz steuern

Schweizer Bauern profitieren beim Pestizid-Kauf von Steuerreduktionen. Dänemark macht das Gegenteil – und hat Erfolg.

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Larry Goodman group uses obscure Dutch company to cut tax bill

Beef empire’s ‘aggressive tax avoidance’ is revealed in filings seen by The Irish Times

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Revealed: world’s biggest meat firm appears to have avoided millions in UK tax

Exclusive: major supplier to brands including KFC and Nando’s used offshore companies allowing them to reduce UK tax payments, investigation suggests

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