Accelerate value creation by integrating sustainability factors into tax

Tax and sustainability

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In an evolving regulatory landscape, companies need to confidently navigate tax implications to both protect and create value. Forward-thinking industry leaders are factoring sustainability into tax to shape decisions and unlock value.

Powered by technology, our holistic approach helps you understand how tax influences critical business functions, like finance, global supply chains, and workforce transformation. We enable you to drive growth, resilience, and long-term success.

Managing a just tax transition

The world of work is changing. Whether influenced by new "hybrid" models, AI advancements, or climate adaptation. These changes introduce complex tax implications. Within this changing world more and more organisations are considering how they align to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) going beyond fulfilling minimum workforce requirements to areas such as living wage and consideration of the role of tax plays in informing the decisions organisations in managing a just transition.

By addressing these tax challenges proactively, businesses can navigate the changing landscape of work effectively, ensuring their tax strategies are robust, compliant, and socially responsible. We work with clients as they respond to these changes, and how it impacts their organisation.

Navigating an evolving tax and sustainability landscape

We guide you through the tax impacts of sustainability to deliver strong outcomes when regulation requires new approaches or climate risk demands transformation of your operations, assets or supply chain.

Navigating an evolving regulatory landscape

In today’s evolving regulatory environment, it’s crucial to understand how sustainability regulations impact your entire value chain. Regulations—such as those on plastic packaging and deforestation—mean businesses need to track and report the full lifecycle of their products, from design and manufacturing to end-of-life disposal. These sustainability regulations are reshaping tax reporting requirements.

Companies must collect and analyse reliable data to deliver transparent, compliant disclosures.

We are leaders in guiding organisations through this transformation, helping you meet global tax reporting standards with connected compliance that integrates into your business strategies.

Building stakeholder trust through clear tax narratives

As the global focus on tax transparency intensifies, businesses face heightened challenges managing complex data with robust governance frameworks. These challenges are driven by requirements for transparency and accountability, such as Pillar 2 and Public Country-by-Country Reporting (pCbCR).

We work with you to craft clear, stakeholder-focused tax narratives anchored in your organisational objectives and supported by rigorous governance. This approach fosters trust while meeting increasing expectations from investors and stakeholders so tax can be driver of value creation for your business.

Unlocking growth opportunities

As climate risks continue to impact businesses, businesses need to transform. To stay competitive and create value, you must rethink how you source products, where you locate operations, and about the implications of every link in your value chain.

Tax frameworks are crucial in developing carbon markets, such as CBAM, and incentivising sustainable practices through tax credits and government incentives. They help you cut costs of clean technology while boosting profitability. By actively integrating tax strategy into your transformation plans and broader roadmap, we can help you reduce risks while unlocking new value. We provide forward-looking insights that identify environmental tax activities with your broader roadmap—identifying environmental tax triggers and maximise incentives to reduce your environmental footprint and strengthen your competitive edge.

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Renate de Lange

Renate de Lange

Sustainability Leader, Global Tax & Legal Services, PwC Netherlands

Will Morris

Will Morris

Global Tax Policy Leader, PwC United States

Tel: +1 202 213 2372

Bobby Marandi

Bobby Marandi

Sustainability Tax Leader, PwC United States

Irene Tai

Irene Tai

Partner, Corporate Tax, PwC Singapore

Tel: +65 9756 8439

Frank Debets

Frank Debets

Managing Partner, Customs and International Trade at PwC Worldtrade Management Services, PwC Singapore

Tel: +65 9750 7745

Emuesiri Agbeyi

Emuesiri Agbeyi

Africa Family Business Leader, PwC Nigeria

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