The environment is polluted by the activities of a number of different companies.\u00a0 The gases emitted during the transportation and forwarding of goods also contribute to the pollution.<\/p>\n
The \u201cGreen\u201d companies<\/strong><\/p>\n The green companies, including member companies in the Association for forwarders throughout Europe<\/a> take extra precautions to lower the pollution of the environment resulting from their activities.\u00a0 When picking the best routes for their clients, they choose the shortest ones, and also use environmentally friendly packing, and others.\u00a0 This way, the forwarding services have the minimum negative environmental impact possible when performing International freight forwarding<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Environmental protection taxes<\/strong><\/p>\n The environmental protection taxes adopted by the European Union are based on physical units (or proxies of physical units) which have been proven to have a negative impact on the environment.\u00a0 These taxes are collected in the following areas:<\/p>\n The environmental tax which is particularly pertinent for freight forwarders Europe<\/a> is the tax on transportation because it is the basis of their activity and services they offer.<\/p>\n Calculating the proceeds from environmental taxes<\/strong><\/p>\n The different member countries of the EU present their data to Eurostat, and based on this data, the proceeds from collected environmental taxes are being calculated. When the data regarding economic transactions is being presented, it contains not only the investments and the costs, but also the cost of pollution prevention and for combatting any pollution which has occurred.<\/p>\n Lower taxes for \u201cgreen\u201d companies<\/strong><\/p>\n The purpose of the environmental taxes is to stimulate the green attitude towards the world which surrounds us.\u00a0 An example of this attitude is the daily practice of the IFA member companies which comply with the principle for reducing pollution in the area of the international freight services Europe<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n And conversely, higher environmental taxes are applied to companies which do not take proper precautions to reduce the pollution.<\/p>\n The implementation of the environmental taxes in the EU contributes to increasing the attention of the different companies in various spheres towards more environmentally friendly activities and lesser pollution of the air, earth and water.<\/p>\n Components of the environmental taxes<\/strong><\/p>\n The main components of the environmental taxes are for the energy and water used.\u00a0 In some European countries, such as the Netherlands, taxes are added for other components contributing greatly for the constant environmental pollution.<\/p>\n A tax for the utilization of coal – it has been proven that the use of coal as a fuel has a huge impact on environmental pollution.\u00a0 The taxes imposed for the use of coal as an energy source are for stimulating the restriction of the use of this type of energy source.<\/p>\n The tax on energy – with the reduction of the energy use comes the reduction of the pollution caused by the different companies.\u00a0 The search for the optimal routes and storage solutions is one of the main principles of the international freight forwarders members of IFA.<\/p>\n The tax on vehicles – all vehicles, especially the heavy ones, which are commonly used by forwarding companies use fuel.\u00a0 When \u201cgreen\u201d vehicles are used which are fueled with environmentally friendly fuel, the freight forwarding company using them is freed from these environmental taxes.\u00a0 The use of eco-friendly fuel is a basic principle of the forwarders throughout Europe.<\/p>\n The taxes on packaging are for stimulating the use of recyclable, reusable and green packaging.\u00a0 Freight forwarders Europe comply to the principles for using environmentally friendly and reusable packaging<\/p>\n Consolidation of the services in groupage transport<\/strong><\/p>\n\n