CSR and responsible taxation: a survey of key stakeholders in Denmark

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Background
Oxfam sees fiscal justice as central to the fight against economic inequality. Progressive taxation and public spending - particularly on essential public services and social protection - have been shown to have a powerful redistributive effect, making them essential tools in the fight against inequality and poverty. For that reason, tax remains a critical focus area for
Oxfam IBIS and we work with partners across the world to stop capital flight globally, close tax havens, establish fair tax at national level, and ensure fair re-distribute to the poorest, etc. As part of this work, Oxfam also engages with the private sector for the purpose of exposing bad practices and building cases for policy change as well as encouraging good practice and continuous improvement.

Over the past few years corporations and investors have increasingly adopted responsible tax as part of their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) responsibility. Voluntary business principles in the form of e.g. the B team principles have appeared along with investor guidelines from Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and proposals for reporting from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

The call for responsible taxation, increased tax transparency and accountability is also happening in Denmark and more and more companies and investors are developing responsible tax policies and publicly engaging on the topic. Oxfam IBIS has been pioneering the agenda in Denmark through the innovative Tax Dialogue project that was launched in 2014. Since its inception, the project has comprised three sets of activities:
  1. Launch in 2014 and organisation and co-organisation of six international multi-stakeholder conferences in 2014-2015. Some of the conferences were organised in collaboration with key partners, such as Christian Aid and Eurodad, and took place in cities like Lima, Entebbe, and London. The conferences were agenda-setting in terms of calling out tax as a key responsibility area and characterised by high-level participation.
  2. Eight workshops organised in Copenhagen, bringing together corporations, investors, key opinion leaders, academia and civil society organisations in a confidential dialogue on responsible tax. The initial purpose of the workshops was to develop a set of principles for responsible tax that participants could sign up to. This idea was, however, abandoned and instead focus was kept on the dialogue in itself and facilitating a safe space for learning and challenging.
  3. Eight meetings to date in Denmark continuing the confidential dialogue. In 2018, the Tax Dialogue project was launched in respectively Kenya and Ghana as well to pilot the concept in a developing country for a two year period.

Danida has been sponsoring the project since its inception, and activity 3 is sponsored under the current Danida Strategic Partnership Agreement as an innovation project and set to end in Q1/Q2 2020.
To further develop the private sector and innovation strategies and activities of Oxfam IBIS, Oxfam IBIS seeks to engage in a study that combines a i) stock-taking of the key actors in Denmark and their position on responsible tax vis-à-vis the broader CSR/ESG agenda with ii) an assessment of some of the key elements of the Tax Dialogue project and the value and strength of the dialogue concept to facilitate change.
The results of the study will be used in the policy work of Oxfam IBIS to further the responsible tax agenda in Denmark and internationally, including the calls for more tax transparency and public country by country reporting and the stop of allowing tax havens.

This can e.g. be done by demonstrating the impact of legislation versus the impact of voluntary measures, or by identifying other key factors in driving change.
It is assumed that Tax Dialogue has been a success in the sense it has 1) is played an important role in pushing Danish companies and investors towards more responsible taxation; 2) made Oxfam IBIS a key stakeholder in the responsible tax agenda in Denmark. Therefore, the study could also potentially be used to promote Oxfam IBIS internally within the Oxfam confederation on the tax and private sector work. Finally, the study will also provide an analysis of the context in which the Tax Dialogue project needs to develop next and possibly take a different format.

Specifically, the study will serve two objectives:

Objective 1: responsible tax in Denmark anno 2019:
The first objective is a stock-taking of the responsible taxation agenda focusing on Denmark and will involve: 1) follow-up survey on a survey on 50 leading companies and investors done by Oxfam IBIS in 2014 as part of the tax dialogue project; 2) deep-dives on a select number of companies and investors (app. 10) through qualitative interviews. More specifically objective 1 will have 3 sub-objectives:
  1. Survey to understand the current position and work on responsible taxation by the 50 leading companies/investors. The follow-up survey will document to what extent the participating companies and investors have progressed on the agenda and uncover why, why not etc.
  2. Deep-dives to gain insight into the internal company/investor processes of addressing tax as a responsibility issue, covering key drivers (internal/external); process for developing a tax policy, implementation; reflections on behavioural change of the company due to the adoption of a tax policy etc.
  3. Based on the survey and deep-dives, get perspectives on the role of legislation versus the role of voluntary initiatives for driving change at company/investor level. The survey and deep-dives may also identify other key drivers that will be relevant to explore, such as brand risk and customer expectations.

Objective 2: The Tax Dialogue project
The second objective concerns a review of the tax dialogue project, i.e. understanding the value and strength of the dialogue concept as an enabler for facilitating change in order to inform future strategies for Oxfam IBIS on its work on responsible taxation and to decide on prioritisation of resources. Below will be distilled from the survey and deep-dives:
  • Understanding how participating companies and investors have used the tax dialogue project in their work on responsible taxation.
  • Identifying companies and investors that can act as leaders and potentially form a core group of ‘tax ambassadors’ in Denmark and internationally.
  • High-level recommendations for future activities for moving the responsible tax agenda forward in Denmark and internationally, including a perspective on whether the tax dialogue project should continue in its current format.

Scope of work
The study will be based on a combination of a quantitative survey involving 50 companies/investors and qualitative deep-dives with app. 10 select companies/investors and will take place in two steps, summarised in table 1 below.
The first activity step consists of the follow-up survey to the 2014 survey https://thetaxdialogue.org/sites/default/files/PDF%20global/the_tax_dialogue_mapping_report2014.pdf. The survey will comprise an on-line questionnaire on responsible tax policies. The questionnaire will provide the same questions as in 2014, but possibly supplemented with a few more questions as relevant. Step 1 will involve an analysis of the 2019 responses compared to the 2014 responses. To the extent possible, the survey will include the same 50 actors. However, some may be left out and/or new included as relevant.

The second activity step consists of qualitative interviews with app. 10 select companies/investors, combined with interviews with 3-5 representatives from civil society organisations / academia. The companies/investors will primarily be selected based on visibility in the responsible tax debate in Denmark and internationally and in the Tax Dialogue project combined with content of responses provided to above survey. Additional criteria may be added if found relevant. Representatives from civil society organisations will be selected bases on similar criteria. Interviews with Oxfam colleagues from other countries where similar tax dialogue project have been carried out may also be conducted. The interviews will seek to uncover issues such as:
  • The process of managing tax as an isolated tax issue to managing tax as an issue with responsibility dimensions.
  • The process of developing a tax policy and strategy, key drivers, key stakeholders, etc.
  • Key components of the tax policy and strategy.
  • Impact of the tax policy on actual change in tax behaviour. Now and expected in the future.
  • Implementation (training, changing processes, reporting etc.) of the tax policy and strategy: perspectives on what has worked and what has not worked in the process.
  • Main risks and challenges and how do they intend to address these?
  • Perspective on the role of legislation versus the role of voluntary initiatives for driving change at company/investor level.
  • Involvement in the Tax Dialogue project and ‘use’ of the dialogue meetings and network; perception of the strengths and weaknesses of the tax dialogue project, and wishes for the Tax Dialogue project going forward.
  • Perspectives on the responsible tax agenda going forward.

On the Tax Dialogue Project:
  • Perspectives on the Tax Dialogue Project.
  • To what extent has the meetings informed internal decision-making?
  • What worked well? What did not work so well? Why?
  • Wishes for Tax Dialogues going forward.

To facilitate the discussions on the Tax Dialogue project, a tax dialogue workshop with representatives from some of the regular participants of the meetings will be organised allowing for sharing perspectives and joint discussions on how/if to move forward with the tax Dialogue meetings and in which shape and format.

Overview of activities and outputs
Below table provides an overview of activities and outputs:
Activity Timeline Methodology Output
Quantitative survey involving app. 50 investors / companies Quantitative survey Summary note providing data overview and comparison with 2014 results
Qualitative interviews with app. 10 investors/companies + 3-5 CSO/academia representatives + possibly 2-4 representatives from Oxfam as relevant Qualitative interviews.
Summary note of key findings
Workshop with select group of companies/investors and civil society organisations. Oxfam IBIS will be responsible for the organisation of the workshop in terms of planning, invitations and logistics. Consultant will be responsible for content with input from Oxfam IBIS. Workshop Sum-up of key findings from the workshop and high level recommendations for the future of the Tax Dialogue project based on the discussions
Short paper summarising the main findings of the quantitative survey and the qualitative interviews as a follow-up to 2014 paper. Specific ToR will be developed for the paper. Writing Paper of app. 15-20 pages for external use

Participants involved in the study
  • 50 companies/investors, covering survey + qualitative interviews with app. 10.
  • 3-5 representatives from academia and CSO’s
  • 2-4 representatives from Oxfam

During the study period, the Consultant will get access to relevant historic material from the Tax Dialogue project, including previous survey and reviews.

Main contractor
Consultant(s) are expected to accept and execute the full assignment. A Consultant can enter into cooperation with other (local) Consultants to bring together necessary expertise. The proposal needs to clearly indicate which Consultant is the main contractor and leads the assignment, and which Consultants co-operate.

Qualifications / Profile / Competences / Skills
In their proposal, Consultant(s) are requested to pay attention to relevant technical skills, qualifications and experience that they deem appropriate for the assessment of their qualifications to conclude the proposed assignment successfully. All the Consultants participating in the assignment are expected to submit a detailed CV and reference materials.

Compensation
Consultant(s) are requested to propose a fixed fee reimbursement including VAT, and indicating cost estimates based on price per hour or day, number of days of work for different activities, and out of pocket expenses.

Proposal
Consultant(s) are requested to elaborate on their understanding of the assignment, general approach, work plan, methods, and reporting. The proposal should include a price including rationale (see above). Consultant(s) are invited to share initial ideas on potential best practices. The proposal (including price) should be max 5 A4, plus relevant CVs (max 2 A4 per person).

Review of proposals
Evaluation Criteria
Proposal
  • Qualification and availability of consultants
  • Overall approach

Costs
  • Fixed fee price incl. VAT
  • Clarity on cost estimates / rationale provided

Presentation/interview
Following the proposals submitted, we might invite selected Consultant(s) to present their approach in a short (Skype) meeting.

Negotiations
Negotiations may be held to work out contract details and other expectations.

Disclaimers
Oxfam IBIS reserves the right to stop the purchase procedure completely or partly, temporarily or permanently until the moment of contract signing. In these situations suppliers are not entitled to reimbursement of any costs or damages incurred in connection with this purchase procedure.
Quotations should be valid for at least three months after the deadline for submission.
Oxfam IBIS cannot be charged in any way for costs related to preparation and submission of a quotation. This can also include interviews and/or providing further information about the quotation.
The risk of any costs and/or damages which may arise by not awarding this contract to a supplier lay solely with the supplier. Oxfam IBIS cannot be held responsible for any such costs or damages.

By submitting a quotation the Consultant/Supplier agrees all the terms and conditions specified in this RFP. The quotation will not contain any reservation(s) to these terms and conditions. A quotation with one or more reservations can be excluded from the procedure.

Submission and deadlines
Organisations or independent consultants/suppliers meeting the above qualifications are invited to submit via the ‘send application’ button and include your motivation letter and CV.
This offer/proposal should be received no later than November 6th 2019 at 23.59.

In case of questions, please contact Christian Hallum at [email protected]

Please note that only applications received using the link provided can be taken into consideration.

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