EY Sustainability Taxes and Incentives Radar (STIR)

Core Features

EY STIR is built around continuous monitoring of sustainability-related tax policies and incentive programs worldwide. The platform helps organizations understand how policy developments may affect compliance requirements, investment decisions, and long-term business planning. Some of its main features are:

• Global Sustainability Policy Database – Provides information on carbon regimes, environmental taxes, sustainability incentives, tax reliefs, and exemptions across jurisdictions.

• Legislative Monitoring – Tracks proposed legislation and regulatory developments through regularly updated policy intelligence.

• Personalized Filtering and Search – Allows users to narrow information by jurisdiction, date, topic, and keywords to focus on the most relevant developments.

• Compliance and Risk Identification – Helps organizations identify emerging obligations, manage compliance risks, and anticipate potential regulatory impacts.

• Incentives Discovery – Supports the identification of grants, tax reliefs, exemptions, and other measures that may reduce the cost of sustainability-related investments.

• Collaborative Agenda Management – Enables users to save, monitor, and revisit selected developments through a shared rolling agenda.

Closing Insights

EY Sustainability Taxes and Incentives Radar (STIR) reflects the growing importance of fiscal policy in sustainability strategies. As governments increasingly rely on carbon pricing mechanisms, environmental taxes, green subsidies, and investment incentives to achieve climate and sustainability objectives, organizations face the challenge of monitoring a fragmented and constantly changing policy environment. STIR was developed to provide a centralized source of intelligence on these developments, drawing on input from EY sustainability tax professionals operating in local markets around the world.

STIR is primarily concerned with the policy and fiscal frameworks that shape sustainability investments and compliance obligations. The platform is designed to help users understand not only current requirements but also proposed legislative changes that may influence future business decisions. This forward-looking focus can be particularly relevant for organizations evaluating capital investments, supply chain changes, energy transition projects, or long-term decarbonization strategies.

STIR also complements EY's broader sustainability technology portfolio. While platforms such as EY ESG Compass focus on sustainability data management and reporting, and EY Climate Analytics Platform (EY CAP) addresses climate-risk assessment, STIR concentrates on the tax, incentive, and regulatory policy dimensions of sustainability. For organizations operating across multiple jurisdictions, this combination of technology and EY's global tax and sustainability advisory expertise may help connect regulatory intelligence with strategic planning and compliance activities.