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Community Impact and Social Value: Caribbean Businesses as Anchor Institutions for Sustainable Development

April 8, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

From CSR to Genuine Social Value Creation The Caribbean business community has a long and genuine tradition of community engagement. Caribbean businesses — large and small — have historically supported community events, sponsored educational programmes, made charitable donations, and engaged in the social life of the communities where they operate. This tradition reflects something real...

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People, Labour, and Human Rights: Building a Credible Social Pillar for Caribbean Employers

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

People Are the Foundation of Every Caribbean Business The Social pillar of ESG — the S — encompasses the full range of an organisation’s relationships with the people who work for it, supply it, live near it, and are affected by its activities. For Caribbean businesses, the Social pillar is both the most immediately familiar...

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Biodiversity, Water, and Natural Capital: Managing and Disclosing the Caribbean’s Most Critical Environmental Assets

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Caribbean Economy Is Built on Natural Capital Every Caribbean business operates within — and depends upon — a natural system. The hotel on the beachfront depends on a healthy reef to attract guests, attenuate storm surge, and maintain the beach width that makes the property attractive. The agricultural enterprise depends on rainfall patterns,...

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Energy Transition and Net Zero: The Caribbean Pathway to a Low-Carbon, Energy-Independent Future

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Energy Transition Is the Caribbean’s Greatest ESG Opportunity The Caribbean has a relationship with energy that is simultaneously one of its greatest economic vulnerabilities and one of its most compelling strategic opportunities. For decades, Caribbean economies have been among the most fossil fuel-dependent in the world — importing petroleum products at prices that consume...

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Climate Risk and the Caribbean Enterprise: Understanding Physical Risk, Transition Risk, and the TCFD Disclosure Framework

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Caribbean Is at the Frontline of Climate Risk No region on earth carries a heavier climate risk burden relative to its economic size than the Caribbean. The annual hurricane season — which intensifies with each degree of ocean warming — brings existential risk to infrastructure, agriculture, and tourism assets that took decades to build...

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Why ESG Is No Longer Optional: The Caribbean Business Imperative for Environmental, Social, and Governance Leadership

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The ESG Moment Has Arrived in the Caribbean Environmental, Social, and Governance — ESG — has moved from the margins of international business conversation to its centre in a remarkably short period of time. What began as a framework for socially conscious investors in developed markets has become a mainstream business discipline that shapes...

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Tax Strategy and Governance: Building a World-Class Tax Function for Caribbean Businesses

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

From Compliance to Strategy Eleven articles ago, this series opened with a foundational proposition: that tax is not a fixed cost to be simply paid, but a managed variable — shaped by how well the organisation understands its obligations, how proactively it plans its structures and transactions, and how rigorously it maintains the compliance...

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Tax Disputes and Objections: How to Challenge a TAJ Assessment and Navigate the Appeals Process

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

When TAJ and the Taxpayer Disagree Receiving a tax assessment from Tax Administration Jamaica is one of the most consequential financial events a Caribbean business or individual can face. The assessment sets out TAJ’s determination of the tax liability for a particular period — a determination that may include additional tax, interest, and penalties that,...

CRS and FATCA Compliance: What Caribbean Financial Institutions and Account Holders Must Know

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The End of Financial Privacy as a Tax Planning Tool For decades, offshore financial accounts served a dual purpose for many Caribbean and international investors: a store of wealth beyond the reach of domestic tax authorities, and a mechanism for sheltering investment returns from the income tax obligations that would apply if those returns were...

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Financial Services Taxation: Sector-Specific Tax Obligations for Banks, Insurance Companies, Credit Unions, and Securities Dealers

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why Financial Services Taxation Requires Specialist Expertise The taxation of financial institutions in Jamaica and across the Caribbean is more complex, more consequential, and more frequently mismanaged than the taxation of any other sector. The financial services sector encompasses institutions with vastly different tax profiles — commercial banks subject to the higher 33.33% CIT...

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