Publications
Climate change
European business views on a competitive energy & climate strategy
Executive summary
BusinessEurope stands behind the EU ambition of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (climate neutrality) to reach the objectives of the Paris Agreement. This ambition needs to be...
Financing research and innovation
EU research and innovation: deal on Horizon Europe is a key step
Today, EU decision-makers have concluded negotiations on the architecture of Horizon Europe, the next flagship EU programme for research and innovation. The programme is key to place Europe on track o...
Energy and environment
Financing research and innovation
EU Member States put EU innovation at risk
EU research and innovation projects are put at risk by Member States. If the Council fails to rapidly agree on the content of the future European research and innovation programme “Horizon Europ...
Investing in innovation
Future EU research funding: the clock is ticking
- High risk, negotiators fail to fix Horizon Europe architecture before EU elections -
Tomorrow’s discussion at the Competitiveness Council should give a clear sense of urgency to agree on the n...
Climate change
UN Climate Summit COP24: Deal on the Rulebook is a step forward
On Saturday evening governments at the UN global climate summit COP24 in Katowice, Poland reached an agreement. After years of negotiations, it is positive to see that the “Paris Rulebook”...
Investing in innovation
Climate change
Climate negotiations COP24: The time for global action is now
On 3 December, global climate negotiations will start in Katowice, Poland (Conference of the Parties 24). COP24 is seen as the most important climate conference since the landmark Paris Agreement was...
Climate change
Financing research and innovation
Horizon Europe: more – not less – to overcome the innovation gap
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy voted on the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for the 2021-2027 period. The so-called Horizon...
Financing research and innovation
Access to finance / financial affairs
Sustainable Finance EU Action Plan: the “Taxonomy” proposal – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
European industry is at the core of the environmental and energy transformation. Access to investments will be of critical importance to make it successful. The European business commu...
Research and innovation
Energy and environment
EU’s single-use plastics waste should be a shared responsibility
Tomorrow’s vote in the European Parliament on single-use plastics waste will be an important decision for European industry. BusinessEurope believes it is essential that the EU takes actions to add...
Financing research and innovation
Social
Joint business response to the Zero Draft legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises (“Zero Draft Treaty”)
and the draft optional protocol to the legally binding instrument ("Draft Optional Protocol") annex - UN Treaty process on business and human rights...
Climate change
IPCC report confirms urgent need for global action
Reacting to the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming BusinessEurope President Pierre Gattaz stated:
“We welcome this report and see it as a key scientific input in view of COP24 in Katowice.&n...