Publications
Climate change
EU industry urgently needs instruments like ETS innovation fund to avoid de-industrialisation
(6 December 2022) - EU industry is confronted with a momentous decarbonisation challenge and urgently needs instruments like the ETS innovation fund to implement low-carbon solutions and build bu...
Bilateral relations
U.S. – Discriminatory measures in IRA must be addressed and solved
(2 December 2022) - On Monday 5 December, the third Ministerial meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) and the first Transatlantic Labour Dialogue will take place in Washington, DC....
Digital economy
EU SME strategy
Making Better Regulation work better for SMEs – The SME Test benchmark 2022
Foreword
The last three years have been extremely challenging for Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the economic shockwaves from the war in Ukraine eroding the tentative reco...
EU SME strategy
Make Better Regulation work better for SMEs!
A joint analysis of the SME Test
Prague, 29 November 2022 - BusinessEurope, Eurochambres, and SMEunited have joined forces to analyse the application of the SME Test across the European Commission se...
Labour markets and social policy
European Commission package of EU initiatives addressing the health risks of asbestos – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
The European Commission’s proposal to lower the occupational exposure limit value to asbestos from 0.1 fibres/cm³ to 0.01 f/cm³ as an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) in the Asbe...
Governance
Companies urgently need a game changing EU solution on energy and effective policies to improve competitiveness
25 November 2022 - Today, the Presidents of BusinessEurope’s 40 member federations gathered in Stockholm at the invitation of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. They presented their priorities...
Climate change
COP27 did not deliver on urgently needed convergence of ambition
21 November 2022 - Yesterday, negotiators closed proceedings at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm-El Sheik, Egypt. Reflecting on the decisions today and the process of the last two weeks, Bus...
Africa and the Caribbean
A more effective EU trade policy for Africa – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Over the next years, many European companies will seek to diversify their supply chains and, in some cases, relocate their production closer to the European market to increase their re...
Economy and finance
Action is needed now to avoid further investment leakage due to rising costs
BusinessEurope today published its Autumn 2022 Economic Outlook
7 November 2022 - Our autumn economic forecast shows that the EU economy will grow by 2.8% between 2021 and 2022, but only 0.6% in 202...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Autumn 2022 – Businesses face a difficult winter as sentiment falls and costs rise
After a strong first half year driven by post-Covid service sector reopening, business sentiment has declined rapidly in recent months. Soaring energy bills and continuing supply chain disruptions mea...
Climate change
BusinessEurope pushes for COP to converge on high climate ambition
4 November 2022 - On the occasion of the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the UNFCCC, beginning on the 6 November in Sharm-El Sheik, Egypt, BusinessEurope has published a position paper with...
Climate change
Expectations for COP27 – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
To be a strong actor internationally the EU must maintain European competitive-ness and climate ambition in the context of a severe energy crisis. Making progress at home by finalising...