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| − | ERT is | + | The [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] (ERT) is a peak business association of around 40 members, who are 'Chairmen and Chief Executives of large multinational companies, representing all sectors of industry, which have their headquarters in Europe and also significant manufacturing and technological presence worldwide.' Membership is by invitation only. Almost all observers agree that the ERT is an immensely powerful body, which is well integrated into the EU machinery and has a key role in framing EU policies and directives.<ref>http://www.ert.be</ref> |
| − | The European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) | + | |
| − | + | The European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) was founded in Paris as a private circle of 17 European industrialists in 1983 to strengthen the competitiveness of the European economy on the world stage through 'improved dialogue between industry and government, at both national and European levels'.<ref>This article is based in part on Baby Milk Action [http://www.babymilkaction.org/spin/ Seeing Through the Spin], [http://www.babymilkaction.org/pdfs/spinpdfs/appendices/Behind_the_scenes.pdf Appendix 15 Behind the Scenes], 2005</ref> It now has 48 members. Its work covers a wide range of subjects, from education to liberalisation of the economies of developing countries. It was a major force behind closing the Uruguay Round and the [[Multilateral Agreement on Investment]] (MAI). The ERT Members meet in Plenary Session twice a year. The Plenary Session determines the ERT work programme, sets priorities, votes budgets and decides on the publication of ERT reports and proposals. The decisions are taken by consensus. | |
| − | strengthen the competitiveness of the European economy on the world stage through | + | |
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| − | to liberalisation of the economies of developing countries. It was a major force behind | ||
| − | closing the Uruguay Round and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). | ||
| − | The ERT Members meet in Plenary Session twice a year. The Plenary Session determines the | ||
| − | ERT work programme, sets priorities, votes budgets and decides on the publication of | ||
| − | reports and proposals. The decisions are taken by consensus. | ||
The ERT Chairman, two vice-Chairmen and five other elected Members form the Steering | The ERT Chairman, two vice-Chairmen and five other elected Members form the Steering | ||
Committee. The Steering Committee reviews ERT activities and makes proposals to the | Committee. The Steering Committee reviews ERT activities and makes proposals to the | ||
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nominate Press Officers who help coordinate ERT communications to national | nominate Press Officers who help coordinate ERT communications to national | ||
governments, EU institutions and the press. | governments, EU institutions and the press. | ||
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Much of the work is done by Working groups established by the Plenary Session. They are | Much of the work is done by Working groups established by the Plenary Session. They are | ||
| − | chaired by ERT Members and staffed by Members, Associates and experts from the | + | chaired by ERT Members and staffed by Members, Associates and experts from the ERT |
companies. Groups cover subjects such as education, employment, environment, | companies. Groups cover subjects such as education, employment, environment, | ||
competitiveness, the internal market, enlargement, taxation... | competitiveness, the internal market, enlargement, taxation... | ||
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The ERT identifies the most important issues, analyses the critical factors and makes its | The ERT identifies the most important issues, analyses the critical factors and makes its | ||
views known to the political decision-makers at national and European level by means of | views known to the political decision-makers at national and European level by means of | ||
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government and parliament, business colleagues and industrial federations, other opinion- | government and parliament, business colleagues and industrial federations, other opinion- | ||
formers and the press. | formers and the press. | ||
| − | The ERT has close contacts with UNICE (Union of Industrial and Employers Confederations | + | |
| + | The ERT has close contacts with [[UNICE]] (Union of Industrial and Employers Confederations | ||
of Europe), the official representative body of the European business and industry world vis- | of Europe), the official representative body of the European business and industry world vis- | ||
| − | + | à-vis the European institutions. This group discusses important non-sectoral trade issues | |
and inter-regional partnerships from the perspective of global European companies and in | and inter-regional partnerships from the perspective of global European companies and in | ||
the context of the global framework for business. ERT also supports the activity of the | the context of the global framework for business. ERT also supports the activity of the | ||
| − | + | [[Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue]] (TABD) and the [[Trans Atlantic Policy Network]] (TPN). | |
In 1997 the ERT published a report, European Industry and the Developing World For a Global | In 1997 the ERT published a report, European Industry and the Developing World For a Global | ||
Framework of Mutual Interest and Trust: | Framework of Mutual Interest and Trust: | ||
| − | ERT calls on governments, international organisations and private investors to intensify | + | |
| + | :ERT calls on governments, international organisations and private investors to intensify | ||
their discussions on setting up a new framework agreement that reflects the reality of | their discussions on setting up a new framework agreement that reflects the reality of | ||
global trading by developing countries. This contribution is based on practical experience | global trading by developing countries. This contribution is based on practical experience | ||
and original research. The common objective is to establish a new and coherent set of | and original research. The common objective is to establish a new and coherent set of | ||
global rules for international and local private investment. | global rules for international and local private investment. | ||
| − | from the ERT website | + | from the ERT website http://www.ert.be/ |
| + | ==People== | ||
| + | ===Chairmen=== | ||
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| + | * 1983 - 1988: [[Pehr G. Gyllenhammar]] ([[Volvo]]) | ||
| + | * 1988 - 1992: [[Wisse Dekker]] ([[Philips]]) | ||
| + | * 1992 - 1996: [[Jérôme Monod]] ([[Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux]]) | ||
| + | * 1996 - 1999: [[Helmut Maucher]] ([[Nestlé]]) | ||
| + | * 1999 - 2001: [[Morris Tabaksblat]] ([[Reed Elsevier]]) ([[Unilever]]) | ||
| + | * 2001 - 2005: [[Gerhard Cromme]] ([[ThyssenKrupp]]) | ||
| + | * 2005 - 2009: [[Jorma Ollila]] ([[Nokia]]) | ||
| + | * 2009 - : [[Leif Johansson (businessman)|Leif Johansson]] ([[Volvo]]) | ||
| − | == | + | ===Members=== |
| − | Chairman | + | *Chairman [[Jorma Ollila]] - Nokia |
| − | + | *Vice-Chairman [[Alain Joly]] - Air Liquide | |
| − | [[Jorma Ollila]] - Nokia | + | *[[Paul Adams]] - British American Tobacco |
| − | + | Cesar Alierta Izuel - Telefónica | |
| − | Vice-Chairman | ||
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| − | [[Alain Joly]] - Air Liquide | ||
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| − | [[Paul Adams]] - British American Tobacco | ||
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Nils S. Andersen - Carlsberg | Nils S. Andersen - Carlsberg | ||
Jean-Louis Beffa - Saint-Gobain | Jean-Louis Beffa - Saint-Gobain | ||
Wulf Bernotat - E.ON | Wulf Bernotat - E.ON | ||
| − | Peter Brabeck-Letmathe - | + | *[[Peter Brabeck-Letmathe]] - [[Nestle]] |
| − | [[Martin Broughton]] - British Airways | + | [[Martin Broughton]] - [[British Airways]] |
| − | Antonio Brufau - Repsol YPF | + | *Antonio Brufau - Repsol YPF |
| − | Antony Burgmans - Unilever | + | *Antony Burgmans - Unilever |
| − | Bertrand Collomb - Lafarge | + | *Bertrand Collomb - [[Lafarge]] |
| − | Gerhard Cromme - ThyssenKrupp | + | *Gerhard Cromme - ThyssenKrupp |
| − | Dimitris Daskalopoulos - Delta Holding | + | *Dimitris Daskalopoulos - Delta Holding |
| − | Belmiro de Azevedo - SONAE, SGPS | + | *Belmiro de Azevedo - SONAE, SGPS |
| − | Thierry Desmarest - TOTAL | + | *Thierry Desmarest - TOTAL |
| − | + | *Bülent EczacibaÅŸi - EczacibaÅŸi Group | |
| − | John Elkann - Fiat | + | *John Elkann - Fiat |
| − | Jukka | + | *Jukka Härmälä - StoraEnso |
| − | Zsolt | + | *Zsolt Hernádi - MOL |
| − | Franz Humer - F. Hoffmann-La Roche | + | *Franz Humer - F. Hoffmann-La Roche |
| − | Daniel Janssen - Solvay | + | *Daniel Janssen - Solvay |
| − | Leif Johansson - Volvo | + | *Leif Johansson - Volvo |
| − | Henning Kagermann - SAP | + | *Henning Kagermann - SAP |
| − | Klaus Kleinfeld - Siemens | + | *Klaus Kleinfeld - Siemens |
| − | Gerard Kleisterlee - Royal Philips Electronics | + | *[[Gerard Kleisterlee]] - Royal Philips Electronics |
Thomas Leysen - Umicore | Thomas Leysen - Umicore | ||
| − | + | Gerard Mestrallet - Suez | |
Bernd Pischetsrieder - Volkswagen | Bernd Pischetsrieder - Volkswagen | ||
Pasquale Pistorio - STMicroelectronics | Pasquale Pistorio - STMicroelectronics | ||
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Paul Skinner - Rio Tinto | Paul Skinner - Rio Tinto | ||
Michael Smurfit - Smurfit Kappa Group | Michael Smurfit - Smurfit Kappa Group | ||
| − | [[Peter Sutherland]] - BP | + | [[Peter Sutherland]] - [[BP]] |
| − | Jean- | + | Jean-François van Boxmeer - Heineken |
| − | Jeroen van der Veer - Royal Dutch Shell | + | *[[Jeroen van der Veer]] - [[Royal Dutch Shell]] |
| − | Ben Verwaayen - BT | + | Ben Verwaayen - [[BT]] |
Jacob Wallenberg - Investor AB | Jacob Wallenberg - Investor AB | ||
| − | Paul Walsh - Diageo | + | *[[Paul Walsh]] - Diageo |
Hans Wijers - Akzo Nobel | Hans Wijers - Akzo Nobel | ||
| − | + | *Secretary General [[Wim Philippa]] | |
| + | == List of current members 2011 == | ||
| − | + | * [[César Alierta Izuel]] - [[Telefónica]] | |
| − | [[ | + | * [[Nils S. Andersen]] - [[A.P Moller-Maersk]] |
| + | * [[Paulo Azevedo]] - [[SONAE]] | ||
| + | * [[Franco Bernabè]] - [[Telecom Italia]] | ||
| + | * [[Carlo Bozotti]] - [[STMicroelectronics]] | ||
| + | * [[Peter Brabeck-Letmathe]] - [[Nestlé]] | ||
| + | * [[Svein Richard Brandtzaeg]] - [[Norsk Hydro]] | ||
| + | * [[David Brennan]] - [[AstraZeneca]] | ||
| + | * [[Antonio Brufau]] - [[Repsol YPF]] | ||
| + | * [[Vittorio Colao]] - [[Vodafone]] | ||
| + | * [[Gerhard Cromme]] - [[ThyssenKrupp]] | ||
| + | * [[Rodolfo De Benedetti]] - [[CIR]] | ||
| + | * [[Pierre-André de Chalendar]] - [[Saint-Gobain]] | ||
| + | * [[Christophe de Margerie]] - [[TOTAL]] | ||
| + | * [[Bülent Eczacibasi]] - [[Eczacibasi Holding]] | ||
| + | * [[John Elkann]] - [[FIAT]] | ||
| + | * [[Carlos Ghosn]] - [[Renault]] | ||
| + | * [[Jürgen Hambrecht]] - [[BASF]] | ||
| + | * [[Antti Herlin]] - [[KONE Corporation]] | ||
| + | * [[Zsolt Hernadi]] - [[MOL]] | ||
| + | * [[Franz Humer]] - [[F.Hoffman-La Roche]] | ||
| + | * [[Pablo Isla]] - [[Inditex]] | ||
| + | * [[Leif Johansson (businessman)|Leif Johansson]] - [[Volvo]] | ||
| + | * [[Bruno Lafont]] - [[Lafarge]] | ||
| + | * [[Thomas Leysen]] - [[Umicore]] | ||
| + | * [[Ian Livingston]] - [[BT]] | ||
| + | * [[Peter Löscher]] - [[Siemens]] | ||
| + | * [[Gary McGann]] - [[Smurfit Kappa Group]] | ||
| + | * [[Gérard Mestrallet]] - [[GDF SUEZ]] | ||
| + | * [[Aloïs Michielsen]] - [[Solvay]] | ||
| + | * [[René Obermann]] - [[Deutsche Telekom]] | ||
| + | * [[Jorma Ollila]] - [[Nokia]] | ||
| + | * [[Dimitri Papalexopoulos]] - [[Titan Cement]] | ||
| + | * [[Paul Polman]] - [[Unilever]] | ||
| + | * [[Benoît Potier]] - [[Air Liquide]] | ||
| + | * [[Norbert Reithofer]] - [[BMW Group]] | ||
| + | * [[Wolfgang J. Ruttenstorfer]] - [[OMV]] | ||
| + | * [[Güler Sabanci]] - [[Sabanci Holding]] | ||
| + | * [[Paolo Scaroni]] - [[Eni]] | ||
| + | * [[Carl-Henric Svanberg]] - [[BP]] | ||
| + | * [[Johannes Teyssen]] - [[E.ON]] | ||
| + | * [[Jean-François van Boxmeer]] - [[Heineken]] | ||
| + | * [[Frans Van Houten]] - [[Royal Philips Electronics]] | ||
| + | * [[Ben Verwaayen]] - [[Alcatel-Lucent]] | ||
| + | * [[Peter R. Voser]] - [[Royal Dutch Shell]] | ||
| + | * [[Jacob Wallenberg]] - [[Investor AB]] | ||
| + | * [[Willie Walsh (Irish businessman)|Willie Walsh]] - [[IAG]] | ||
| + | * [[Hans Wijers]] - [[Akzo Nobel]] | ||
| + | * [[Brian Ager]], Secretary General<ref>Source: ERT.be</ref> | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Balanya et al. ''Europe Inc.:Regional and Global Restructuring and the Rise of Corporate Power'', (London: Pluto Press, 2000) | ||
| + | *Michael Nollert and Nicola Fielder '[http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511559198&cid=CBO9780511559198A018 Lobbying for a Europe of big business: the European Roundtable of Industrialists]' in ''State-building in Europe: The Revitalization of Western European Integration'' Edited by Volker Bornschier Print Publication Year: 2000 Online ISBN: 9780511559198 Hardback ISBN: 9780521781039 Paperback ISBN: 9780521786195 Chapter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511559198.011 p. 187-209. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | |||
| + | <references/> | ||
| + | [[Category:Corporate Lobby Groups]] | ||
| + | [[Category:EU Corporate Lobby Groups]][[Category:Europe]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:19, 8 November 2011
The European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) is a peak business association of around 40 members, who are 'Chairmen and Chief Executives of large multinational companies, representing all sectors of industry, which have their headquarters in Europe and also significant manufacturing and technological presence worldwide.' Membership is by invitation only. Almost all observers agree that the ERT is an immensely powerful body, which is well integrated into the EU machinery and has a key role in framing EU policies and directives.[1]
The European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) was founded in Paris as a private circle of 17 European industrialists in 1983 to strengthen the competitiveness of the European economy on the world stage through 'improved dialogue between industry and government, at both national and European levels'.[2] It now has 48 members. Its work covers a wide range of subjects, from education to liberalisation of the economies of developing countries. It was a major force behind closing the Uruguay Round and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). The ERT Members meet in Plenary Session twice a year. The Plenary Session determines the ERT work programme, sets priorities, votes budgets and decides on the publication of ERT reports and proposals. The decisions are taken by consensus.
The ERT Chairman, two vice-Chairmen and five other elected Members form the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee reviews ERT activities and makes proposals to the Plenary Sessions. Each ERT Member nominates an Associate to act as a main point of liaison at working level and to help implement the decisions taken by Members. ERT Members nominate Press Officers who help coordinate ERT communications to national governments, EU institutions and the press.
Much of the work is done by Working groups established by the Plenary Session. They are chaired by ERT Members and staffed by Members, Associates and experts from the ERT companies. Groups cover subjects such as education, employment, environment, competitiveness, the internal market, enlargement, taxation...
The ERT identifies the most important issues, analyses the critical factors and makes its views known to the political decision-makers at national and European level by means of reports, position papers and face-to-face discussions. At European level, the ERT has contacts with the Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. Every six months the ERT meets with the government that holds the EU presidency to discuss priorities. At national level, each Member has personal contacts with his own national government and parliament, business colleagues and industrial federations, other opinion- formers and the press.
The ERT has close contacts with UNICE (Union of Industrial and Employers Confederations of Europe), the official representative body of the European business and industry world vis- à-vis the European institutions. This group discusses important non-sectoral trade issues and inter-regional partnerships from the perspective of global European companies and in the context of the global framework for business. ERT also supports the activity of the Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and the Trans Atlantic Policy Network (TPN). In 1997 the ERT published a report, European Industry and the Developing World For a Global Framework of Mutual Interest and Trust:
- ERT calls on governments, international organisations and private investors to intensify
their discussions on setting up a new framework agreement that reflects the reality of global trading by developing countries. This contribution is based on practical experience and original research. The common objective is to establish a new and coherent set of global rules for international and local private investment. from the ERT website http://www.ert.be/
People
Chairmen
- 1983 - 1988: Pehr G. Gyllenhammar (Volvo)
- 1988 - 1992: Wisse Dekker (Philips)
- 1992 - 1996: Jérôme Monod (Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux)
- 1996 - 1999: Helmut Maucher (Nestlé)
- 1999 - 2001: Morris Tabaksblat (Reed Elsevier) (Unilever)
- 2001 - 2005: Gerhard Cromme (ThyssenKrupp)
- 2005 - 2009: Jorma Ollila (Nokia)
- 2009 - : Leif Johansson (Volvo)
Members
- Chairman Jorma Ollila - Nokia
- Vice-Chairman Alain Joly - Air Liquide
- Paul Adams - British American Tobacco
Cesar Alierta Izuel - Telefónica Nils S. Andersen - Carlsberg Jean-Louis Beffa - Saint-Gobain Wulf Bernotat - E.ON
Martin Broughton - British Airways
- Antonio Brufau - Repsol YPF
- Antony Burgmans - Unilever
- Bertrand Collomb - Lafarge
- Gerhard Cromme - ThyssenKrupp
- Dimitris Daskalopoulos - Delta Holding
- Belmiro de Azevedo - SONAE, SGPS
- Thierry Desmarest - TOTAL
- Bülent Eczacibaşi - Eczacibaşi Group
- John Elkann - Fiat
- Jukka Härmälä - StoraEnso
- Zsolt Hernádi - MOL
- Franz Humer - F. Hoffmann-La Roche
- Daniel Janssen - Solvay
- Leif Johansson - Volvo
- Henning Kagermann - SAP
- Klaus Kleinfeld - Siemens
- Gerard Kleisterlee - Royal Philips Electronics
Thomas Leysen - Umicore Gerard Mestrallet - Suez Bernd Pischetsrieder - Volkswagen Pasquale Pistorio - STMicroelectronics Manuel Pizarro - Endesa Eivind Reiten - Norsk Hydro Kai-Uwe Ricke - Deutsche Telekom John Rose - Rolls-Royce Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer - OMV Paolo Scaroni - Eni Manfred Schneider - Bayer Louis Schweitzer - Renault Paul Skinner - Rio Tinto Michael Smurfit - Smurfit Kappa Group Peter Sutherland - BP Jean-François van Boxmeer - Heineken
Ben Verwaayen - BT Jacob Wallenberg - Investor AB
- Paul Walsh - Diageo
Hans Wijers - Akzo Nobel
- Secretary General Wim Philippa
List of current members 2011
- César Alierta Izuel - Telefónica
- Nils S. Andersen - A.P Moller-Maersk
- Paulo Azevedo - SONAE
- Franco Bernabè - Telecom Italia
- Carlo Bozotti - STMicroelectronics
- Peter Brabeck-Letmathe - Nestlé
- Svein Richard Brandtzaeg - Norsk Hydro
- David Brennan - AstraZeneca
- Antonio Brufau - Repsol YPF
- Vittorio Colao - Vodafone
- Gerhard Cromme - ThyssenKrupp
- Rodolfo De Benedetti - CIR
- Pierre-André de Chalendar - Saint-Gobain
- Christophe de Margerie - TOTAL
- Bülent Eczacibasi - Eczacibasi Holding
- John Elkann - FIAT
- Carlos Ghosn - Renault
- Jürgen Hambrecht - BASF
- Antti Herlin - KONE Corporation
- Zsolt Hernadi - MOL
- Franz Humer - F.Hoffman-La Roche
- Pablo Isla - Inditex
- Leif Johansson - Volvo
- Bruno Lafont - Lafarge
- Thomas Leysen - Umicore
- Ian Livingston - BT
- Peter Löscher - Siemens
- Gary McGann - Smurfit Kappa Group
- Gérard Mestrallet - GDF SUEZ
- Aloïs Michielsen - Solvay
- René Obermann - Deutsche Telekom
- Jorma Ollila - Nokia
- Dimitri Papalexopoulos - Titan Cement
- Paul Polman - Unilever
- Benoît Potier - Air Liquide
- Norbert Reithofer - BMW Group
- Wolfgang J. Ruttenstorfer - OMV
- Güler Sabanci - Sabanci Holding
- Paolo Scaroni - Eni
- Carl-Henric Svanberg - BP
- Johannes Teyssen - E.ON
- Jean-François van Boxmeer - Heineken
- Frans Van Houten - Royal Philips Electronics
- Ben Verwaayen - Alcatel-Lucent
- Peter R. Voser - Royal Dutch Shell
- Jacob Wallenberg - Investor AB
- Willie Walsh - IAG
- Hans Wijers - Akzo Nobel
- Brian Ager, Secretary General[3]
Further Reading
- Balanya et al. Europe Inc.:Regional and Global Restructuring and the Rise of Corporate Power, (London: Pluto Press, 2000)
- Michael Nollert and Nicola Fielder 'Lobbying for a Europe of big business: the European Roundtable of Industrialists' in State-building in Europe: The Revitalization of Western European Integration Edited by Volker Bornschier Print Publication Year: 2000 Online ISBN: 9780511559198 Hardback ISBN: 9780521781039 Paperback ISBN: 9780521786195 Chapter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511559198.011 p. 187-209.
Notes
- ↑ http://www.ert.be
- ↑ This article is based in part on Baby Milk Action Seeing Through the Spin, Appendix 15 Behind the Scenes, 2005
- ↑ Source: ERT.be
