B7 Germany Summit

The role of the Business 7 (B7) is to consolidate the interests of the business community of the G7 countries and develop concrete and actionable recommendations. The German B7 Presidency in 2022, under the leadership of the BDI in close collaboration with the BDA and DIHK, focuses on resiliency in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in six areas: Trade and investment policy, Climate and energy policy, Health policy and pandemic preparedness, Digital policy, Infrastructure policy and Labor and education policy. It seeks to inform the G7 on innovative new areas of cooperation moving forward, shaped by business expertise from the B7 business federations.

The #B7GER Summit which took place on June 20, 2022 in Berlin featured public high-ranking panel discussions on major global challenges and the potential for G7 cooperation with business insights. Federal Chancellor Scholz received the Business 7 delegation for talks at the Chancellery.

#B7GER Recap

B7 Germany 2022 – Final Communiqué

The B7 fully supports the effective sanctions of the governments of the G7 to raise the costs on Russia and urges the G7 governments to use dynamic economic policies to drive business investment, create jobs and help business stimulate employment-rich growth after and despite the war. We exhort our leaders to upgrade emerging policies on the green transition and call on the G7 to work towards open markets and ambitious trade agreements to allow for a resilient global economy.

Business 7 Germany: Shaping Globalisation Together

The BDI spearheaded the German B7 presidency in 2022 in close collaboration with the BDA and DIHK. The B7 has the role to consolidate the interests of the business community of the G7 countries and to develop concrete and actionable recommendation.

How to Strengthen the Multilateral System and Shape Resilient Supply Chains?

It is essential that in light of geopolitical conflicts that disrupt and distort global markets and economic growth, the G7 cooperate closely to counteract protectionism and to send a strong signal for resilient supply chains. The G7 should adapt their legal framework to become more resistant within an intensifying systemic competition and streamline export control policies.

Climate Club as the Starting Point to Globally Align Climate Ambitions?

Harmonizing climate ambitions globally and creating a level playing field for the businesses of the G7 countries is essential to advance in global climate actions. To achieve this, international cooperation, not confrontation, is the key. Therefore, the B7 supports the idea of aligning climate ambitions among the G7 countries.

Future of Health Systems – How should they be shaped to better prepare for pandemics?

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the global health system fundamentally upside down. Never before have production capacities, global supply chains and the distribution of medicines been so much at the centre of the political and socially debate as they are today. Both the strengths of the health industry and its weaknesses became apparent during the pandemic. For this reason, the question arises within the framework of the B7: How do we prepare for future crisis?

For Trustworthy and Human-Centric Innovation for All

Digitalization is one of the strongest growth drivers for modern economies, closely integrated into a global digital ecosystem. Currently, a political and value-based discourse is taking place on how and whether the digital economy should be further regulated. To bring this discussion on a future-proofed and value-based ground, the B7 has formulated recommendations for key principles including trustworthy data economy, semiconductors, cyber resilience and the cooperation of technology standards.

Improving the infrastructure and connectivity

It has been commonly known in the past years that the infrastructure investment gap is largest in developing countries. At the same time, ageing infrastructure and lack of digitalization are also becoming more of a problem in developed economies.