威力彩玩法

The Federation of German Industries (BDI) has appointed former conservative (CDU) environment minister of Baden-W眉rttemberg, Tanja G枚nner, as its first female chief executive. G枚nner leaves her position as head of Germany鈥檚 international development cooperation association GIZ to lead the influential lobby group. 鈥淭he transformation towards climate neutrality, its challenges in the international context and social acceptance are big tasks that I look forward to work on,鈥� G枚nner said in a聽. BDI president Siegfried Russwurm said the 52-year-old former state minister has the right profile to represent Germany鈥檚 industry and steer the lobby group鈥檚 climate policy, while retaining international competitiveness. G枚nner served successively as environment, social and transport minister in the southern German economic powerhouse state from 2004 to 2011 and as a member of the federal parliament between 2002 and 2004. The BDI represents more than 100,000 companies in Germany with a total of 8 million employees. Her predecessor Joachim Lang聽 decided to retire from the poste after five years at the helm of the BDI.

G枚nner鈥檚 appointment fits into a string of personnel decisions at the top of German industry associations that underline the need for an ecological transformation, manager magazin . Carmaker association VDA has recently appointed former Green Party assistant Andreas Rade as a board member. Former Green Party MP Kerstin Andreae has been head of the influential energy industry group BDEW since 2019.

The BDI, whose member organisations generate about a quarter of Germany鈥檚 GDP, has in recent years increasingly embraced the transformation towards climate neutrality as a business opportunity for German industry but remains wary to keep its companies鈥� energy supply secure and affordable to retain their competitive edge.