Business Roundtable’s Roadmap for Growth

Business Roundup Today

CEO priority: Energy efficiency, sustainability

Business Roundtable-member CEOs are leading the way on energy efficiency and sustainability.

A Business Roundtable Plan to Drive Economic Prosperity in America

December 8, 2010

"Roadmap for Growth" in the News
	Video: CEOs Outline Recovery Roadmap
	Business celebrates and eyes changes to reforms
	Top CEOs Offer ‘Roadmap for Growth’
	Seidenberg Turns From Obama Critic to Advocate on Taxes, Trade
	CEOs Press Congress to Cut Spending, Overhaul Tax Code
	CEOs pitch plan to Washington, ask for second look on healthcare and financial regulatory reform
	1-US regulations hurt competitiveness-business group

American businesses create jobs, innovate, manufacture and provide the services that drive our economy. In short, they are the foundation for economic growth. Yet, a host of new laws and regulatory actions are restricting their ability to help our economy recover. This is why Business Roundtable created the Roadmap for Growth, our pro-jobs economic strategy. The Roadmap offers data-driven recommendations in five key areas:

Fiscal Policy and Competitive Taxation: Redesign the corporate tax system to promote investment and strengthen U.S. competitiveness in the international economy, and undertake significant reforms to reduce government spending before the American economy is swallowed by debt.
Market Access: Pass all pending free trade agreements and aggressively pursue more to increase America’s exports.
Education: Invest in programs that focus on performance and encourage innovation – such as Race to the Top – and place a stronger emphasis on math and science education to promote a competitive and well-educated 21st century American workforce.
Government Regulation: Re-evaluate wide-ranging financial, environmental and health care regulations passed under the previous Congress to ensure they promote the greatest possible measure of competition, choice and growth.
Energy and the Environment: Invest in a comprehensive suite of new energy technologies and expand access to traditional sources to simultaneously advance America’s environmental, economic and energy security interests.

Our nation has a historic opportunity to put in place the right policies to create jobs and foster a sustainable recovery. Enacting the policies in our comprehensive Roadmap for Growth will require both bipartisan cooperation and leadership from policymakers in Washington. As business leaders, we will work together with lawmakers as partners in passing these pro-growth policies.

Click here to view a full transcript of the Roadmap for Growth press conference. You can also watch a video of the unveiling of Roadmap for Growth below:

View photos from the unveiling of Roadmap for Growth:

Date	Title	Description
04/24/2012	Permitting Jobs and Business Investment	The CEOs of Business Roundtable believe that it is time to simplify, streamline and accelerate America’s permitting process with the goal of encouraging large-scale capital investments in the U.S. economy while maintaining the nation’s commitments to health, safety and soundness. With this goal in mind, this report identifies key challenges associated with the existing regulatory permitting system and sets forth a series of recommended reforms.
04/18/2012	Business Roundtable Position on U.S. Housing Policy: Principles for Reform	For every new house built in the United States, three new full-time jobs are created.[1] The sooner U.S. housing starts return to the historical average of 1.2 million per year, the sooner we realize the creation of 1.5 million new full-time jobs in construction, manufacturing, and related supply chains.
04/18/2012	Create, Grow, Sustain 2012 Report	Business Roundtable’s 2012 Sustainability Report — Create, Grow, Sustain — now in its fifth year, features narratives from 126 CEOs on how their companies are leading the way with solutions to make the U.S. economy more sustainable while also driving economic growth and job creation. From sustainable supply chain and water management to energy efficiency and the use of cutting-edge technology, sustainable business practices are ingrained into the fabric of each featured company’s business practices.
04/02/2012	Marching Toward Madness	In 1986, the U.S. slashed its corporate tax rates in order to be more competitive. Since then, other countries have followed suit – leaving us behind. Higher tax rates make American companies less competitive, discourage foreign investment in the U.S. and stifle job growth. In addition, many of the rules for taxing the income American businesses earn abroad date back to the 1960s, and are completely out of sync with the way our leading competitors in Europe and Asia tax their companies. Once again, this puts U.S. companies and workers at a competitive disadvantage.
03/28/2012	CEO Economic Outlook Survey Comparison of Results: 2011Q1 - 2012Q1	Business Roundtable's CEO Economic Outlook Survey, conducted quarterly since the fourth quarter of 2002, provides a forward-looking view of the economic outlook of Business Roundtable member CEOs.
1 2 3 > Last »

Date

Title

Description

04/24/2012

Permitting Jobs and Business Investment

The CEOs of Business Roundtable believe that it is time to simplify, streamline and accelerate America’s permitting process with the goal of encouraging large-scale capital investments in the U.S. economy while maintaining the nation’s commitments to health, safety and soundness. With this goal in mind, this report identifies key challenges associated with the existing regulatory permitting system and sets forth a series of recommended reforms.

04/18/2012

Business Roundtable Position on U.S. Housing Policy: Principles for Reform

For every new house built in the United States, three new full-time jobs are created.[1] The sooner U.S. housing starts return to the historical average of 1.2 million per year, the sooner we realize the creation of 1.5 million new full-time jobs in construction, manufacturing, and related supply chains.

04/18/2012

Create, Grow, Sustain 2012 Report

Business Roundtable’s 2012 Sustainability Report — Create, Grow, Sustain — now in its fifth year, features narratives from 126 CEOs on how their companies are leading the way with solutions to make the U.S. economy more sustainable while also driving economic growth and job creation. From sustainable supply chain and water management to energy efficiency and the use of cutting-edge technology, sustainable business practices are ingrained into the fabric of each featured company’s business practices.

04/02/2012

Marching Toward Madness

In 1986, the U.S. slashed its corporate tax rates in order to be more competitive. Since then, other countries have followed suit – leaving us behind. Higher tax rates make American companies less competitive, discourage foreign investment in the U.S. and stifle job growth. In addition, many of the rules for taxing the income American businesses earn abroad date back to the 1960s, and are completely out of sync with the way our leading competitors in Europe and Asia tax their companies. Once again, this puts U.S. companies and workers at a competitive disadvantage.

03/28/2012

CEO Economic Outlook Survey Comparison of Results: 2011Q1 - 2012Q1

Business Roundtable's CEO Economic Outlook Survey, conducted quarterly since the fourth quarter of 2002, provides a forward-looking view of the economic outlook of Business Roundtable member CEOs.

1 2 3 > Last »

Business Roundtable

Business Roundup Today

CEO priority: Energy efficiency, sustainability

Social Network Stream