The president of the Family Business Institute (IEF), Marc Puig, has demanded that the Government “allow the creation of quality employment“and” that conditions should not be worse than those of the neighboring countries with which we compete. “In the opening speech of the 24th National Congress of Family Business in Pamplona, chaired by the king Philip VI, who has defended “the great importance” of the public-private partnership especially with the European funds ‘Next Generation’, after a prolonged ovation from the attending businessmen.
The Minister of Industry, Reyes Maroto, which has participated in the opening of the congress, has recognized “the important commitment of family businesses with future generations“and the support of these companies in fight against the pandemic, thanked. Maroto has shelled the measures of the Government to alleviate the effects of the crisis and that thanks to this “today we are moving towards a solid economic recovery“It must be fair. And it has also defended public-private collaboration and a pact for industry and the elaboration of industrial policy 2030.
For his part, Puig, before an audience of about 500 registered businessmen and executives, stressed that the time horizon of this type of company is the next generation and the link with the places where they were founded. “We must generate profits but we must also take into account the impact on all stakeholders “, has sentenced and has given as an example the fight of this type of companies against the coronavirus crisis.
Puig has defended to be at the forefront in the fight against climate crisis, the gender equality and diversity and inclusive capitalism. The president of the IEF recalled that the theme of the congress is ‘We work for a better society’. In fact, the conference, which lasts until Tuesday, had as its starting signal on Sunday the signing of an institutional declaration of the Family Business Institute (IEF) and the 18 territorial associations linked to it in favor of the business, social and environmental sustainability.
The king has recognized that family businesses have internalized that in addition to having benefits, their actions “transcend in a positive transformation of society.” Like the Minister of Industry, Felipe VI has reiterated his gratitude to family businesses for the effort made during the pandemic and has highlighted their role as generators of projects and their “personal and emotional component that, on many occasions, facilitates the work of social transformation “.
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In his speech he stressed that “where there are committed family businesses, there is a future” and has valued the commitment of these companies to sustainability, “the cornerstone on which to build a better society.”
In this Monday’s session, in which the president of Navarra, María Chivite, has also participated, the intervention of the leader of the PP is scheduled, Pablo Casado. Family businesses account for around 60% of gross domestic product (GDP) and 70% of employment.
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