Welcome to CEFS
CEFS stands for Comité Européen des Fabricants de Sucre, or in English: the European Association of Sugar Manufacturers. CEFS is an international non-profit organisation and a recognised interlocutor for the EU Institutions since 1953, sharing knowledge and technical expertise on sugar. CEFS’ membership is composed of sugar-producing companies in the EU, Switzerland and the UK.
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@SugarEurope
#CircularEconomy #Water - 100% of the water contained in sugar beets is valorised, for instance by being redistributed to farmers in order to irrigate their fields 💧🧑🌾
.@SugarEuropecontinues to be a partner for further efforts on #sustainability in cultivation and production based on a good dose of realism and workable solutions #FarmtoFork #Biodiversity Strategies - Read our contribution https://cefs.org/blog/eu-sugar-manufacturers-contribution-to-farm-to-fork-and-biodiversity-strategies/ #EU2020DE
Good discussion today of @SugarEurope DG Marie-Christine Ribera with EU Commissioner @jwojc at @Ambrosetti_ The pathway to #sustainability of #FarmToFork needs coherent policies, realistic #targets and proper enablers #organic #sugar
This afternoon, the @EP_Agriculture will have an exchange of views with @VSinkevicius on #EUBiodiversity Strategy. Have a look to our contribution within the @AgriProgress https://www.agriprogress.info/wp-content/uploads/APP-Position-Biodiversity-strategy-2030.pdf #SugarBeet
#Sugar manufacturers welcome and endorse fully the @Europarl_EN report on 🇪🇺🇬🇧 negotiations. Article 33 rightfully supports effective #RulesofOrigin and swap prevention to uphold a level playing field✅
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2020-0152_EN.pdf
.@SugarEurope fully supports the @Trade_EU objective of ensuring a level playing field on the World market🌍A fair EU #trade policy should not undermine the #sustainability accomplishments of our producers through imports of lower social, environmental, and economic standards⛔️
.@EUBioeconomy and @EBCD_bxl webinar on the #bioeconomy and #GreenDeal: @SugarEurope DG Marie-Christine Ribera highlights why the Green Deal is both an opportunity and a challenge. Find EUBA position paper on: https://bioeconomyalliance.eu
.@EBCD_bxl @EUBioeconomy webinar now live! #bioeconomy
.@SugarEurope stands ready to work with @Food_EU @TimmermansEU @SKyriakidesEU @jwojc and continue in its #sustainability journey. #EUFarm2Fork complex issues need sustainable solutions ensuring that no sector and no people are left behind👨🔬👩🌾
📢Thursday info: 1 hectare of #sugarbeets captures around 40 tons of CO2 per year, thereby contributing to the reduction of GHG emissions and the fight against #climatechange in the EU 🌿🧑🌾
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