Sugar factories are bio-refineries that convert sugar beets into a range of processed agricultural and industrial products: sugar and other sweeteners produced using sugar, bioethanol, animal feed, biochemicals, and bioplastics, to name but a few. The EU sugar sector processes all available material, meaning almost no waste. In addition, energy consumption [...]
Molasses is a thick, sweet syrup obtained during the transformation of beet or cane into sugar. It constitutes the remaining syrup from the crystallisation stage of the sugar production process, making it an inevitable final material arising from sugar production. In the case of the EU beet sugar sector, the processing of beet into sugar [...]
On 4 November 2016 CEFS and EFFAT agreed to a joint statement on the revision of the Emissions Trading System for the fourth trading period (2021-2030). CEFS and EFFAT urge the European Parliament's ENVI Committee to support the in/out approach of the European Commission over the alternative "tiered" approach. The joint statement can be read [...]
CEFS welcomes the results of today’s vote on the report of rapporteur Federley as the opinion for the revision of the EU ETS Directive.[1] The vote was supported by a significant majority of 45 MEPs which shows full support for the proposal. In particular, CEFS fully supports the ITRE Committee’s adoption of the Commission’s in/out approach [...]
In 2014 CEFS carried out a study to assess the environmental footprint of beet sugar sourced in the European Union. This study helped identify the environmental hotspots of EU beet sugar production from field to factory. The conclusions are particularly relevant in view of the future application of the Environmental Footprint Methodology as developed by [...]
In July 2015, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal on "cost-effective emission reduction and low-carbon investments" (COM (2015) 0337) to reduce by 43% the amount of EU greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2030 for the sectors under EU ETS (reference year: 2005) for the 4th period (2021-2030). In view of the EU ETS revision, [...]
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