On 19 April 2021, the Civil Dialogue Group on SUGAR which meets twice a year discussed the trade dimension of the Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy. In the joint press release CEFS and CIBE highlight how a level playing field, sustainable and fair trade, and enforcement of Free Trade Agreements is key for [...]
Despite improvement, more changes are needed to allow Primary Food Processors to be part of the solution towards carbon/ climate neutrality Primary Food Processors (PFP) – the alliance composed of six trade associations, representing manufacturers of sugar, starch, wheat flour, vegetable proteins, cocoa, and vegetable oil and protein meal products, respectively - reacts to the [...]
CEFS Statistics 2019-20 PUBLIC CEFS collects on an annual basis economic and structural data from its membership to monitor the long-term trends that shape the economic environment of the EU sugar sector. This exercise begins every year with the launch of a survey to collect the respective data and culminates in the publication of this [...]
The European Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan sets important ambitions for reducing consumption by making products more renewable, reusable and recyclable – ambitions that cannot easily be achieved without taking full advantage of Europe's bioeconomy. In this paper, the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), which represents a wide variety of primary producers, processors and technology providers, [...]
Taxonomy: a step in the right direction, but only a step Under the broad umbrella of the Green Deal, we are seeing the preparation of a raft of laws and delegated acts, all giving rise to consultations that have to be responded to. The agendas of EU trade associations today are full to the brim, [...]
CEFS (the European Association of Sugar Manufacturers) organised on 24 February 2021 the webinar “Taxonomy, Reconciling Virtual and Real Economy” under the patronage of MEP Sander, with the contribution of Commissioner McGuinness and interventions of Pekka Pesonen, and Marie-Christine Ribera. Want to know more? Have a look at the recording of the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3vS99MBQ2U
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