European Association
of Sugar Manufacturers

European Association
of Sugar Manufacturers

13 10, 2016

CEFS welcomes the European Parliament's ITRE Committee vote on ETS

By |2018-02-27T09:38:17+00:00October 13th, 2016|

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 [...]

19 04, 2016

CEFS an official partner of the EU-OSHA Campaign 2016–17: Healthy Workplaces for All Ages

By |2018-02-27T09:26:06+00:00April 19th, 2016|

On 15 April 2016 the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) launched its campaign for 2016-17: Healthy Workplaces for All Ages. CEFS is an official campaign partner. The campaign succeeds the 2015-16 campaign ("Healthy Workplaces : Managing Stress"), of which CEFS was also an official campaign partner. Objectives of the campaign "Healthy [...]

14 04, 2016

Bioeconomy 2.0 will help lead the EU's renewable revolution

By |2018-02-27T09:35:39+00:00April 14th, 2016|

BIOECONOMY 2.0 WILL HELP LEAD THE EU'S RENEWABLE REVOLUTION - WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT On the occasion of ‘BioEconomyUtrecht2016’, the fourth Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference, the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) calls on the EU to lead a worldwide transition towards a renewable, low-carbon economy. Europe has all of the means necessary to become  a global leader in [...]

2 03, 2016

Social partners in the EU beet sugar sector highlight the importance of a fair and truly competitive world market

By |2018-02-27T11:23:39+00:00March 2nd, 2016|

At yesterday’s annual meeting between trade unions and employers in the EU sugar sector, hosted by the European Commission in the framework of its social dialogue policy, the social partners expressed deep worries about risks and economic uncertainties ahead of the end of the quota system in 2017 and the absence of fair competition and [...]

20 03, 2015

European sugar social partners call on the European Commission to take action to alleviate the current sugar market crisis

By |2018-02-27T11:07:20+00:00March 20th, 2015|

At their recent social dialogue plenary meeting, the social partners CEFS and EFFAT, representing respectively employers and workers of the European sugar sector, expressed their concerns about the difficult economic situation that the sector is facing, with many social risks and economic uncertainties ahead of the end of the quota system in 2017. The social [...]

1 05, 2014

The Inconvenient Truth about Sugar Consumption (it’s not what you think)

By |2018-02-27T11:14:41+00:00May 1st, 2014|

Czarnikow, the worldwide market analyst for sugar since 1870 takes a look outside its usual focus on market analysis and trading to look at recent criticisms regarding sugar and obesity. Published on 1 May 2014, the article shown below, can also be found at Czarnikow's website. Statistically this means there is an [...]