ISSUE BRIEF: CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY

EUBSSP uncover its new Circular Bioeconomy document ahead of the 2025 revision of the European Bioeconomy Strategy.

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ISSUE BRIEF: SOIL 2024

Farmers take particular care to maintain as well as improve soil fertility and structure.

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ISSUE BRIEF: PLANT PROTECTION 2024

How EU beet growers optimise the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to protect crop and contribute to environmental sustainability.

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ISSUE BRIEF: WATER

Europe’s beet sugar sector has taken numerous steps to improve the water efficiency of its operations, reduce pollution and have a lower impact on local water supplies across Europe. Download

ISSUE BRIEF: SOIL AND BIODIVERSITY

Fertile soil can take thousands of years to develop and only a few seasons to be destroyed. Therefor farmers take particular care to maintain and improve soil fertility and structure. Download

GOOD PRACTICES:
PLANT PROTECTION

An overview illustrating how the European beet sugar sector makes optimum use of all available crop protection techniques. Download

THE GOOD                 PRACTICES

A detailed technical guide to environmental and social stewardship in beet cultivation and in sugar production, illustrated with over 80 different examples from across the EU.  Download

SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW

An outline of the important environmental and social responsibility issues and impacts associated with our sector, and what we are doing about them. Download

OVERVIEW

An introduction to the Partnership, our objectives, and the Good Practices. Download

ISSUE BRIEF: SOIL

Soil is an irreplaceable resource, vital to the production of food, fuel and fibre; and an essential support system for the services provided by nature.  Download

ISSUE BRIEF: WATER

Water is a vital input for all agricultural products, and sugar beet is no exception.  Download   

ISSUE BRIEF: CLIMATE CHANGE

Beet growing and processing are exposed to the positive and negative consequences of climate change which impose the development of different adaptation strategies.  Download  

ISSUE BRIEF: SOCIAL DIALOGUE

Social dialogue consists of an organized and structured dialogue between employers and employees’ representatives on all matters related to the social impacts of the companies’ activities. Download

ISSUE BRIEF: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY - CIRCULAR ECONOMY

The EU beet sugar sector has a long tradition of valorising all products arising from the processing of sugar beet, while keeping the use of inputs to an optimum. Download