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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: CLIMATE CHANGE
As for all agricultural crops, climate change will affect sugar beet growing in the long term. 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