LCA of EU beet sugar. Part I: Conducting a LCA of sugar production in the European Union

2015 ◽  
pp. 492-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Spoerri ◽  
Thomas Kaegi
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Hotspot Analysis ◽  
Iso 14040 ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
The Eu

With this study, CEFS provides an insider view, on what the significant environmental impacts of beet sugar production in the EU are & the method best suited for allocating specific impacts to the products of sugar beet processing. Data on sugar beet cultivation, transport and processing used were collected from 11 sugar companies and 18 countries (years 2008–2013). The obtained data were found to cover approximately 90% of EU beet sugar production (CEFS Sugar Statistics, 2013). A hotspot analysis was run over 15 environmental impacts via the testing of 4 different LCIA methodologies (ILCD, ReCiPe, Eco-scarcity and Impact 2002+). In order to derive methodological recommendations for the appropriate allocation method, the consultant performed a sensitivity analysis on the 11 products comparing 6 allocation methods and substitution according to in ISO 14040. The hotspot analysis showed that sugar beet cultivation phase had the largest share of total environmental impacts. Energy allocation was chosen as the appropriate methodology as it covered the entire product range of beet sugar production, carbonation lime being the only exception. The study was representative for the factory but it could not capture the variability of the cultivation scenarios in Europe. Moreover LCAs focus only on environmental sustainability and therefore cannot be recommended as trustworthy indicators of overall sustainability.

LCA of EU beet sugar. Part II: Conducting a LCA of sugar production in the European Union

2015 ◽  
pp. 553-566
Author(s):  
Andy Spoerri ◽  
Thomas Kaegi
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Hotspot Analysis ◽  
Iso 14040 ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
The Eu

With this study, CEFS provides an insider view, on what the significant environmental impacts of beet sugar production in the EU are and the method best suited for allocating specific impacts to the products of sugar beet processing. Data on sugar beet cultivation, transport and processing used were collected from 11 sugar companies and 18 countries (years 2008–2013). The obtained data were found to cover approximately 90% of EU beet sugar production (CEFS Sugar Statistics, 2013). A hotspot analysis was run over 15 environmental impacts via the testing of 4 different LCIA methodologies (ILCD, ReCiPe, Eco-scarcity and Impact 2002+). In order to derive methodological recommendations for the appropriate allocation method, the consultant performed a sensitivity analysis on the 11 products comparing 6 allocation methods and substitution according to in ISO 14040. The hotspot analysis showed that sugar beet cultivation phase had the largest share of total environmental impacts. Energy allocation was chosen as the appropriate methodology as it covered the entire product range of beet sugar production, carbonation lime being the only exception. The study was representative for the factory but it could not capture the variability of the cultivation scenarios in Europe. Moreover LCAs focus only on environmental sustainability and therefore cannot be recommended as trustworthy indicators of overall sustainability.

scholarly journals New tools and opportunities in growth and climate friendly greening for small and medium enterprises in the European Union

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Xénia Szanyi-Gyenes ◽  
György Mudri ◽  
Mária Bakosné Böröcz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Eu

The role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is unquestionable in the European economies, while financial opportunities are still inadequate for them. The more than 20 million SMEs play a significant role in European economic growth, innovation and job creation. According to the latest EC Annual Report , SMEs are accounting for 99% of all non-financial enterprises, employing 88.8 million people and generating almost EUR 3.7 tn in added value for our economy. Despite the fact that there is plenty of EU funding available for these SMEs, for certain reasons these funds hardly reach them. But we have to see that the EU supports SMEs by various way, e.g. by grants, regulatory changes, financial instrument, direct funds. On the other hand, SMEs and decision makers realised that the environmental sustainability has to be attached to the economic growth, therefore more and more tools are available for these enterprises. Over the last few years, public institutions, the market, the financial community and non-governmental associations have explicitly demanded that firms improve their environmental performance. One of the greatest opportunities might lay in the Climate- and Energy Strategy till 2030 as 20% of the EU budget is allocated to climate-related actions, however the easy access to finance is still a key question. Does the EU recognise the actual difficulties? Is there a systemic reason behind the absorption problems? Is the EU creating a more businessfriendly environment for SMEs, facilitating access to finance, stimulates the green and sustainable growth and improving access to new markets? The paper analyses the current European situation of the SMEs and the effectiveness of some new tools, which are specially targeting SMEs. JEL classification: Q18

scholarly journals Integrated Processing of Secondary Raw Materials as the Main Direction of Ecologization of Beet Sugar Production In The Republic of Kazakhstan

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 03002
Author(s):  
Gulzira Zhaxygulova ◽  
Maiya Myrzabekova ◽  
Guzel Sadykova
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Secondary Resources ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
The Republic ◽  
By Products

Beet sugar production is one of the material-intensive industries, where the volume of raw and auxiliary materials used in production is several times higher than the output of finished products. It is also a source of multi-tonnage secondary resources, i.e. by-products and production waste, the main ones beingAbeet pulp, molasses and filtration sludge. Against the background of the implementation of the Sectoral Program of Beet Sugar Production Development in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2018-2027, there is a need to create a concept of ecologization of production, which will provide for the development of fundamentally new technologies to ensure minimum waste, combining environmentally friendly methods with cost-effective production of sugar beet and by-products. The bet should be made on low-cost technologies that will minimize production costs and environmental impact. In this article possible variants of sugar beet processing technologies with complex deep processing of waste are offered. The comparison of traditional technology and various variants of progressive technologies of sugar beet processing and production of new products from secondary resources was carried out, which allowed to determine revenue from complex processing of 1 ton of sugar beet.

SUGAR AND SUGAR BEET PRODUCTION IN TURKEY AND POLAND IN THE YEARS 1995-2014

2017 ◽  
Vol XIX (2) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Artyszak ◽  
Beata Michalska-Klimaczak ◽  
Emre Olcer
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
New Production ◽  
Member States ◽  
Production Technologies ◽  
Production Concentration ◽  
Spring Sowing ◽  
The Eu

The work summarizes changes, which involved the sugar and sugar beet production in Turkey and in Poland, in the years 1995-2014. Sugar beet area in Turkey has decreased by 7% and in Poland by 48%. Harvest has increased by 51% in Turkey and has remained unchanged in Poland. Sugar beet yield has increased: in Turkey by 63% and in Poland by 97%. 71% farmers have stopped cropping sugar beet, while in Poland this share has been 87%. Mean plantation size has increased in Turkey by over a factor of 2 (compared to 1997), while in Poland it has been by a factor of almost 4. Sugar production in Turkey has dropped by 13% (compared to 1997) and in Poland it has grown by 29%. Three new sugar plants started operation in Turkey in the years 1995-2014. In Poland 58 facilities shut down. Turkey’s securing position of major sugar producer is to be expected, under the conditions of increased pace of production concentration and implementing new production technologies. Withdrawal of sugar production quotas in the EU resulted in increased sugar beet spring sowing in several member states, including Poland. Further developments in 2018 and in the following years shall depend on the profitability of sugar beet crops and of sugar production. Significant influence is also to be expected from the isoglucose competition, production of which is to enjoy quotas withdrawal, as well.

The Product Carbon Footprint of EU beet sugar (Part II)

2012 ◽  
pp. 213-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Klenk ◽  
Birgit Landquist ◽  
Oscar Ruiz de Imaña
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Mineral Fertilizer ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
Laughing Gas ◽  
The Eu

With regard to farming operations, all N-fertilizer was assumed to be in the form of mineral fertilizer, as there is no publicly available figure known for the average use of organic fertilizer (e.g. manure) in sugar beet cultivation in Europe. All the basic inputs to sugar beet cultivation were included, that is, seed, fertilisers, pesticides and diesel consumption for field work. Nitrous oxide, soil emissions (N2O, commonly known as laughing gas) from farming were included according to Biograce (i.e. 2.7% of applied N is emitted as N2O). Transport of sugar beet and adherent soil was also accounted for, and it was assumed that all transports are by 40-t truck. The emissions related to the return of empty trucks delivering beet to the factories were also accounted for in the Biograce data. GHG emissions linked to LUC (land use change, direct or indirect) were estimated to be negligible because all land used to grow beet, at least in the EU, is already arable land. With regard to factories, very small inputs were excluded. Specifically, most process chemicals used in sugar production such as NaOH or HCl for pH correction or antifoaming agents were assumed not to be significant for the overall result because they were used only in small quantities. However, as limestone is a processing aid used in larger amounts (approx. 2% per tonne of beet processed), it therefore was included.7 For surplus steam, which some factories co-produce, substitutes were difficult to establish, because they depend on the local situation. Since the resulting GHG credit for surplus steam was expected to be small as an EU average, no GHG credit for surplus steam was calculated. Potential emissions from water treatment systems were, on the other hand, not taken into account because there is insufficient data available about the different types of water treatment systems in operation in EU beet sugar factories. The emission factors of the process inputs used in the calculations are listed in Table 9.

The Product Carbon Footprint of EU beet sugar (Part I)

2012 ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Klenk ◽  
Birgit Landquist ◽  
Oscar Ruiz de Imana
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Cane Sugar ◽  
Average Case ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Land Use Efficiency ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
The Eu

The calculations made to obtain the PCF of EU white sugar from sugar beet have revealed that the results are extremely sensitive to methodological choices and this article provides some recommendations in that regard. A comparison of EU beet sugar with two examples of raw cane sugar imported and refined in the EU, showed that the PCF range for EU refined cane sugar is on average similar, if not higher (642–760 kg CO2eq/t sugar) than the total methodological PCF range for the EU beet sugar average case (242–771 kg CO2eq/t sugar). A review of the published literature revealed, on the one hand, that land use change emissions for cane sugar can be very significant but are rarely taken into account, and on the other hand, that overseas transport and refining adds a significant amount of emissions to the PCF of raw cane sugar imported into the EU. An overall land use efficiency comparison between cane and beet production systems also concluded that significantly more land (51%) is required by cane systems to produce an equivalent set of products (sugar and co-products) with an equivalent amount of GHG emissions. Finally, the limitations of PCFs as a tool to evaluate the overall environmental sustainability of EU beet sugar were also analysed

scholarly journals Implementation of European School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme in Spain (2009-2017)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panmela Soares ◽  
Iris Comino ◽  
María Asunción Martínez-Milán ◽  
M. Carmen Davó-Blanes ◽  
Cesare Altavilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Market ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
School Population ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Eu

The School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme (SFVS) implemented by the European Union during 2009/10 aims to improve the diet of school children and to support agricultural markets and environmental sustainability. The objective of this study was to characterize the SFVS implementation in Spain (2009-2017). A descriptive, longitudinal, observational and retrospective study was carried out based on document analysis of annual strategies of the SFVS. We studied the average budget for the EU, the number of students enrolled, the cost of the SFVS by student and by day, the duration of the SFVS, the quantity of fruits and vegetables (FV) per student, the variety of FV, the inclusion of local, seasonal and organic foods, and the education activities (EA). The results were studied by autonomous community (AC). The budget increased from 7.4 million euros in 2009/10 to 14.4 in 2016/17. Since 2014/15, the increase came from EU funds, the number of students increased from 18% in 2009 to 20% in 2016. The quantity of FV went from 2,579 to 4,000 tons, duration increased from 9.8 to 19.6 days and the variety of fruits and vegetables increased from 20 to 21 and from 5 to 6 respectively. In AC there were important variations in EA, in the number of enrolled students (7.4% to 45.6%), in the cost per student (2.3€ to 28€) and in the duration in days (5.6 to 70 days). The inclusion of local, seasonal and organic foods was identified in 5 of the 8 years studied. The development and reach of the SFVS in Spain is still insufficient to influence dietary patterns and health in the school population. However, the SFVS has generated an economic market for agricultural production.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF CURRENT CONDITION AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUGAR MARKET IN UKRAINE AND IN THE WORLD

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-19
Author(s):  
Hrigoriy KALETNIK ◽  
Natalia PRYSHLIAK
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
Current State ◽  
Beet Sugar ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Sugar Market ◽  
Crop Area ◽  
Sugar Beet Crop

The current state and development prospects of the sugar market in Ukraine and the world are analyzed in the article. The share of countries in the world sugar production is determined. The dynamics of production and consumption of sugar in Ukraine and the world are analyzed. The structure of the export and import of sugar in the world is investigated. The dynamics of sugar production in Ukraine are studied. Structural analysis of sugar production in Ukraine is implemented. The number of sugar factories operating in Ukraine and their daily capacities is determined. The dynamics of import and export of sugar from sugar cane and sugar beet in Ukraine is demonstrated. A comparison of volumes of sugar beet crop area and sugar prices in Ukraine is conducted. The dynamics of minimum and maximum intervention prices for beet sugar in Ukraine is analyzed. The comparison of demand and supply balance in the sugar market in Ukraine is carried out. SWOT-analysis of the sugar market in Ukraine is conducted. Measures to stabilize the sugar and beet sugar market in Ukraine are proposed.

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