Economic
Building rural economies
BUILDING RURAL ECONOMIES
Building rural agricultural economies is vital to the long-term success of the UK beet sugar industry. It's important that the beet we process is grown and harvested on average 28 miles from our four advanced manufacturing plants in East Anglia and the East Midlands.
British Sugar's growers meet the requirements of The Red Tractor cereal and sugar beet assurance standards which, combined with UK legislative requirements, have achieved silver level equivalence with Sustainability Agriculture Initiative's Platform's Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) 2.1.
BRITISH SUGAR'S GROWERS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RED TRACTOR CEREAL AND SUGAR BEET ASSURANCE STANDARDS
WORKING WITH THE
NATIONAL FARMERS' UNION
British Sugar is working with the National Farmers' Union (NFU) and directly with over 2,300 growers to support continuous improvement in the UK beet sugar industry. We jointly fund the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO), a non-profit making company, which commissions and communicates research to increase the competitiveness and profitability of the UK beet sugar industry in a sustainable and environmentally acceptable manner.
INCREASE
On sugar beet yields in the past 15 years
A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
Our collaborative approach to improvement is continuing to drive productivity with beet sugar yields improving by more than 25% in the past 10 years and reducing farm inputs for our growers.
ECONOMIC CASE STUDIES
MORE ON PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY
SOCIAL: THRIVING AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL: CONSUMING RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY
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