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Suedzucker AG

Our goal as a European corporation is to work in concert with our partners on responsibly shaping the future, based on a vision of continued sustainable, profitable growth and steadily rising shareholder value.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2025 · Ethanol

Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Principal Adviser Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

26 Sept 2025 · Visit of the Biowanze biofuel factory + discussion on the place of biofuels in the transition towards a circular economy

Response to Technical updates of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) State aid guidelines

26 Aug 2025

We welcome the opportunity to contribute our perspective to the ongoing technical updates of the State aid guidelines under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Since 1990, CO emissions from beet sugar production have been reduced by 59% as of 2021 across the sector. We are on a clear path toward meeting the ETS target of a 62% reduction by 2030. At the same time, we fully recognise the need for continued progress in order to reach climate neutrality by 2050. Sugar production requires substantial energy inputs: large volumes of heat are needed to evaporate water from sugar beets, and electricity is essential to power a wide range of industrial processes. These needs are largely met by highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) systems. While heat continues to represent the dominant energy demand, the balance is gradually shifting. We are increasingly electrifying production steps and implementing measures to reduce thermal losses. As a result, electricity is playing a growing role in our energy mix and its cost is becoming a more significant factor, especially where CHP systems cannot fully cover a sites electricity requirements. In many Member States, however, the cost differential between electricity and natural gas remains too high to make large-scale electrification of heat economically feasible. Closing this gap requires the use of all available instruments, including State aid for the compensation of indirect costs. Although sugar manufacturing is listed as a carbon leakageexposed sector, it is currently not eligible for indirect cost compensation under the ETS. This misalignment needs to be addressed to accurately reflect the evolution of our industry and its decarbonisation trajectory. We therefore strongly call for the inclusion of sugar manufacturing (NACE code 1081) in Annex I of the ETS State aid guidelines (Sectors deemed to be exposed to a genuine risk of carbon leakage due to indirect emission costs).
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Meeting with Wolfgang Burtscher (Director-General Agriculture and Rural Development)

11 Oct 2023 · Challenges of the European sugar sector in the contest of Green Deal and International Agreements

Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

28 Jun 2023 · Geo-political importance of food, contribution of agriculture/food to success of the European Green Deal and the EU’s global competitiveness

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

18 Feb 2021 · Pact for Skills roundtable with the representatives of agri-food sector

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

18 Feb 2021 · Pact for Skills roundtable with the representatives of agri-food sector.

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

12 Oct 2016 · Business discussion