Being a committed player
at the heart of our regions
With our production sites located in the heart of Normandy and Picardy, we are committed to bringing life to our regions, transforming them while preserving them. We are committed to participating in their socio-economic development, working hand in hand with local stakeholders. It is our responsibility to prevent and improve the impact of our activities on the areas in which we produce, work and live.
ISSUE NO. 3
Preventing and improving the impact of our activities in our regions
Objectives:
> Reduce our abstraction of borehole water by 50% between 2022 (based on the average of 2018/2022) and 2027.
> Take into account and respond to 100% of requests from local residents and communities during the campaign.
700,000* m3 of water are not withdrawn from the natural environment each year. * Quantity of water made available to farmers at our Roye plant for irrigation, deducted from borehole withdrawals by Saint Louis Sucre.
Nothing goes to waste in sugar beet!
We reuse, recycle or recover 100% of the components of sugar beet.
Listening to local residents
We prepare each campaign jointly with the 600 town councils and town halls in the municipalities crossed by the beet shipments, and implement preventive measures such as road sweeping during the campaign and road safety training for drivers.
“We are proud of the commitment of our teams, which has enabled us to put in place a robust environmental management system. We are fully mobilised for our next challenge: to continually improve this tool, which will enable us to reduce our environmental footprint in the long term.”
Romain Barella,
Environment Manager Saint Louis Sucre
ISSUE NO. 4
Working with local players to strengthen the socio-economic development of our regions
By supporting local economic development, creating jobs and fostering partnerships with local players, we are making a collective and committed contribution to local life.
For every Saint Louis Sucre employee, 10 direct and indirect jobs are created in Picardy and Normandy.
(Source: study WifOR Wirtschaftsforschung for Südzucker, 2015).
Plants open on their territory
Every year, we invite our partner temporary employment agencies to visit our sites. We are also offering local young people, employees and their families the chance to go behind the scenes of sugar production.
