Objectives 2006 - 2007

Principal axis

To become a reference in the economic circles: producing and consuming companies, investors, banks…To assist the European investors in their activities in Southern countries, and particularly in Brazil.

Main meeting

Second Brazilian Scientific Seminar « Açucar Etico »– May 30th & 31st, 2006 - Avenida Paulista, 2000 :

« Issues and challenges of the Brazilian Sugarcane industry in the 21^st Century »

Overall objective

To initiate a series of meeting based on social dialogue between the different stakeholders, including the economic sector.

Specific objectives

To enhance relationships with the corporate sector.
To dispose to the stakeholders an adapted expertise.
To build networks involving companies.

Organisation of meetings and participation to other events

January 18^th and 19^th , 2006: Meeting Better Sugarcane Initative, London - Coca Cola company.
May 30^th and 31^st, 2006 : Ethical Sugar bi-annual seminar on sugar and biofuels issues.
November 21^st and 22^nd , 2006 : Meeting of the ’International Sugar Organisation, London.
January 18^th and 19^th, 2007 : Meeting Better Sugarcane Initative March 10th, 2007 : GreenPower Conferences, Bruxelles. Intervention as a lecturer in the Workshop on Sustainable Development.
May 31st, 2007 : Press conference, French National Assembly talks about the situation in Haïti and in the Dominican Republic.
September 3rd, 2007: Better Sugarcane Initative, participation as a member of the steering comittee.
November 27th and 28^th, 2007 : International Sugar Organization Annual Meeting, London.
November 30th and December 1s, 2007t : 2025, Fields for Food or Fuel?, Divonne les Bains.Consciousness-raising campaign intended for the investors in the Dominican Republic and Brazil on the social and communitarian conditions in these countries.
Realisation of campaigns on the impacts of mechanization in the Dominican Republic and Brazil.

Gained results

Ethical Sugar is stakeholder in 3 platforms on Sugar and Biofuels:

The Better Sugarcane Initiative – Member of the steering comittee – www.bettersugarcane.org
2025 : Fields for Food or Fuel ?– Expert on social aspects - www.fields-for-food-or-fuel.net
The Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels – Member of the Social and Technical Working Group - http://www.bioenergywiki.net/index.php/Roundtable_on_Sustainable_Biofuels

As a specialist on social and communitarian impacts, Ethical Sugar is largely trust by the professionals of the sector.