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Sugar Cane And Indigenous People - Sucre Ethique

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4About Ethical <strong>Sugar</strong>. This research was undertaken for Ethical <strong>Sugar</strong>, an NGO that seeks to enhancedialogue within the sugar-ethanol industry with a view to improving its social andenvironmental sustainability. Trade unions, companies, civil society activists andacademics are all brought together as part of this dialogue, which allows Ethical <strong>Sugar</strong> toconstruct a more rounded vision of the different situations and positions that pertain inthe industry.In 2009, Ethical sugar obtained a score 8 out of the maximum of 10 on NGOTransparency barometer from the Prometheus Foundation. In 2010, Ethical <strong>Sugar</strong>obtained the maximum notation from Prometheus FoundationThe Prometheus Foundation was launched on December 27, 2005 by Frenchparliamentarians.In 2008, Ethical sugar joined the international Sustainable Earth Alliance network.Sustainable Earth is an informal alliance, made up of individuals and organizations witha willingness to work sufficiently strong to match the challenges they face. These menand women together build synergies, a relationship of trust and concrete initiatives.Since 2006, Ethical <strong>Sugar</strong> has been a member of the Better <strong>Sugar</strong>cane Initiative (BSI).The BSI is a global multi-stakeholder non-pro$ t initiative dedicated to reduce theenvironmental and social impacts of sugar cane production.Since 2010 Ethical-<strong>Sugar</strong> is member of the chamber 4 fr Social Rights of the RSB. TheRoundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) is an international initiative coordinated bythe Energy Center at EPFL in Lausanne that brings together farmers, companies, nongovernmentalorganizations, experts, governments, and inter-governmental agenciesconcerned with ensuring the sustainability of biofuels production and processing.Ethicl<strong>Indigenous</strong> <strong>People</strong>-ETHICAL-SUGAR

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