Our B2C range is expanding to include organic sugars and sugars with High Environmental Value

In April, two new ranges of Béghin Say sugar will be hitting the shelves of supermarkets and hypermarkets, providing access to a healthy and sustainable diet to the greatest number of people.
All of our products are part of an ambitious program focused on environmental issues, the future of the French agricultural sector and consumer expectations. With this in mind, our Béghin Say brand is expanding its range with French organic sugar and sugar from sugar beets grown in France, on farms with HVE (Haute Valeur Environnementale — High Environmental Value) certification.    
Organic Sugars: The Culmination of a Collaborative Ambition
Back in 2019, the Group delved into the Organic world, backing partnerships with organic growers in the cultivation of organic sugar beet and supporting planters in the process of converting, in accordance with organic farming regulations. Rather than being just a transitional first step, it was part of a cross-cutting approach, driven by the desire to meet the challenge of an increasingly healthy and sustainable food model for the future.
This commitment is now taking shape among consumers with the launch of the Béghin Say French Organic Sugar range in supermarkets that is:

Sold in brand new, sleek and appealing, green packaging, which is 100% recyclable.

New Products with HVE Certification
Béghin Say is the first beet sugar brand to offer French sugar from HVE-certified farms. Produced at the Tereos sugar factory in Artenay (Loiret), the Béghin Say range committed to HVE farming is available as cubes and caster sugar. It will also be sold in 100% recyclable cardboard packaging.

Following the Group's recent donations of sugar, it is boosting its support for food banks by providing an essential new product
The Group was extremely active in providing support during the first phase of the health crisis by donating hydroalcoholic solution, and it is continuing its commitment to organizations working on behalf of those who are most disadvantaged.  As part of a partnership spanning a number of years, Tereos donated 30 pallets—24,000 liters—of hydroalcoholic gel last January to the FFBA (Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires — French Federation of Food Banks). This product will be distributed across the FFBA's six branches to supply food banks on the ground. 
The gel has of course become a basic need for this organization and its beneficiaries, in the same way as the sugar already distributed in the form of donations by Tereos in France. These came in the form of individual donations made by employees of the Group and an annual institutional donation of 25,000 tons.  

A gift made possible with the development of a new product  
This hydroalcoholic gel is the result of research and development work that began at Tereos Sugar France after an initial emergency phase favoring hydroalcoholic solution that was quicker to introduce at the plant. Like the hydroalcoholic solution, Tereos' new hydroalcoholic gel is made using alcohol from French agriculture and marketed by Tereos Sugar France as a leading player in this field for the pharmaceutical market. It produces a natural, odorless, antibacterial and antiviral gel.  
Once the development pilots were complete, teams at Tereos Sugar France selected one of the formulations tested, creating an opportunity to donate the batches that were not kept but that still met the optimum quality requirements.  
Helping those who help: In 2020, over a million more people in food insecurity 
An obvious solution to the very important needs raised by the FFBA. "This past year has put a lot of charities under strain. The idea of reaching out to those who serve the most vulnerable came about quite naturally and we are proud to help our long-standing partner, the FFBA. Thanks to the organization's nationwide network, this product can benefit the greatest number of people and this initiative provides us with a sense of purpose toward a common cause," says Laurent Perrette, Public Affairs Manager at Tereos.  
For several months, the organization has been faced with two challenges: protecting its volunteers who have been very active on the ground since the start of the pandemic, but also the vulnerable people who come to the premises — whose numbers have increased in 2020 (+20% vs 2019). Indeed, more than a million people fell into poverty in France, according to figures published by the organization at the end of the year. 

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Milestone in 2020! Tereos has finalized the assessment of its cereals.
Our goals: to bring value to our raw materials and support our customers in achieving their ambitions of sustainability
Committed to being a more sustainable agro-industrial player? In 2016, Tereos was already a pioneer in sugar production, by rolling out the SAI (Sustainable Agriculture Initiative) Platform assessment for sugar beets to its 12,000 cooperators. SAI Platform is an independent organization that regularly assesses the sustainability of our agricultural raw materials along three lines: environmental protection and economic and social management. At the end of 2020, Tereos completed its process: after one year of audit, its wheat and corn producers have their raw materials certified.
Sustainable cereals: a unique offering
While sustainability has been a well-established concept in sugar production for several years, the cereal market is gradually structuring itself around sustainability. By becoming one of the first agri-food players to have its wheat and corn audited, Tereos is taking the initiative to expand its offer, and to offer solutions to its customers seeking more responsible products that are more respectful of the planet. It also enables to bring added value to agricultural raw materials in connection with new outlets for these certified products.

Philippe de Raynal, Chairman of the Tereos Management Board, and Gérard Clay, Chairman of the Tereos Supervisory Board, wish you a happy new year 2021, and send you their best wishes.

Watch the video replay of the 2020/2021 1st Half-year (April-September) Financial Results Press Conference presented by Alexis Duval, CEO of Tereos.
Tereos announces strong growth for the first half of the year
(APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2020)
Check out some of the main highlights:

Half-year EBITDA up 114% to €237 million;
Net debt decrease of €253 million vs September 2019;
Resilient revenues, at €2,050 million (+1% at constant exchange rates);
EBITDA gains generated by the Ambitions 2022 performance plan: €25 million over the half-year, reaching €100 million since the beginning of the plan.

This performance demonstrates the flexibility of Tereos and its ability to adapt to the significant disruptions caused by the sanitary crisis.
The very positive momentum of Tereos results since 2019 in a European environment which is now deregulated and marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, is the fruit of the success of its anticipation strategy.
The results published demonstrate the quality of the work accomplished by its teams to transform Tereos in depth into an agile and more resilient Group.
WATCH ALEXIS DUVAL'S PRESENTATION (PRESS CONFERENCE)
 

For you to read: a series of articles to better understand what we eat
Epi&Co is launching its blog! As well as featuring 100% plant-based recipes, the Tereos brand provides readers concerned about their diet and health with information about new trends in food.

First up on the menu in our opening post: What is sustainable food? The Epi&Co teams explain the challenges that can be addressed by sustainable food, along with the benefits it offers for people and the planet. Happy reading!

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Tereos and COVID-19 - #CommittedtoEssentials
Situation update, October 29, 2020 -
Tereos, world leader in the production of sugars, alcohols, plant proteins and products derived from starch has seen its productions recognized as "of strategic interest" by the authorities in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis as they are essential for sectors such as agri-food, infant nutrition, the pharmaceutical industry and sanitizing.
Aware of its responsibility and the essential role of its activity in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Group has implemented a globally coordinated Business Continuity Plan (BCP). This plan meets a double ambition: to ensure the safety of its employees and partners, while maintaining its quality of service.
The Group is now able to meet global demand and provide its customers with the products essential to their business. This is the result of the collective effort of its 22,300 employees combined with the rigorous management of the PCA implemented.
More specifically, as a major player in pharmaceutical alcohol, Tereos remains mobilized to ensure a sustained supply of disinfectant products. Tereos would like to thank its social partners and employees for their strong involvement, ensuring a high level of activity on these production lines, the rise of which has made it possible to meet public customer's demand as well as health needs through large-scale solidarity action which continues today (donation of disinfectant alcohol, hydroalcoholic solution and gel).
 
1 - CONTINUITY OF ALL TEREOS OPERATIONS DESPITE THE PANDEMIC
Tereos' industrial operations are not impacted by the consequences of the coronavirus epidemic. To date, and under current conditions, Tereos does not anticipate any disruption in production and is managing its logistics operations to meet the challenges that supply chains could face.

The Group is not currently facing significant disruptions in its logistics and transport operations. Our sales, Customer Support and Supply-Chain teams constantly assess the situation and support the customers concerned as closely as possible to their needs and situations to ensure the best quality of service in this context.
As always, Tereos applies a high level of food safety to all its product lines. To date and as indicated by the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) food has not been identified as a probable route of transmission of the COVID-19 virus.

 
2 - GLOBAL PLAN FOR HEALTH PREVENTION AND CONTINUITY OF ACTIVITY
In response to the first alerts concerning the spread of the virus, Tereos has set a dedicated crisis unit since February 27, 2020. It has supported Business Units around the world with a global program of preventive health measures in accordance with the instructions of local, national and international health authorities.Global “health and safety” protocol for employees:

Support functions: home office has been the rule for tertiary staff since March 17, 2020. The measure concerns our employees around the world.

In response to the second wave of the pandemic in Europe, the partial home office protocol has been upgraded to 100% home office in countries subject to partial or total containment and / or curfew situations: Spain, Belgium France, Italy, Czech Republic.
Tereos Customer Support Europe is continuing its mission thanks to the early implementation of efficient teleworking.




Operations employees (plants, logistics): a specific Operations Business Continuity Plan (PCA) was drawn up in March 2020 by our HSE teams with the support of staff representatives and health authorities. This BCP includes:

An ad hoc layout of the premises: access prohibited to visitors, protective screens in transit areas, temperature measurement stations, wearing of masks in all common areas, signage specifying the compulsory direction of movement, layout of collective spaces such as cafeterias or meeting rooms to allow distance and hygiene.
An individual health protocol (protection kits: masks, wipes and door openers), temperature measurement, barrier gestures, disinfection equipment in each room.
Strengthening of daily cleaning operations within the premises: disinfection of common living areas in factories (2 to 3 times a day) and provision of anti-propagation equipment (hand disinfectants, surface cleaning equipment, masks available…).



B. Risk management plan for travel and gatherings

Tereos employees are subject to the strict limitation of non-critical trips; personnel are required to give preference to conference calls and videoconferences.
All travel is subject to approval through a strictly personal authorization form issued by the Human Resources Department. Employees authorized to travel are required to comply with the regulations in force in the sites and countries visited.
Essential events are maintained in the form of interactive audio or video conferences: critical meetings, General Assembly meetings, Councils, Press conferences, etc.)

C. Measures implemented with our transport partners
Faced with the major challenges linked to logistics and road transport, and in particular in response to the measures put in place by the EU to control the movement of people and goods, and to secure the fluidity of the transport of so-called "essential" goods (EU press release from 03/16/20):

Our teams are in constant contact with logistics and transport companies to steer operations based on the information provided by the authorities and respond to the health measures in force at our sites and those of our customers.
In order to provide suitable reception for truck drivers: Tereos has equipped its sites with a reception area with coffee dispenser and sanitary facilities. Tereos encourages its customers to adapt their reception system to this end in order to develop a global approach that best supports logistics.

 
3. TEREOS COMMITTED TO ITS COMMUNITIES
Learn more with our report published on April 6, 2020.
As leading alcohol producer in France, Tereos has launched solidarity-based production of hydroalcoholic solutions and disinfectant alcohol in 7 of its European factories. Tereos has thus produced and delivered to date in France free of charge more than 200,000 liters of HA solution to Regional Health Agencies for distribution to State institutions or services mobilized in the crisis (nursing staff, law enforcement, administrations vital ...).
On March 24, Tereos Sugar & Energy Brazil announced that it was donating 20,000 liters of 70° alcohol to hospitals and Regional Health Units in the northwest region of the State of São Paulo in order to contribute to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The volume was increased to 52,000 liters on April 3.
Finally, our teams have undertaken solidarity initiatives at the local level according to the most critical needs: donation of sugar to charities (Tereos UK & Ireland, and Tereos Sucre France in particular), donation of masks and protective suits to the forces of order or firefighters in France and Eastern Europe. In Indonesia, the Tereos FKS teams provided their employees with 200,000 care kits comprising vitamin C, hydroalcoholic gel, disinfectant wipes and approved diagnostic rapid tests.
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Tereos thanks its teams for the management of this unprecedented situation. The Group continues to monitor developments as closely as possible, along with its partners and the health authorities in the countries where it operates. This release is regularly updated. Please reach out to your Tereos contacts for any questions or clarifications.

Find out more about our European and South American consumer brands
Inspired by our international baking competition, we wanted to know more about B2C sugar brands that will help you make delicious cakes. Where does their name come from? What is their flagship product? You'll learn all about this everyday ingredient, with its sometimes surprising history.
Names with a nod to their origins
 

Our brand names often echo the region from which they originate. Or even the place where they were created. In Brazil, the name Guarani is a reference to the farm where the sugar business began and which gave rise to the Group's infrastructure.

Another part of the world and another tribute to the past. Dina Morgabin, île Bonaparte, Bourbon — Réunion Island has had countless names. And it is under this emblematic name of Sucreries de Bourbon that our Group markets its sugars in Réunion Island.


In the Czech Republic, TTD refers, for once, not only to a place, but also to a person.
 
 
 

In France, it was the creator's identity that prevailed, when, at the start of the 19th century, the Béghin family created one of the first sugar factories in France in Thumeries, where the Group is still firmly established. It was not until 1973 that the Béghin and Say families joined forces to launch the brand that we still sell today.
 
The same is true over in England, where Whitworths is the surname of the brand's three founding brothers: John, Herbert and Newton. Together, at the end of the 19th century, they created Whitworths Bros., now known as  Whitworths Sugar. They initially traded sugar, as well as dried fruit and flour. It was not until a century later, during the 1980s, that the first packet of sugar bearing the Whitworths name was released. Yet, a few years prior to that the Whitworths Bros were awarded the Royal Warrant by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother for supplying goods to the Households of HM The Queen.
Recognition and awards
In the Czech Republic, sugar cubes have had the greatest success. And for good reason! "Sugar cubes were born in Czech Republic in the middle of the 19th century," Jakub reveals. "In 2009, during the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union, sugar cubes symbolized the term and TTD was its official partner; our products were used at all meetings." A few decades ago our flagship products were the "kubesy." "The 'kubesy'—stark white lumps of sugar—were first created in the early 20th century and were used to decorate the tables of royals, for example King George V of the UK and his wife Mary of Teck." 

At Tereos, each of our business lines plays a part in providing a more sustainable food supply. Our employees are committed to improving ways of achieving this goal every day.  
The food of tomorrow is an unavoidable challenge for Tereos as a major player in the agrifood industry.  We are creating plant-based solutions for a changing world. Our ambition is to meet everyone's nutritional needs with a healthy and sustainable diet.  
For World Food Day, our employees are sharing the actions they are implementing every day to adapt what we offer in order to anticipate consumer expectations and focus on health and nutrition, sustainability and new resources.

 
To explore this further, check out the infographic that tells you about the trends in terms of the food of tomorrow.  

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Interview with Anne Wagner and Stéphane Peters, Tereos experts and InVivo Quest 2020 jury members

Tereos continues its involvement in InVivo Quest, announced in September! This European Open Innovation challenge offers European start-ups the chance to submit their innovative projects aimed at speeding up the agri-food sector's transition toward more resilient and sustainable practices.  
Tereos experts selecting the best ideas
Stéphane Peters, Head of Agricultural Competitiveness at the Cooperative Associates Department, and Anne Wagner, R&D Director of the Tereos Group, are members of the jury. They share their experience:

What is your role on the jury during InVivo Quest?

How does this partnership benefit both Tereos and InVivo? 

What do you think of the theme of the 2020 edition: Agri-food innovation to fight climate change and its impacts?


 

In Brazil and France, two Tereos experts, Gustavo Segantini and Laurent Klein, present two different perspectives
From 29 September to 1 October, Rennes (France) will be hosting "Le carrefour des fournisseurs de l'industrie agroalimentaires", a food industry suppliers trade show, where the focus is on packaging. For the occasion, two Group experts discuss this key issue for the industry. What will tomorrow's packaging look like? What is Tereos' strategy?  


What, in your view, do consumers expect as we approach the year end?

Packaging is closely examined by consumers…

What does tomorrow's packaging look like to you?

At Tereos, we regularly rethink nutritional solutions to meet consumers’ expectations. Let’s discover how in our webinar!
COVID-19 and the many prevention messages related to our health encourage consumers to adopt healthier way of life. Today, nutrition is seen as one of the answers to a better living, which helps prevent illness and diseases. Importance of nutrition at consumers keeps on growing.

Tereos is a key player in nutrition solutions. The R&D and Marketing teams daily work on product reformulations for our customers, helping them achieve their objectives regarding weight control and immunity boost.

Alongside start-ups, let’s accelerate the transition of the agri-food industry to better address climate challenges! 

Launched in 2017 by the InVivo group (French union of agricultural cooperatives), InVivo Quest is a program opened this year to European agri-food start-ups.   
The challenge is two-fold:    

Identify start-ups that will help speed the transition of the agri-food sector toward more resilient and sustainable practices    
Build a European Agri-Food innovation ecosystem  


In 2020–2021: Focus on climate
In this edition, InVivo Quest focuses on agri-food innovation that will effectively combat climate change and its effects. In response to US and Chinese initiatives, InVivo Quest is bringing together a European innovation hub with solutions for the agri-food sector and strengthening the global climate effort. In total, ten categories with high-innovation potential await ingenious ideas from invited start-ups — precision farming, biocontrol and biosolutions, new protein sources, making use of agricultural coproducts, traceability and blockchain, packaging, among others.

Seven months of competition, seven regions in Europe
The European start-ups that enter the competition from September are being divided into seven geographical areas. The same process will be followed in each of the regions: three days to present their innovations, participate in web conferences and promote discussion among network members. A rigorous organization that involves a large number of stakeholders from an eco-system of companies in the European agri-food, innovation and research sectors.
Four Tereos experts on the jury
As a partner of this fourth edition, Tereos will have an active role in expert discussions. Four Tereos employees join the two juries sitting in September and October. In addition to the challenge, monthly web conferences held by event partners will provide a forum for discussions on agricultural innovation.
These events can be followed here!