Official Mission Statement

Bonsucro's mission is to ensure that responsible sugarcane production creates lasting value for the people, communities, businesses, economies and eco-systems in all cane-growing origins.

Year of Establishment 2007

Key Features

* Bonsucro is a Full Member of the ISEAL Alliance and is following the ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Setting Social and Environmental Standards and the Impacts Code.

* Bonsucro has developed 2 standards: ‘Bonsucro Production Standard’ and ‘Bonsucro Mass Balance Chain of Custody Standard’. The Bonsucro Production Standard focuses on five key areas related to the social and environmental impacts of sugarcane production: Legal compliance, Biodiversity and ecosystem impacts, Human rights, Production and processing and Continuous improvement.

*The Bonsucro standard is based on a metric approach, relying on specific indicators to measure environmental and societal impacts of sugar cane production.

* The Bonsucro Standard provides single certification auditing of both sugar and ethanol streams, allowing Mills to freely switch between the two.

* Bonsucro Certification System makes a distinction between 2 main scopes: 1. “Bonsucro”: compliant with Bonsucro requirements. 2. “Bonsucro EU”: compliant with Bonsucro requirements PLUS additional requirements that are needed for EU RED compliance.

* Bonsucro has elaborated specific programs, strategies and tools that take into consideration the regional, national and local conditions of sugar cane production.

Facts and Figures

As of 2018,

* 27% of the world's sugarcane land is engaged in Bonsucro

* 66 million tonnes of certified sugarcane produced

* 540+ Members in 40+ countries

* 94 Bonsucro certified mills

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