Bonsucro wishes to thank all those individuals and companies who have taken the time and effort to comment on the Standard.
The Bonsucro Standard is the first ever metric based Standard which measures the impact of the sustainable production of sugar cane. In 2008, the Bonsucro established three Technical Working Groups (TWG's). The expert are from the sugar cane producing areas and reflect a balance of interest groups and global representation.
The period of public consultation for Version 1 was 60 days (in accordance with ISEAL) and the deadline for receipt of comments was 30th April 2009. Individuals, NGO’s, producers, farmers, small scale growers and companies took the time to comment.
As many stakeholders as possible were encouraged to comment on the Standard and the Bonsucro embarked on a series of Stakeholder Outreach Meetings, engaging in face-to-face, field and factory meetings with producers and small-scale growers in: Australia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, East Africa, South Africa, India, the European Union and Switzerland. Over the same period, the same auditor conducted pilot studies using the Standard in Australia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, South Africa and India. The results of these audits gave a representative view of typical mill and field indicator values. These values have been factored into Version 2.
The process that was adopted to develop Version 2 was as follows: TWG leaders reviewed the feedback they had received to Version 1 from three sources – public comments made via the website, input from the Stakeholder Outreach Meetings, and the results from the pilot studies.
At Bonsucro’s Annual General Meeting 4-5 November the Supervisory Board, Management Committee and TWG leaders discussed the proposed changes and approved both the content and the process that was followed. The result was Version 2.
Over the past year, the TWG’s and Bonsucro members conducted Stakeholder Outreach Meetings on Version 1 of the Standard and using the input of the small scale producers, processing and milling and the results of the pilot studies the Bonsucro developed Version 2.
Version 2 of the Standard was then placed on this website for 60 days for public consultation. The results from the public consultation were discussed at both theBonsucro's Management Committee and Supervisory Board and the Bonsucro Standard has now been finalised.
The Bonsucro Standard is the first ever metric based standard developed for an agricultural feedstock.
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on the recognition of the ‘Bonsucro EU’ scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 2009/28/EC and 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament.
Bonsucro is mentioned on page 81
There is an increasingly wide acceptance of the fact that all agricultural and industrial enterprises need to operate in a manner in which not just the economic but also the social and environmental factors are promoted. At the same time energy use, production efficiency, elimination of wastage and the effect on global climate change all need to be considered.
The main aim of the Bonsucro Standard is to promote measureable standards in key environmental and social impacts of sugarcane production and primary processing while recognizing the need for economic viability.
Technical Working Group
In 2008 Bonsucro established three Technical Working Groups (TWGs) to identify indicators that can be measured, which allow an assessment to be made of whether or not associated criteria are being met. Expert groups cover the three areas of:
1. Social and Labour - Maryline Guiramand Ing. Agr,MSc, MBA INSEAD |
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2. Processing and Milling - Dr Peter Rein MSc(Eng), PhD, MIChemE, C Eng, MAIChE, FSAIChE, Pr Eng |
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3. Agriculture - Peter Turner BSc
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| Chairman of the TWG's is Hari Morar of Tate & Lyle |
The membership of the TWGs covers scientific and technical experts with global representation. www.bonsucro.com
Expert Groups
Agronomy
| Name |
Title/Position |
Organisation |
Country |
| Dr A Bhatnagar |
Project Co-ordinator |
WWF - |
India |
| Colin Creighton |
Consultant & Coordinator, Managing Climate Variability |
Attached to Mackay Whitsunday Reef Catchments for this project |
Australia |
| Mr J Donzelli |
R&D Agronomy Co-ordinator |
Copersucar Technology Centre |
Brazil |
| Mr J Gawander |
CEO |
Sugar Research Institute of |
Fiji |
| Dr K.F. Ng Kee Kwong |
Director |
Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute |
Mauritius |
| Mr J Meyer |
Consultant -Soils and Nutrition Specialist |
Ex South African sugar cane Research Institute |
South Africa |
| Mr L Schulz |
Farm Owner |
Farmer |
South Africa |
| Mr P Turner |
Consultant |
Agronomy Team Leader BSI |
South Africa |
| Dr P Weerathaworn |
Research and Development Director |
Mitr Phol sugar cane Research Center Co., Ltd |
Thailand |
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Processing & Milling
| Name |
Title/Position |
Organisation |
Country |
| Royce Bishop |
Chair of Mackay Whitsunday Natural Resource Management Group Inc. and Consulting Project Engineer |
Mackay Sugar Co-Operative |
Australia |
| Simon Houghton Dodd |
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Tate + Lyle |
England |
| Tere Johnson |
QC Manager & Chief Chemist |
Sugar Cane Growers Coop of Florida |
USA |
| Andre Elia Neto |
CTC |
(UNICA representative) |
Brazil |
| Peter Rein |
Consultant and Professor |
Emeritus LSU |
England – Leader |
| Ramesh Ponnuswami |
VP Sugar Refining |
EID Parry Ltd |
India |
| Wirat Sangkawisit |
Executive Vice President - Production |
Mitr Phol Sugar |
Thailand |
| Dennis Walthew |
Knowledge Management Specialist |
Tongaat Hulett Sugar |
South Africa |
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Social
| Name |
Title/Position |
Organisation |
Country |
| Maryline Guiramand |
Consultant |
Ec-Terra |
Switzerland |
| Marcia Azanha Ferraz Dias de Moraes |
Professor at Economics |
Administration and Sociology Department ESALQ-USP |
Brazil |
| Iza Barbosa |
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UNICA |
Brazil |
| Wedzerai Chiyoka |
Consultant |
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South Africa |
| Jan Maarten Dros |
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Solidaridad |
Netherlands |
| Stuart Kyle |
Workplace Accountability Global Workplace Rights |
Coca-Cola |
USA |
| Elio Neves |
President |
Federacao dos Empregados Rurais Assalariados no Estado de Sao Paulo |
Brazil |
| I.S. Patil |
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Shree Renuka Sugars |
India |
| Dr. Alice Woodhead |
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Link Strategy |
Australia |
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