
About Bonsucro
Bonsucro is a global membership organisation that promotes sustainable sugarcane production, processing and trade around the world.
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Bonsucro is a global multi-stakeholder non-profit organisation that exists to promote sustainable sugarcane production, processing and trade around the world. Bonsucro supports a community of over 250 members in over 50 countries, from all elements of the sugarcane supply chain, including, farmers, millers, traders, buyers and support organisations.
Bonsucro’s vision is a sugarcane sector with thriving, sustainable producer communities and resilient, assured supply chains. Our 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. Bonsucro’s strategy builds a platform to accelerate change for the largest agricultural commodity in the world – sugarcane.
Bonsucro is a member of ISEAL and complies with all of ISEAL’s Codes of Good Practice, which provide a globally recognised framework used by leading sustainability standards.
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Global members
250+ members, from all corners of the globe, dedicated to sustainable sugarcane
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27% of land under cane & 72 million tonnes
27% land under cane globally is in membership & 72 million tonnes of sugarcane is Bonsucro Certified
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15+ years
A constantly evolving organisation dedicated to sustainable sugarcane
Standards & Certification
A network for everyone who works with sugarcane
No matter which part of the supply chain you’re interested in, no matter the size or nature of your business: if you’re invested in sugarcane, and you want to ensure we all take the next step, you can do so as a member of Bonsucro.
Join the network15 years | 3 evolutionary steps
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1.0 The initiative (2005-2010)
Built a credible multi-stakeholder organisation for better sugarcane, initially focused on creating a global, objective performance standard for everything that mattered about producing sugarcane and its primary derived products.
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2.0 The certification scheme (2011-2015)
Launched certification in 2011 under a new brand name of Bonsucro and for the next four years demonstrated the ability to manage and maintain both the framework behind the Standard as well as a credible third party certification.
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3.0 The global sugarcane platform (2016 onwards)
Responding to stakeholders and recognising significant shifts in industry and development
thinking (role of certification and standards organisations), Bonsucro is repositioning itself to become the global change platform for sugarcane.