Smallholder farmers are a crucial component in many sugarcane industries around the world. To ensure that smallholders have the same opportunities for performance improvement as other producers, Bonsucro is embarking on a review of the Bonsucro Production Standard and the Certification System in the smallholder context. The review was approved by the Board of Bonsucro in […]
The first batch of Bonsucro certified sugar for production of Corbion PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) was delivered last month to the Total Corbion site in Rayong, Thailand. For the first time, PLA biopolymer resins made from Bonsucro certified sugarcane are commercially available. Corbion, headquartered in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, is a leading producer of PLA polymers and […]
On 3 August, at mill San Antonio in Nicaragua, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between four organisations, La Isla Network, San Antonio mill, the National Committee of Sugarcane Producers of Nicaragua and Bonsucro. The MOU agrees to set up a new initiative – Adelante – which aims to examine and improve work practices within the country’s […]
One of Bonsucro’s priorities this summer has been to take Bonsucro Technical Weeks to more sugarcane producing regions around the world. Ever since the first Technical Week was held in Brazil back in April, we have seen a remarkable appetite for people to learn more about the technical aspects of the Bonsucro system by participating […]
Bonsucro is pleased to announce that Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has achieved another Bonsucro Chain of Custody (ChoC) certification. LDC, founded in 1851, is a leading merchant and processor of numerous agricultural goods, including sugar, and is active in more than 100 countries. LDC has the stated aim of helping to “feed and clothe up to 500 […]
