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Monthly Archives: February 2021

Water, rest, shade and sanitation: training to maintain a healthy and productive workforce

Cutting sugarcane requires high physical exertion under intense heat which is considered a high health risk. However, key changes on farms during harvest can help to protect workers’ health. Bonsucro has partnered with Vinmonopolet to offer training on implementing a water, rest and shade protocol and sanitation to protect workers from chronic kidney disease. The […]

Pilot phase begins in Good Practice, Better Finance project

Bonsucro in South Africa is leading the Good practice, Better finance project funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) through the ISEAL Innovations Fund. The project aims to develop a new methodology to assess the sustainability performance of farmers by using existing voluntary sustainability standards. The project uses Bonsucro for sugarcane production, […]