Making Bonsucro-related claims

The Bonsucro logo promotes sustainability in sugarcane. On pack it helps to draw consumers’ attention to your sustainability credentials. Off pack, it helps show your suppliers and clients that you are part of the global community dedicated to accelerating the sustainable production and uses of sugarcane.

A benefit of Bonsucro membership is the ability to make claims about sustainability in your sugarcane supply chain and use the Bonsucro logo. We have a selection of logos that you can use on products, websites, banners, sustainability reports. etc.

Our Certified Sustainable Sugarcane seal is designed to help with your consumer messaging. It is exclusively for physical products that contain a minimum is 95% Bonsucro certified sugarcane. We have approved the logo on bars of chocolate, bottles of rum, bags of sugar, packaging made from bioplastic with polymers derived from sugarcane and more. The logo is available in 29 different languages: Albanian, Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

If you would like any of these logos, please contact us on claims@bonsucro.com

Please note, the type of claims you can make vary depending on your level of involvement – for example whether you are a Bonsucro member, or have obtained certification, or are a partner of Bonsucro.

Claims & Labelling Rules

Bonsucro’s Claims and Labelling Rules outline the different types of claim available and the rules governing their use. The claim types are:

  • Bonsucro Membership
  • Bonsucro Certificate Holder
  • Physical Product Trades (off-product claims)
  • Physical Product Trades (on-product claims)
  • Credit Trades (off-product claims)
  • Bonsucro Certification Bodies
  • Bonsucro Training Providers
  • Benchmark

Please note:

  • The Claims & Labelling Rules released in October 2019 replace the previous version, published in October 2018.
  • New packaging or claims developed after publication (if not already pre-approved by Bonsucro, or if artwork or packaging is already in production) must comply with the most current Claims & Labelling Rules
  • Existing packaging needs to become compliant with C&L Rules at the next print run

Download Claims & Labelling Rules Version 7.1 (October 2019)

Internal Claims & Labelling Procedure

Download Procedure

Logo & Certification Mark License Agreement

Download Agreement

Submit a Claim for Approval

Submit a Claim

What does the label mean?

See how you can communicate about your Bonsucro certified-products and the Bonsucro label to your customers.

Visit our consumer-facing page