Tag Archives: certification

Conferencia Bonsucro México – our round-up and key takeaways

Lee en español aquí We recently hosted our first in-person event since the pandemic. Conferencia Bonsucro Mexico brought together representatives from the Mexican Government, mills, farmers, traders, NGOs and brands. There were more than 170 attendees from México, Nicaragua, United States, Colombia, El Salvador, Canada, United Kingdom, Guatemala, Brazil, Costa Rica and Honduras. As our […]

Sustainability credentials help Flor de Caña Rum win Norwegian tender

Flor de Caña, a luxury rum produced by Bonsucro member, Ingenio San Antonio has won a tender put out by the Nordic alcohol monopoly, Vinmonopolet. As of 1 January 2022, the rum has been stocked on the shelves of all Vinmonopolet’s shops in Norway for a whole year. The tender process Rum is growing in […]

Strengthening sustainability in sugarcane with Bonsucro’s new Production Standard

Today, Bonsucro has published the revised Production Standard with new requirements to address critical global risks such as greenhouse gas emissions, water, biodiversity, and respect for workers’ rights in the sugarcane sector. The Bonsucro Production Standard is the most globally recognised framework for sustainable sugarcane production. It is a comprehensive, metric tool that enables farmers […]

Greenergy achieves Chain of Custody certification

  Greenergy Brasil Trading S.A. has become the latest ‘trader’ member to achieve a Bonsucro Chain of Custody certificate. Greenergy imports and exports ethanol, diesel and gasoline. The company was established in Brazil in 2010, with an initial focus of exporting and importing ethanol. However, in 2015 it also started to import diesel and gasoline. […]

Mauritian government announces 50% refund sugarcane certification costs

The Government of Mauritius has announced that it will offer a “50% refund on the costs related to certification, testing and accreditation with a view to achieving standards such as Bonsucro.” The announcement was made by Dr. the Hon. Renganaden Padayachy, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development when he presented the national budget July […]

Exporting Bonsucro certified biofuel to UK given green light after Brexit

The UK Government has confirmed that following Brexit there will not be changes on biofuel imports. The Government will continue to trust the EU RED recognised schemes, including Bonsucro, that demonstrate the sustainability credentials of biofuel consignments. Bonsucro learned this in an email from Department for Transport on 14th January 2021. Bonsucro’s Head of Standards […]

Celebrating sustainability impacts in sugarcane

Written by Danielle Morley, CEO. I recently celebrated my second-year anniversary at Bonsucro which coincides with the launch of our latest outcome report. Reflecting on the last two years, I feel a great sense of pride of what we have achieved and the positive impacts we are making together. I’ve seen Bonsucro grow steadily and […]