Bonsucro would like to commission a study to better understand the trends and drivers impacting the market demand for sugarcane and its derivatives in Brazil. This study should also identify opportunities for Bonsucro to engage and communicate with Brazilian stakeholders to accelerate the market uptake of Bonsucro certified volumes more effectively. This market study should […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bonsucro has partnered with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to create a digital learning tool to engage with smallholder farmers in India in order to develop their capacities on the Bonsucro Production Standard for Smallholder Farmers. What is the tool? The digital tool will take the form of a web-based app, hosted on our website […]
Bonsucro has launched a new Impact Fund to address critical sustainability challenges in the sugarcane sector. The fund will support collaborative, innovative projects that catalyse sustainable sugarcane production. The Bonsucro Impact Fund makes grants using income from the sale of Bonsucro Credits. All trades are charged a transaction fee, around 50% of which is invested […]
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 […]
The West Indies Rum Distillery Limited (WIRD) is the first organisation in Barbados and the first distillery in the Caribbean to receive Bonsucro certification. WIRD was founded in 1893 and is just a few feet away from a tropical beach in Brighton, Black Rock, Barbados. The West Indies Rum Distillery has been producing rum for […]
Response to the IPCC report Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published a report on the impact of climate change worldwide. The report comes with several warnings that we may exceed the global temperature increase of 1.5 degrees sooner than scientists originally expected. We are already seeing evidence of the climate emergency […]
The University of Minnesota recently hosted its second collaborative workshop where 15 sustainability experts from around the globe reflected on ways to strengthen sustainability standards in agriculture to deliver additional benefits. The project Outcome based standards – a landscape approach aims to understand, interpret and model how voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) can generate change across […]
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. […]
