Tools & Resources
Whether you're from a farm, mill, or consumer-facing business, here you'll find a variety of useful tools, resources, and research to help you to achieve success with sugarcane.
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Guidance For The Production Standard (Latest Version, English)
The primary purpose of this document is to provide farmers and millers with guidance and clarification on the indicators of the Bonsucro Production Standard. It also provides additional requirements, the implementation of which will support conformity with the Bonsucro Production Standard. It serves as guidance on how to implement the Standard at the mill and […]
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Bonsucro Chain Of Custody Standard v4.0
The objective of this Guidance of Implementation of Bonsucro Mass balance CoC Standard is to facilitate the understanding and implementation of Bonsucro CoC Standard by economic operators, Certification Bodies and the wider audience. The document shall be read in conjunction with the Bonsucro Mass Balance CoC Standard as this document contains all the requirements to be met in order to achieve Chain of Custody certification.
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Bonsucro Production Standard v4.1.1
The Production Standard helps farmers and mills to measure their productivity and key environmental and social impacts. On the road to certification, businesses can increase efficiency, lower energy use, and reduce waste – all the time improving on the bottom line.
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Using third parties to support the design and implementation of grievance mechanisms
This report has been developed to support voluntary sustainability standard setting organizations (VSS organizations), businesses, or industry groups that operate, or are seeking to partner with local third-party organizations to develop company or multistakeholder grievance mechanisms in accordance with the principles set out in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP).
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Learning on human rights due diligence among ISEAL Community Members
This briefing note is explores the experience of ISEAL Community Members in implementing Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). It aims to support ISEAL Community Members and other multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) and voluntary sustainability standards’ (VSS) in strengthening their implementation of the UNGPs, which is increasingly a requirement of several international frameworks and national legislations.
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Recurso para organizações VSS e para o setor privado sobre como trabalhar com terceiros na implementação de mecanismos de reclamação
Este relatório foi desenvolvido para apoiar organizações voluntárias, empresas ou grupos do setor que atuam na definição de padrões de sustentabilidade (organizações VSS) e que operam ou buscam estabelecer parcerias com organizações terceirizadas locais para desenvolver mecanismos de reclamação empresariais ou de várias partes interessadas, de acordo com as diretrizes estabelecidas nos Princípios Orientadores das Nações Unidas sobre Empresas e Direitos Humanos (UNGP).
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Ressources destinées aux organisations nvd et au secteur privé et dédiées à la collaboration avec des tiers en vue de la mise en oeuvre de mécanismes de gestion des griefs
Ce rapport a été rédigé en vue de soutenir les organisations de définition de normes volontaires de durabilité (organisations NVD), les entreprises ou les groupes industriels qui opèrent ou visent à s’associer avec des organisations locales tierces pour mettre sur pied des mécanismes de gestion des griefs multipartites ou d’entreprise conformément aux règles définies dans les Principes directeurs des Nations unies relatifs aux entreprises et aux droits de l’homme (PDNU).
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Grievance mechanisms: overview of good practice and current implementation by selected ISEAL community member schemes briefing note
This document shares key findings from research that investigated how grievance mechanisms have been set up and are both managed and remediated within voluntary sustainability standards (VSS). The report shares good practice as well as give practical examples for VSS to either introduce new or strengthen existing grievance mechanisms, in alignment with the UNGP and OECD Guidelines.
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Herramienta para ayudar a las organizaciones de normas voluntarias de sostenibilidad (VSS) y el sector privado a trabajar con terceros en la implementación de mecanismos de reclamación
Este informe se ha elaborado para asistir a las organizaciones encargadas de elaborar normas voluntarias de sostenibilidad (VSS por sus siglas en inglés), a empresas o a grupos del sector que gestionan mecanismos de reclamación de empresas o de múltiples partes interesadas, o que pretenden asociarse con ellas, de conformidad con los principios establecidos en los Principios Rectores de las Naciones Unidas sobre las Empresas y los Derechos Humanos (UNGP).
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Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas
Un instrumento internacional integral sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas. Establece un marco universal de estándares mínimos para la supervivencia, dignidad y bienestar de los pueblos indígenas del mundo. (UN, 2007).
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
A comprehensive international instrument on the rights of indigenous peoples. It establishes a universal framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous peoples of the world. (UN, 2007).
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Bonsucro Outcome Report 2020
Find out more about Bonsucro’s social, environmental and economic impact in 2020.
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Bonsucro Outcome Report 2019
Find out more about Bonsucro’s social, environmental and economic impact in 2019.
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UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
The UN Guiding Principles are the global authoritative standard on the business responsibility to respect human rights, unanimously endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011.
United Nations. (2011)
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Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Heat and Hot Environments
This document takes into account the large amount of new scientific information on working in heat and hot environments. It includes updated information on heat-related illnesses, risk factors affecting heat-related illness, physiological responses to heat, effects of clothing on heat exchange, and recommendations for control and prevention.
NIOSH. (2016)
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Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Heat and Hot Environments
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Women’s Empowerment Principles
The Women’s Empowerment Principles, a partnership initiative of UN Women and UN Global Compact (UNGC), provide a set of considerations to help the private sector focus on key elements integral to promoting gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and community.
UN Women. (2011)
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Resource guide on Gender issues in employment and labour market policies
The objective of this resource guide is to strengthen the capacities of ILO constituents and development policy makers in the formulation of employment policies. This guide will be of use to ILO experts, as well as others, to embed gender dimensions in national policy frameworks.
International Labour Organization. (2014)
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International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management Guidelines on Highly Hazardous Pesticides
These guidelines are intended to help national or regional pesticide regulators with limited resources to design a process to address Highly Hazardous Pesticides that follows the three steps of identification, assessment and mitigation. They also aim to underscore the importance of adequate pesticide legislation, and risk and needs assessment as part of the registration process.
World Health Organization & Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2016)
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Common Guidance for the Identification of High Conservation Values
A good practice guide for identifying HCVs across different ecosystems and production systems. This document builds on previous Good Practice guides for HCV practitioners assessors and auditors, to provide guidance on interpreting the HCV definitions and their applications, with the goal of providing some degree of standardization in the use of the HCV approach.
HCV Network. (2017)
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Roadmap for Living Wage in the Sugarcane Sector
This paper, based on a research study commissioned by CNV Internationaal and carried out by Profundo, describes the main reasons behind the absence of a living wage and poor labor conditions. Based on this desktop analysis, we have created a roadmap towards constructive solutions.
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Payment for environmental services in the context of sugarcane production
Payment for environmental services (PES) are schemes that seek to offer payment to landowners to implement good agricultural practices and protect the environment. In 2020, Bonsucro worked with five other organisations on a study to investigate whether it is possible to implement PES within the sugarcane supply chain by recognising good environmental practices of sugarcane producers as providers for environmental services.
Here is the final report from the study.
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Pagamento por serviços ambientais no contexto da produção de cana-de-açúcar
Pagamento por serviços ambientais (PSA) são esquemas que buscam oferecer pagamento aos proprietários de terras para implementar boas práticas agrícolas e proteger o meio ambiente. Em 2020, Bonsucro trabalhou com outras cinco organizações em um estudo para investigar se é possível implementar PSA na cadeia de abastecimento da cana-de-açúcar, reconhecendo as boas práticas ambientais dos produtores de cana-de-açúcar como prestadores de serviços ambientais.
Aqui está o relatório final do estudo.
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Benchmark Gap Analysis Bonsucro Chain of Custody (Vs Fairtrade, ISO, ISCC, RSPO)
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Minutes from Bonsucro Smallholder Steering Committee Meeting September 2017
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Bonsucro Outcome Report 2017
Find out more about Bonsucro’s social, environmental and economic impact in 2017.
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Guidance for the Mass Balance Chain of Custody Standard v4.1 (Español)
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Guidance for the Mass Balance Chain of Custody Standard v4.1 (Portuguese)
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Bonsucro Mass Balance Chain of Custody Standard v4.1 (Portuguese)
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Guidance for the Mass Balance Chain of Custody Standard v4.1
The objective of this Guidance of Implementation of Bonsucro Mass balance CoC Standard is to facilitate the understanding and implementation of Bonsucro CoC Standard by economic operators, Certification Bodies and the wider audience. The document shall be read in conjunction with the Bonsucro Mass Balance CoC Standard as this document contains all the requirements to […]
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Bonsucro Systems Report (2015)
As a full member of ISEAL, Bonsucro is required to submit and publish an annual report on its Monitoring and Evaluation System.
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Bonsucro Chain Of Custody Standard Guidance (2011, Portuguese)
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Bonsucro Chain Of Custody Standard Guidance (2015, Portuguese)
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Bonsucro Chain Of Custody Standard Guidance (2015)
The objective of this Guidance of Implementation of Bonsucro Mass balance CoC Standard is to facilitate the understanding and implementation of Bonsucro CoC Standard by economic operators, Certification Bodies and the wider audience. The document shall be read in conjunction with the Bonsucro Mass Balance CoC Standard as this document contains all the requirements to be met in order to achieve Chain of Custody certification.
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Bonsucro Systems Report (2014)
As a full member of ISEAL, Bonsucro is required to submit and publish an annual report on its Monitoring and Evaluation System.
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Bonsucro Systems Report (2016)
As a full member of ISEAL, Bonsucro is required to submit and publish an annual report on its Monitoring and Evaluation System.
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Bonsucro Outcome Report 2016
Find out more about Bonsucro’s social, environmental and economic impact in 2016.
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Climatic Zones – Yield goals for Rainfed and Irrigated Sugarcane (crop per drop)
Discover which Climatic Zone your business falls within using our map. Key Benefits: Particularly useful for indicator 3.1.2 of the Bonsucro Production Standard Yield goals for Rainfed and Irrigated Sugarcane
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