What is Certification?
Bonsucro offers a credible, metric certification process to demonstrate commitment to environmental and social sustainability in sugarcane.
A Bonsucro certificate is internationally recognised and respected. By achieving a certificate, you can improve your image, achieve sustainability procurement goals, build partnerships to tackle sustainability issues together.
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Two standards for certification
There are two types of Bonsucro certification– one on the production end of the supply chain and one on the trading side of the supply chain. The two work together to ensure that sugarcane production benefits producer communities, ensures people are treated fairly and creates long-lasting, traceable supply chains.
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Production Standard
The Production Standard helps farmers and mills to measure productivity alongside key environmental and social impacts. It can be used by all sugarcane mills and farms to demonstrate sustainable production.
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Benefits include:
-You gain new ways to measure your performance
-Workers gain new knowledge and skills
-You will prove to buyers you are serious about sustainability -
Chain of Custody Standard
The Chain of Custody (ChoC) Standard relates to the supply of a product, including all stages from feedstock production up to consumption. It’s proof that you’re sourcing and trading responsibly, allowing you to make sustainability claims about your sugarcane sourcing.
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Benefits include:
-Helps you credibly meet sustainability sourcing targets
-Gives you the option to make on product claims
-Provides a narrative on sustainability that both buyers and sellers understand
Certification System
To understand the steps you need to take to achieve certification, visit the certification process page. In addition, Bonsucro has a library of tools and documents to help to take the next step towards becoming a sustainable business.
Standards Development
Bonsucro, as a multi-stakeholder organisation, seeks to engage members when changes are proposed and made to the Standard. The Bonsucro Production Standard and Bonsucro Chain of Custody Standard have been designed with the Standard Development and Revision Procedure in line with the ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Setting Social and Environmental Standards.
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