Commodity: Sugarcane
Solidaridad Network Annual Report 2010: Insufficient supply of sustainable produced goods
"Now that sustainability has become a mainstream ambition in the corporate sector, the task is to ensure a sufficient supply…
21 August 2014
World’s First Bonsucro Certified Sugarcane Hits the Market
Bonsucro™ today announced that the world’s first impact based Standard has been used to certify the sustainable production of sugarcane.…
Workers’ rights are the heart of a sustainable sugarcane industry
Sven Sielhorst from Solidaridad Network attended the Bonsucro Conference last week in Brisbane, Australia. He held a speech about the…
The challenge of retraining and offering better job options to ex-cane cutters in Brazil
Given the growing environmental concerns and technological innovations, Brazilian Sugar Cane Industry is undergoing a rapid process of mechanization. Manual…
Towards a more sustainable sugar cane production in Bolivia
Child labor in sugarcane harvest is illegal in Bolivia. It is classified by the Ministry of Labor in Bolivia as…
Rio+20 crowd to learn from practical sustainable development work for farmers and environment
The UN Summit on Sustainable Development brings tens of thousands of people together to discuss the future we want, but…
India: New step towards more sustainable sugar
Solidaridad and businesses in India are making progress in producing more sugar that has been certified by the Bonsucro standard,…
20 August 2014
“In the future all sugarcane ethanol will be Bonsucro certified”
The first Bonsucro Certified product entered the port of Rotterdam last week. It is the first shipment of a certified…
Enhancing sugarcane sustainability in South America
In a joint effort to enhance sustainability initiatives and foster synergies between Solidaridad sugarcane partners in South America, project managers…
Raízen presents first results of Farmer Support and Loyalty Tool
A new specially designed software program helps farmers improve their business. It generates an individual recommendation report for improving practices…
