Bonsucro Global Week 2024
We are proud to once again be present at Bonsucro Global Week, this time as a Gold sponsor in Cuernavaca, Mexico, with our team of technical experts working on the responsible sourcing and production of sugarcane in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We strongly support multi-stakeholder collaboration in the sugarcane industry and events like this give us a space to continue advancing positive transformation in the sector.
In 2022, we were here with two Bonsucro Inspire Award nominations for Best Social Sustainability for our work with partners in human rights, health and safety, and smallholder livelihoods in the Huasteca region in Mexico, and Negros Occidental in the Philippines, which ended up winning the award. You can see more on the wider Philippines programme in this video including the initiative created to address child labour risks and improve PPE use by institutionalising these practices amongst farmer organisations, with the support of Nestlé, ASR, SIFI, and our technical and strategic support.
Proforest and Sugar
Proforest is a global NGO, focused on the production base and supply chains of agricultural and forestry commodities including sugar, soy, rubber, palm oil, cocoa, coconut, beef and timber. We support companies with direct action to tackle environmental and social risks throughout a supply chain. We also work with governments, companies, and collaborative organisations, to address systemic issues beyond the supply chain, within a landscape or jurisdiction or at sectoral level.
With a mission to deliver positive outcomes at scale for people, nature and climate, our work in sugar ranges from working with companies, refineries and mills to implement responsible sourcing commitments, working with farmers on regenerative agriculture, reforestation and water use, and supporting workers in labour rights, health and sanitation.
From our foundation, we have been closely involved in the development and implementation of credible voluntary sustainability standards and certification systems in several commodity sectors, including supporting Bonsucro for sugar.
