Certification tools
To access all Standards and Assurance documents, please visit our QMS Library.
| Name of document | Description | English | Español | Português | ไทย |
| Bonsucro Production Standard | |||||
| Bonsucro Production Standard v5.2.1 | This version of the BPS V5.2.1, published on 31 October 2025, was developed to align with the recently revised Certification Protocol v7.0, published in August 2025. This version supersedes version 5.2 and is binding from 01 January 2026. | Download | Descargar | Baixar | |
| SCH_Bonsucro Production Standard v5.2 – National Interpretation for Australia | This document contains an interpretation of the BPS v5.2 for the Australian Context. | Download | |||
| Summary of changes to the Bonsucro Production Standard | Summary of changes from v5.2 to v5.2.1 of the Bonsucro Production Standard. | Download | |||
| Bonsucro Calculator 5.2.4 | Supporting BPS v5.2.1 (published on October 2025 and valid from 01 Jan 2026). | Access | Acceso | Acesso | |
| Training platform | Access | Acceso | Acesso | ||
| Implementation Guidance for v5.2.1 | This document provides operators with guidance to implement the Bonsucro Production Standard V5.2.1 at the mill and farm level. | Download | Descargar | Baixar | |
| Agrochemical Prohibited List v1.1 | List of agrochemicals prohibited for use in the Bonsucro Production Standard certification (including Smallholder Standard) | Download | |||
| Greenhouse gas calculations in the Bonsucro calculator – User Guide V2.0 | This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the GHG emissions methodology used in the Bonsucro Calculator, as well as an overview of the Calculators. | Access | |||
| HCV Guidance – Bonsucro guidance for operators – Supply base mapping V2 | A guidance for mill operators to map and compile information on biodiversity, natural ecosystems and high conservation value indicators across the unit of certification, to support developing biodiversity management plans. | Download | Descargar | Baixar | |
| HCV Guidance – Bonsucro guidance for operators – Developing a biodiversity management plan V2 | This guidance is designed to support operators on indicator 4.1.2 using outputs generated in supply base mapping of biodiversity and natural ecosystems under indicator 4.1.1. | Download | Descargar | Baixar | |
| HCV Guidance – Bonsucro guidance for operators – Expansion of cultivation V2 | A guidance to help growers implement Bonsucro’s requirements related to expansion of sugar cane cultivation, as set out in indicator 1.2.2. | Download | Descargar | Baixar | |
| HCV Guidance – Bonsucro guidance for experts – Expansion of cultivation V2 | This document is designed for experts to help growers implement Bonsucro’s requirements related to expansion of sugar cane cultivation, as set out in indicator 1.2.2. | Download | Descargar | Baixar | |
| Production Standard for Smallholder Farmers | |||||
| Production Standard for Smallholder Farmers v1.01 | This document adapts the set of principles, criteria and indicators of the Bonsucro Production Standard – which defines sustainable performance of sugarcane producers and processors – for the smallholder farmer context. | Download | Descargar | ||
| Bonsucro Calculator for Smallholder Farmers v1.2 | Supporting evaluation against Bonsucro Production Standard for Smallholder Farmers V1.01 | Download | Descargar | ||
| Bonsucro Farm Diary | This tool has been developed for Smallholder Framers to capture data towards completion of the Bonsucro Calculator. | Download | Descargar | ||
| Chain of Custody Standard | |||||
| Bonsucro Mass Balance Chain of Custody Standard v5.2 | Effective from 1 January 2026. This supersedes v5.1 of the Bonsucro Mass Balance Chain of Custody Standard (including Guidance) document. | Download | Download | Download | |
| Bonsucro EU RED Standard | |||||
| Bonsucro EU RED Standard v3.0 EN | This standard has been designed as a voluntary add-on to the Bonsucro Standards and shall always be used in conjunction with the applicable Bonsucro Standards. | Download | |||
| Audit checklist for Bonsucro EU-RED Standard v3.0 EN | This checklist is to be used by a certification body assessing compliance of an economic operator with the Bonsucro EU-RED Standard v3.0. | Download | |||
| Bonsucro Summary Audit Report v1.0 | Bonsucro Summary Audit Report v1.0 – This document is to be used by Certification Bodies to summarise audit results. | Download | |||
| Bonsucro Guidance for EU-RED GHG requirements August 2025 | Guidance on greenhouse gas emission reduction and reporting requirements specified in version 3.0 of the EU-RED Standard | Download | |||
| Assurance | |||||
| Bonsucro Certification Protocol v7 | Bonsucro has developed a Certification Protocol that presents the process and procedures for certification against the Bonsucro standards. Although the version remains the same, as informed in the errata communication dated on 16 Sep 2025, we have made a small correction to requirement 1.2.1 e) iii). | Download | Descargar | Baixar | |
| Changes overview in the Bonsucro Certification Protocol v7 | A compilation of key updates from Certification Protocol version 6 to version 7.0, helping all stakeholders quickly understand what has changed. | Download | |||
| Implementation policy of the Bonsucro Certification Protocol v7 | This binding document outlines when the Protocol 7.0 comes into effect, and when operators shall demonstrate compliance and provides a general overview of the mandatory Bonsucro qualification for auditors and training providers. | Download | |||
| Bonsucro Guidance for Social Auditing | This guidance is designed to support auditors in conducting more effective and consistent assessments of compliance with social and labour issues, improving the quality and depth of social evaluations across all certified operations. Internal auditors are also encouraged to use this guidance to strengthen their own internal monitoring and preparation for external audits. | Download | |||
| Bonsucro Exemption Procedure | This document defines the process followed by Certification Bodies to request an exemption against the Bonsucro Standards, Certification Protocol, and related policies and guidelines. | Download | |||
| Bonsucro Assurance Data Collection v2.0 | Supporting audit submission. To be filled out by the Certification Body. | Download | |||
| Bonsucro Group, Multigroup and Multisite ICS Standard v1 | This document specifies the requirements for the Internal Control System (ICS) and for the ICS Manager in the context of group, multigroup and multisite certification. | Download | |||
| General Documents | |||||
| Bonsucro Climate Zone Map | Open | ||||
| FAQs | Frequently asked questions around our Standards and Assurance system. | Download | |||
| Errata document | The corrections listed in this errata sheet apply to the document listed on column A – Reference Document and can refer to typographical errors, misprints, misspellings, grammatical errors or omission of material or content or the erroneous inclusion of material/content. This errata is valid while a new version of the reference documents is being prepared for publication. | Download | |||
For all inquiries and feedback on any of the Bonsucro standards, revision processes or to request a hard copy of public summaries, standards or other related materials, please contact standards@bonsucro.com
