Raízen, the world’s largest sugar exporting company, and ASR Group, the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, have announced a partnership for sustainable raw cane sugar supply chains globally. The multi-year agreement between the partners creates the world’s first fully physically traceable and 100 percent non-genetically modified (non-GM) certified supply chain. The partnership stretches from Raízen’s sustainably certified sugarcane farms and bioenergy parks in Center-South Brazil, all the way to supporting the brands that make up ASR Group’s cane sugar consumer products in North America and Europe.
Supported by an investment and a 10-year purchasing commitment from ASR Group, Raízen has developed processes, infrastructure, and technological solutions to track raw cane sugar from their farms and bioenergy parks—where the sugarcane is milled to produce raw sugar and biofuels—and segregate the final raw sugar through to a dedicated port terminal facility for export. In addition to carrying non-GM status, Raízen also ensures that the raw cane sugar meets the highest global ethical and environmental standards.