Fairtrade Standard for Cane Sugar

? Didier Gentilhomme

Fairtrade Standard for Cane Sugar

Applies to: Small producer organizations and traders

Current version:

01.10.2015_v1.4

Expected date of next review:

2020

Contact for comments: standards-pricing@

For further information and standards downloads: standards.html

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Content

Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ 3 How to use this Standard ___________________________________________________________ 3 Product description ________________________________________________________________ 3 Price and Fairtrade Premium ________________________________________________________ 3 Chapters ________________________________________________________________________ 3 Structure ________________________________________________________________________ 4 Requirements ____________________________________________________________________ 4 Scope __________________________________________________________________________ 4 Application ______________________________________________________________________ 4 Definitions _______________________________________________________________________ 4 Monitoring of changes _____________________________________________________________ 5 Change history ___________________________________________________________________ 5

1. General Requirements ____________________________________________________________ 7 2. Trade __________________________________________________________________________ 8

Traceability ______________________________________________________________________ 8 3. Production_____________________________________________________________________ 10

Production indicators _____________________________________________________________ 10 Occupational health and safety _____________________________________________________ 10 4. Business and Development ______________________________________________________ 11 Contracts ______________________________________________________________________ 11 Price and Fairtrade Premium _______________________________________________________ 11 Timely payment _________________________________________________________________ 12 Premium payment in case of multiple producers supplying the same mill_____________________ 12 Premium use ___________________________________________________________________ 13 Access to finance ________________________________________________________________ 14 Sourcing and market information for planning __________________________________________ 14 Retro-certification ________________________________________________________________ 14 Annex 1: Reporting template for production indicators __________________________________ 16

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Introduction

How to use this Standard

The Fairtrade Standard for Cane Sugar covers the requirements which are specific to sugar cane producers and traders.

Fairtrade cane sugar producers must comply with both the Fairtrade Standard for Small Producer Organizations and the Fairtrade Standard for Cane Sugar. For producers this standard complements, and should be read together with, the Fairtrade Standard for Small Producer Organizations.

Fairtrade cane sugar traders must comply with both the Fairtrade Trader Standard and Fairtrade Standard for Cane Sugar. For traders this standard complements, and should be read together with, the Fairtrade Trader Standard.

In cases where this standard differs from the Fairtrade Standard for Small Producer Organizations Standard or the Fairtrade Trader Standard on the same topic, the requirements presented in this standard apply.

Product description

This standard covers the purchase and sale of cane sugar. Cane sugar is produced from the juice of the sugar cane plant (Saccharum spp.). This standard also covers secondary products and their derivatives.

A secondary product can be a by-product, a co-product or a residue produced in the country of origin. By-products of cane sugar production are for example molasses, bagasse, bagasse ash, and filter cake. A derivative of a secondary product is a secondary product processed in the country of origin. Derivatives of a secondary product are for example rum produced with molasses and bio-plastics made from bagasse.

The definition of secondary products is included in the Fairtrade Trader Standard. An explanatory note for secondary products and a non-exhaustive list of products fitting in the secondary products definition is available on the Fairtrade International website.

Price and Fairtrade Premium

There is no Fairtrade Minimum Price for Fairtrade cane sugar. Fairtrade Premium levels for Fairtrade products are published separately to the product Standards.

There are no Fairtrade Minimum Prices defined for secondary products and their derivatives. The prices (at CIF or FOB level) of these products, from any origin, are negotiated between the importer and the exporter. A default Fairtrade Premium of 15% of the negotiated price must be paid in addition.

Chapters

The Fairtrade Standard for Cane Sugar has four chapters: General Requirements, Trade, Production and Business and Development.

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Structure

In each chapter and section of the standard you will find: ? The intent which introduces and describes the objective and defines the scope of application of that

chapter; ? The requirements which specify the rules that you must adhere to. You will be audited according to

these requirements; and ? The guidance provided to help you to interpret the requirements. The guidance offers best practices,

suggestions and examples of how to comply with the requirement. It also gives you further explanation on the requirement with the rationale and / or intention behind the requirement. You will not be audited against guidance.

Requirements

In this standard you will find two different types of requirements: ? Core requirements which reflect Fairtrade principles and all of which must be complied with. These

are indicated with the term 'Core' found in the column on the left throughout the Standard. ? Voluntary Best Practices (VBP) which refer to the additional steps that all supply chain actors can

take to foster even fairer trading conditions. They serve as your reference point for achieving best practice and contribute to greater sustainability in the entire supply chain. These practices are voluntary and not required in order for you to be in compliance. They will be however monitored on a regular basis in order to identify those actors that go beyond minimum compliance. These practices are indicated with the term 'VBP' found in the column on the left throughout the standard.

Scope

This standard applies to all Fairtrade cane sugar producers and all companies that buy and sell Fairtrade cane sugar. All operators taking ownership of Fairtrade certified products and / or handling the Price and Fairtrade Premium are audited and certified.

Different requirements apply to different companies depending on their role in the supply chain. You can find if a requirement is applicable to you in the column "applies to".

Application

This version of the Fairtrade Standard for Cane Sugar was published and is applicable as of 1 May 2017. This version supersedes all previous versions and includes new and changed requirements. New requirements introduced in this version as well as in version v1.0 are identified in this standard by the word " NEW ".

Definitions

Fairtrade eligible is the volume of all cane produce by certified producers that can be sold under Fairtrade conditions.

Producer means any entity that has been certified under the Fairtrade Standard for Small Producer Organizations. Individual producers are the members of those organizations.

Retro-certification occurs when a Fairtrade payer buys cane sugar from a Fairtrade producer or exporter under ordinary conditions (non-Fairtrade) and at a later stage converts it into a Fairtrade product.

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For a comprehensive list of definitions see the Fairtrade Trader Standard.

Monitoring of changes

Fairtrade International may change Fairtrade standards as explained in Fairtrade International's Standard Operating Procedures, see setting-the-standards.html . Fairtrade Standard requirements can be added, deleted, or changed. If you are Fairtrade-certified, you are required to check the Fairtrade International website regularly for changes to the standards.

Fairtrade certification ensures that you comply with Fairtrade standards. Changes to Fairtrade Standards may change the requirements of Fairtrade certification. If you wish to be or are already Fairtrade certified, you are required to check the compliance criteria and certification policies on the certification body's website regularly at flo-.

Change history

Version number 01.05.2011_v1.0 01.10.2015_v1.0

01.10.2015_v1.1 01.10.2015_v1.2 01.10.2015_v1.3 01.10.2015_v1.4

Date of publication Changes

01.05.2011

New Standards Framework (NSF) changes: (1) reorganization of the standard into 4 chapters.

01.10.2015

Full review of the standard, alignment with the Trader Standard.

New requirements on like for like rule, GMO contamination, reporting on indicators on sustainable production, drinking water for workers, additional reporting by conveyors, premium payment in case of multiple producers supplying the same mill, premium planning and regular meetings with producers.

Addition of definition section, simplification of wording, reorganization of requirements, deletion of redundancies, added or improved guidance, new standard design.

01.05.2017

Full substitution of cane sugar with beet sugar allowed, added guidance in like for like requirement 2.1.1., amendment of requirement 2.1.2 on substitution of cane sugar with beet sugar.

10.06.2020

Addition of exceptions on maximum land size applicable in Belize, Fiji, Mauritius and Paraguay.

25.04.2022

Clarification on the guidance of requirement 1.1.1 on Exceptions on maximum land size, requirement 2.1.1 on Mass balance: like for like rule in sugar and requirement 4.4.1 on Agreement among multiple producers supplying the same mill.

15.09.2022

Clarification on the guidance of requirement 2.1.1 on Mass balance: like for like rule in sugar.

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