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Grupo PIASA becomes the first sugar mill in Mexico to join the VIVE Programme 

Grupo PIASA, one of Mexico’s leading sugar milling companies, has become the first sugar mill in the country to join the VIVE Programme, an internationally recognised continuous improvement programme for sustainable agriculture and supply chains.  Founded in 1988, Grupo PIASA (Promotora Industrial Azucarera S.A. de C.V.) operates three of the most productive sugar mills in…

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MSF Sugar Becomes First Australian Mill to Join VIVE Programme, Elevating Sustainable Sugar Supply Chains 

MSF Sugar has become the first Australian sugar mill to join the VIVE Sustainable Supply Programme, marking a significant milestone in the country’s journey toward fully verified sustainable sugar. With its Mulgrave and South Johnstone mills now part of the initiative, MSF Sugar is helping to close the loop on sustainability—from farm to export.  “Sustainability…

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TSM Group Achieves VIVE Claim Level, Expanding Sustainable Sugarcane Ethanol and Green CO₂ Solutions

Bangkok, Thailand – TSM Group, a leading Thai sugar mill, has reached a major sustainability milestone by achieving the VIVE Claim Level in just its second year of participation. This accomplishment highlights the company’s dedication to responsible sourcing, ethical supply chain management, and continuous improvement in sustainability performance. As a producer of raw sugar, refined…

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New Joiner to the VIVE Team

Welcoming Robyn Cooper, VIVE Senior Manager of Regenerative Agriculture to the VIVE team! Robyn Cooper is a rural development and sustainable food systems expert with over a decade of experience leading international, multi-stakeholder initiatives. She specializes in solving challenges at the intersection of climate, nature, and livelihoods, leveraging applied research and deep industry…

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VIVE Climate Action gains stamp of approval from Circular Ecology

The VIVE Programme is proud to share an exciting update - VIVE Climate Action’s carbon foot printing tool has recently undergone a third-party independent verification by Circular Ecology, which has positively established VCA’s conformance with robust carbon foot printing methodologies in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector, specifically the PAS 2050:2011 standard…

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Celebrating 10 Years of VIVE: A Decade of Sustainable Supply Chain Innovation

In 2024, the VIVE Sustainable Supply Programme marks a major milestone—its 10-year anniversary. What began in 2014 as a vision to ensure sustainability, transparency and traceability in sugar supply chains has grown into a pioneering programme that touches many industries, helps producers implement best practice and helps multinational companies reach their sustainability targets. VIVE’s journey…

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Suntory Holdings Ltd and KTIS launch low carbon farming project in Thailand in collaboration with The VIVE Programme

The VIVE Programme, a leading voluntary sustainability programme managed by CZ (Czarnikow) and Intellync,  has today announced it has  launched  a three-year low carbon farming project for sugarcane in Thailand -  in collaboration with Suntory Holdings Limited and Kaset Thai International Sugar Corporation Public Co Ltd (KTIS). The farming sector offers significant opportunities for carbon…

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Summerpride, Largest Pineapple Producer in South Africa, join VIVE Fruit Module

The VIVE Programme is excited to announce that Summerpride has joined as our second participant in the VIVE Fruit Module, increasing our scope as a multi-commodity, continuous improvement programme. This delivers the advantage of standardisation across a range of products and reduces the assessment burden fatigue with cross-commodity reporting in a consolidated offering. Summerpride…

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