Explore sustainable agriculture solutions with Corbion

Our vision

A sustainable agricultural supply chain is crucial to our business as we rely on agriculture for our biobased raw materials.

It is also vital to the communities in which we operate and to our planet's resources. We recognize that intensive agriculture can have negative consequences for people and the environment. The agricultural sector is the second-largest source of GHG emissions globally and farming of sugarcane and oil palm has been linked to issues such as forced and child labor.

While Corbion is not directly involved with the growing, harvesting, and processing of the crops used to make our raw materials, we have partnered with our direct suppliers, conservation solution providers and engage with other stakeholders involved in our agricultural supply chains to promote our vision for sustainable agriculture.

Our policies and certifications

Our sustainable agriculture policy describes our vision and key principles for sustainable agriculture, including protecting biodiversity, eliminating deforestation, stewardship of the air, soil, and water, and mitigating climate change. We also have raw material specific codes and policies. Corbion's cane sugar policy defines the specific requirements for the production of sustainable cane sugar, based on the definitions for sustainable sugar cane and derived products as set out by Bonsucro. Our palm oil statement describes our requirements for responsible sourcing of palm, including no deforestation, no peat, and no exploitation. Lastly our statement on soy, describes our soy sourcing and engagement around this commodity. We also implement relevant certification schemes for palm oil and cane sugar. For palm oil, we focus on implementing the supply chain standard of the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for all of our products that contain palm oil and/or palm-oil derived ingredients. We believe that this is currently the best and most widely used tool available to drive change in the palm oil supply chain.  For cane sugar, we utilize Bonsucro certification and audit suppliers against the Corbion Cane Sugar Code where Bonsucro-certified supply is not yet available. 
Further details of our sustainability policies and commitments can be found on our website under Statements, codes and policies.

Impact on the ground

Sustainable agriculture has the potential to protect the planet, enhance the economic viability of the agricultural sector, and support the livelihoods and well-being of farmers and the communities they work in. We are collaborating with our suppliers and other partners to implement sustainable agriculture practices to drive ecosystem improvements in our sourcing areas.

Our efforts to advance responsible sourcing, reduce GHG emissions in the value chain, and strengthen agricultural resilience are described in more detail in the Sustainability performance section of our Annual Report 2024.