Altromercato, creator of socially and environmentally sustainable fair trade supply chains for over 30 years, produces high quality products and offers a wide range of sugars of unique features from the point of view of both the biodiversity of their origins and the direct high-value added supply chains for farmers and consumers. Since the 1990s, Altromercato has pioneered the import of sugar cane, gaining over time an important recognition by consumers, in particular with organic raw cane ones such as Mascobado, Dulcita and Dorada. For Altromercato, between raw materials and consumer products, sugar represents an important part of its activity. The organic sugar sold accounts for 70% of the total sugars amount. The supply chains of Altromercato stand out for their fair trade cooperation projects, such as those that have allowed the building of independent sugar factories in Ecuador, Paraguay and of mills in the Philippines. The work of cooperation and direct relations goes hand in hand with the choice to be part of a guarantee system that respects the founding principles of WFTO– World Fair Trade Organization. Altromercato sugars have the WFTO Label that certifies organizations and guarantees the entire supply chain, from production to sale, responding in this way to the growing demand for ethical guarantees from the most attentive consumers. Moreover, Altromercato works with an Ethics Review Committee, an independent authority with an ethical supervision function on producers. The production of the Altromercato sugar has a high social impact: it involves thousands of farmers and more than 30 cooperatives in 7 countries, Philippines, Ecuador and Colombia (with raw and organic sugars Mascobado, Dulcita, Dorada being the specialty of Altromercato), Mauritius and Paraguay, Costa Rica, Cuba (with centrifuged raw sugars Picaflor and Demerara). Moreover, the production of Altromercato cane sugar is highly sustainable, the majority of which is organic, with very low mechanization and all the residues of the cane being used as fuel in a logic of circular economy. For all these reasons, many players of the Italian food industry have found a reliable partner in Altromercato for the purchase of raw material in the realization of Corporate Social responsibility projects. Altromercato, indeed, acts as guarantor both towards the final consumer and the partners involved in the control of the entire supply chain, to achieve an economy of impact i.e. a way of acting that creates value and sensitivity at an environmental, social and economic level. www.altromercato.it
