Domino Sugar / ASR Group

ASR Group is committed to conducting our business in a manner that is environmentally responsible.  Our policy is for each of our facilities to meet or exceed the requirements of the environmental regulations applicable to its location.  All employees and contractors are expected to take personal responsibility for protecting the environment.  ASR Group promotes a workplace culture in which employees are trained to meet or exceed applicable environmental laws, regulations and procedures.
From the start, our products come from the land and, therefore, we take our stewardship of it very seriously.  That’s why we employ sustainable farming and business practices

in delivering one of nature’s most efficient agricultural crops from the field to the table.  In Florida, we employ high-tech agricultural Best Management Practices that meet the strictest water quality standards in the country.  Along with the responsible way we farm, we also own and operate the largest renewable energy facility of its kind in North America.  Our biomass power plant uses sugar cane fiber and recycled urban wood waste as fuel to generate clean, renewable energy that powers our sugar operations and tens of thousands of homes.  Our facility reduces the country’s need for hundreds of thousands of barrels of fossil fuels and saves valuable landfill space by converting a waste product to a high-end use – secure, homegrown power.

After the sugar is farmed and milled, we then refine it to make our premium sugar products.  ASR Group’s policy is to proactively minimize the impact of our operations on people and the environment by implementing further best management practices, including pollution prevention, material substitution, waste minimization, material recovery and recycling and engineering controls.  We have continuously made strides in reducing our refineries’ water and energy usage and in decreasing our waste.  Using advanced technologies and engineering methods, we have reduced our fossil fuel usage by 10 percent per 100 pounds of sugar over the last five years at our North American refining facilities.  In addition, we have attained a 96 percent recycling rate for non-product materials produced at one of our facilities.  Currently, ASR Group is taking each successful sustainable business practice and implementing its across our facilities.