Tagged with "Flowers & Plants"

IRBC Floriculture Annual Report for year 1

The annual report for the first year of the IRBC Floriculture captures the activities, outputs, and remaining plans for the IRBC Floriculture and its members. The report is written in…

Floriculture Sector Map – IRBC Agreement Floriculture

This Floriculture Sector Map has been developed within the framework of the IRBC Agreement Floriculture and presents the results of a collective sector risk assessment which has been performed by…

Remote audits to protect workers and environment

Auditing to verify sustainability is key to control progress on topics ranging from environmental sustainability to worker safety and even food safety. The COVID-19 pandemic has far reaching impact on…

First standards compliant with new environmental criteria in flowers sector

Reliable and comparable data collection to demonstrate good practice and drive further improvement.   Three floriculture sustainability standards have been recognized compliant with a new set of environmental criteria for…

Floriculture sector celebrates a sustainable evolution

  FSI members set ambitions for reduction of carbon footprint and living wage gaps The 68 Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) members have agreed on an ambition to reduce…

More chain transparency on agrochemicals reduces agrochemicals use in flower supply chain by 45%

To increase transparency of the use of agrochemicals throughout the floriculture supply chain, the Chain Transparency 2.0 project was created. The project resulted in substantial reductions of agrochemicals use volume,…

Increased transparency on agrochemical use for a lower environmental impact of the flower industry

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IDH sector initiatives adopt the Consumer Goods Forum’s SSCI

Promoting transparency among social standards and reducing audit duplication and unnecessary costs in the supply chain. The Sustainable Juice Covenant (SJC) is IDH’s first initiative to adopt the Sustainable…

Positive impact of constructed wetlands and biocontrol in the Ethiopian flower industry

Learn about the adoption of IPM and wetlands systems on rose farm Sher Ethiopia Plc (Afriflora) near lake Ziway, Ethiopia, and the resulting positive impacts explained in a research study…

Positive impact of constructed wetlands and biocontrol in the Ethiopian flower industry