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…
FOCUS ON THE FUTURE FOR FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES: SIFAV STEPS UP SUSTAINABILITY AMBITIONS IN 2025 PROGRAM The companies united in the Sustainability Initiative Fruit and Vegetables (SIFAV),…
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…
Within IDH, Food Crops and Ingredients (F&I) focuses on the sectors of Aquaculture, Flowers and Plants, Fruit and Vegetables, Juice, Nuts, Spices, and Vanilla; all of which…
Recent data shows that juice volumes traded sustainably have increased by 10% year on year. The latest monitoring under the Sustainable Juice Covenant, a platform of sector leaders that have…
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,…