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Comparaciones entre Florverde Sustainable Flowers y Rainforest Alliance Certified

Sello de certificación Florverde Sustainable Flowers. E n el mundo de los estándares que pretenden certificar las buenas prácticas ambientales, sociales o de calidad para la producción, vemos cientos de iniciativas locales y mundiales con diversos niveles de reconocimiento en los distintos mercados de destino. Y es curioso observar que ese reconocimiento muchas veces se basa más en la habilidad de sus comunicaciones y mercadeo que en la robustez técnica del estándar como herramienta de mejoramiento continuo. To read this entry in English, please click here Por otro lado existen estándares de país que se han acercado a los productores locales, entendiendo su contexto y dando respuesta a las necesidades reales en la producción, lo que los posiciona como estándares técnicamente excelentes pero de baja recordación, esto porque normalmente no cuentan con los recursos de mercadeo para posicionarse a nivel internacional, entre la cadena de suministro y mucho menos al nivel d...

Current updates available

Florverde® Sustainable Flowers standard updated! Bogotá D.C., 23 January 2015 - W e're proud to present the latest version, 6.0, 6.0-1 of Florverde Sustainable Flowers standard as well as other important documents carried out along 2014 by our Technical Committee. At the moment these documents can be found in Spanish at the moment at The Standard section in our website . For English versions please stay in touch, we will notice when it is ready! The updated documents are as follows: Florverde® standards for sustainable flowers and ornamentals production General regulations for Florverde® Sustainable Flowers certification Requirements and criteria list to accomplish Florverde® standard Internal Control System verification list Please don't hesitate to pass on this information to whom it may concern and everyone who is involved in the implementation, verification and accomplishment processes of our standard. If you have any question about these upda...

Roses, roses, roses - FSF certified even better!

Passion Growers - Flores Ipanema. Latest FSF certified company. At Florverde® we are very pleased to welcome a new flower company to our sustainable community. Passion Growers, founded in 2001, is a family-oriented company dedicated to growing and providing the most beautiful and highest-quality roses. Passion Growers’ 200 varieties of roses can be found in more than 5,000 retail and grocery stores around the United States, and online under the brand name Passion Roses. Passion Growers farms are located i n the savannah just outside the capital city of Bogota, Colombia, where the roses are grown in the most ideal conditions. Flores Ipanema are one of the providers of roses for Passion Growers in North America. For Ximena Franco, director of Florverde®, "We welcome Passion Growers - Flores Ipanema to our sustainable community after completing all the social, technical and environmental requirements to obtain the Florverde® Sustainable Flowers certificat...

Embajadores Florverde: Juan Ricardo Gómez

Por: Editor digital Florverde® Juan Ricardo Gómez es Biólogo, MSc en manejo y Conservación de la Vida Silvestre. PhD en Estudios Ambientales y Rurales de la Universidad Javeriana en Bogotá. Profesor/investigador tiempo completo del Departamento de Ecología y Territorio de la Universidad Javeriana en Bogotá. Con experiencia en proyectos de investigación y gestión para la conservación de la biodiversidad (con énfasis en mamíferos Neotropicales) en Sur y Centro América. Lleva más de 17 años monitoreando vida silvestre (técnicas no letales), sus estados y amenazas, y más de 15 años en docencia y gestión de proyectos para la conservación. Hace 4 años Juan Ricardo hace parte del Consejo Asesor de Florverde® Sustainable Flowers, órgano consultor de la organización. Lo entrevistamos para el blog de la Tingua sobre sobre experiencia en éste rol. Florverde® Sustainable Flowers: ¿Qué lo motivó a aceptar la invitación de ser parte del órgano de toma de decisiones de Florverde® Susta...

5th June, think sustainable

Celebrating World Environment Day everyday One of the graphic pieces we share on social media Climate change does concern us all. Florverde® Sustainable Flowers, its certified farms and their partners are committed to our planet and its wildlife. The Florverde® certification scheme works everyday to protect the environment in a number of ways: it encourages the change to sustainable production practices from local certified farms to the world; work together with allies to spread sustainability worldwide and drive people to be sustainable development change agents. Making a difference with people: Florverde® thinks it really matters when comes to be a sustainable agent. Certified farms teach their employees how to make a difference everyday by education programs in recycling, rainwater reservoirs and preservation of natural or artificial wetlands and introducing them to the wildlife , which lives around the farms -and depends on it to survive. Also works with communities online...

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