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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...

Making the difference in Social Media!

Mary Westbrook highlights environmental holiday celebration online by Florverde® Society of American Florists featured on its website our social media campaign to celebrate the World Environment Day last June. We spread the word online and followers supported the activities. " Using #EnvironmentDay, Florverde asked its followers to tweet, post and share thoughts on the environment, sustainability and the workers and working conditions behind the flowers consumers enjoy said, Ximena Franco, Florverde's Sustainable Flowers Director " Special thanks to SAF staff and Mary for such words! Read the full article here . Wanna share your thoughts about nature and environment care? please tell us what you think! don´t forget to check for our discussions on Linkedin , Twitter , Facebook and Pinterest , or visit our website !

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...

Friend of the month - August

In Have your say on August... Jeroen Oudheusden from the Netherlands! " The [flower] sector as a whole has to take responsibility and work together in solving issues and in projects aiming for higher levels of sustainability " We shared some words with Jeroen Oudheusden from the Netherlands, Executive Officer to Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) and our friend of the month of August. He knows where exactly flower industry meets sustainability and why. Let's see! FSF: Why is sustainability important for the flower industry? Jeroen: The pressure to meet demand of the growing global cut flower industry has created sustainability challenges for the entire supply chain from producer to retailer. There is a clear need of a sector-wide vision on sustainability because fragmentation of sustainability projects and standards has led to inefficiencies in market uptake. Therefore the sector has joined forces in the form of the Floriculture Sustainab...

Winners of the Florverde Sustainable Flowers 2017 Awards

Vea este post en español aquí At Florverde® we are very proud to have held the first edition of the Florverde® Sustainable Flowers Awards . And what better time than during Proflora 2017 in October, in Bogotá. We had the great pleasure of recognizing the work of five floriculture companies in Colombia that have excelled in different aspects of the implementation of our certification scheme. Especially for their strong social, environmental and economic practices, promoting sustainable flowers for the wellbeing of all. In the words of our director, Ximena Franco, " a producer of certified Florverde® Sustainable Flowers, turns the concept of sustainability into a tangible reality for its people, its environment and its business. The best result that a buyer can obtain: the wellbeing of everything and everyone involved ". The evaluation process For any floriculture company, obtaining the Florverde Sustainable Flowers certification is already a recognition; th...

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