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A common ground to make the difference! Our mutual acknowledgment agreement with Rainforest Alliance Certified is now operative! this means a company can get certified by both standard in one single inspection! Read more! We'll be happy to read your opinions about our marketing materials also :) please share your thoughts with us!

Have your say in September... Mathieu Lamolle from Switzerland! " There's a progress in the use of sustainability standards in global supply chains. The main proof of this is the steady growth of commitment from governments and large multinational companies, brands and retailers in integrating sustainability in their procurement strategies ". By: Juliana Díaz, MBA. In this month we wanted to wide our sight about sustainability thanks to Mathieu Lamolle ,  Market Analyst at International Trade Centre Standards Map - ITC . He has 10+ years in international commerce, market access and sustainable development . His main duty is to coordinate and supervise the regulations database  for www.standardsmap.com . He also coordinates collaborations between the ITC and its private partners relative to project management and market analysis.   Florverde® Sustainable Flowers:   Why is important for sustainability the certification of the agricultural exports c...

Have your say in July... Ximena Barrera Rey from Colombia! " WWF Colombia’s Water Stewardship strategy aims to engage companies to look beyond their organizational boundaries, to consider their relationship with water and rethink their sustainability strategy to generate benefits for communities, ecosystems and the business itself " By: Juliana Díaz, MBA. This month we keep talking about environment and water conservation , now with one of our partners. Ximena Barrera Rey is Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility Director of WWF Colombia and also member of the Advisory Council of Florverde Sustainable Flowers .  Florverde and WWF Colombia share a lot  about sustainable management and water conservation in agriculture.  Florverde® Sustainable Flowers:   Taking into account WWF is part of our Advisory Council, how can Florverde® Sustainable Flowers and WWF work together regarding water conservation?   Ximena Barrera: Water conservation...

Have your say in June... Katheryn Mejía from Colombia! Katheryn giving crayons to a little girl "Children are the future and we need to protect them against child labor. We all can be stewards " By: Juliana Díaz, MBA. This week is the World Day against Child Labor. Florverde® Sustainable Flowers standards prevents farms using forced labor or from employing workers under the age of 18 . Our friend of the month is Katheryn Mejía, Director of Social Responsibility of the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters (Asocolflores). We talked with her about this celebration. Florverde® Sustainable Flowers:  On the 12th of june the world will celebrate the World Day against Child Labor. How important is this celebration?  Katheryn Mejía:  One of the major problems of the XXI century is child labor. The ILO (International Labor Organization) says that there are 168 million children working in conditions of illegality in the world . The problem is not ...

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...

Have your say in May... Nadine Weckardt from Germany! Source: Asocolflores "Once the consumer has bought and experienced an arrangement with sustainable flowers they're amazed! " By: Juliana Díaz, MBA. In the mother's month we had a little chat with Nadine Weckardt, well-known Floral Designer and 2007 European Champion of Floral Design . She's proud of providing her shop with sustainable products and keep her mother's legacy of floral design in her life. Let's see what she thinks about sustainability ! Florverde® Sustainable Flowers:   as a florist how important is for you to work with sustainable flowers? Nadine Weckardt:   I try to work more and more with them because there's times in my shop when i don't want to buy a lot of fresh flowers especially during summertime and i still want my shop to look filled. I also use them a lot during christmas... in arrangements with no waterbase. FSF®:  Do you think european cons...

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...