With the launch of a certification scheme for small - scale agriculturist from the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative ( FSI ) and with exculpated sustainability regulations for credential , the final stair has now been taken towards 100 % FSI - conformation for all Dutch growers . to begin with , agriculturist and purchaser together with Royal FloraHolland ( RFH ) agreed on 100 % sustainability certification with an established roadmap . Meanwhile , about three quarters of the sales traded through the RFH political program are certified .

Small - scale grower dodging useable from FSIFSI announced the pocket-size - graduated table grower scheme for growers in the ' Global North ' ( mainly Europe and Israel ) [ Press going FSI ] . This introduce a modified certification scheme for these small - plate grower , which give them a suitable opportunity to attest and meet FSI requirements from today . With an integrated scheme for Environment , GAP ( Good Agricultural Practice ) and Social , this radical of growers can meet the certification prerequisite . It was agreed that agriculturalist who have been successfully audited for both the environmental faculty and the GAP module satisfy requirements for certification . While the social module is already in the system await forrader , it has not yet been scrutinize . From 11 January 2025 , all members in member package Auction Focus are required to be certified as described above .

Organic growers , visibility and absolved rulesRoyal FloraHolland has late hold additional talks with cultivator as a follow - up to the audience one shot for the small - scale grower dodging . The principal full point from these discussions led to the following decisions :

constitutive agriculturist : RFH want to boost organic growing ( with EU Organic / Skal certificate ) and sees this direction of grow as a positive growth . It was therefore decide to take a closer look at how to become FSI - compliant with an EU Organic / Skal security in the FSI linguistic context . As soon as this is definite , it will be announced . Pending that outcome , growers with EU Organic / Skal certificates can keep to trade on the RFH platform without restrictions .

profile : In plus to visibility on Floriday , RFH ’s clocks also display all sustainability certificates and - if applicable - whether a grower is FSI - compliant . Here , RFH deliberately elects to have mentioning of certificates achieved as an optional choice , to ward off stating that any cultivator is not certify . The denotative notification ' no environmental certificate ' will pop off by the closing of March at the latest .

Clear find for all : with a clear update on all aspect of the sustainability regulations , clarity is create for all users of the platform regarding certification . In particular on the following points : stoppers intrigue ( a dispensation intended for growers who wish well to cease farming within two years of the effective date of their certification ) , enforcement and rule for non - growing supplier .

These update will presently be publish as part of the updated sustainability regularization on RFH ’s internet site .

Pieter Bootsma , CEO Royal FloraHolland : " These tone mark another milepost on the road to 100 % sustainability certification . This create clarity for all user of our platform . In the coming months , we will put up our penis as much as potential to take the correct steps . Certification is all important to leave insight and transparency on sustainability . This also contributes to the reputation of the floriculture sphere , in the Netherlands and abroad . Society and consumer are more and more demanding clarity that heyday and plants are grow responsibly . "

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