" We are proud to tell the country that Colombia has the second oldest certification for the blossom sector in the cosmos . " , says Martha Méndez , managing director of Florverde Sustainable Flowers said that . Florverde is celebrating its 25th day of remembrance and its external repute and undeniable contribution to the sustainability of this sphere make it one of the good examples of good interior agricultural practices and committal to our nation ’s exportation .
In this sense , Méndez say : " we are vastly honored by the identification we have received from the flower sphere worldwide for turning 25 . We feel accommodate to continue working for the sustainability of floriculture , always with societal and economic respect for all the workers who make it potential . "
In the Netherlands , Jeroen Oudheusden , executive director of the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative ( FSI ) , a globose arrangement that presently has about 80 member from the floricultural sector in dissimilar countries , says that " this is a jubilation that the world needs . Florverde has helped us build the path to sustainability with flowers and has shown that this is a issue of responsible for producer and shared leading . Also , their serious and committed work based on dependable indicators and data is very important for the generation of a supply strand with the just criteria for sustainable development . "
In Geneva , Mathieu Lamolle , senior advisor on sustainability standards at the International Trade Centre ( ITC ) ( a joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations ) , aver that " we promote initiatives that really contribute to meliorate the wreak conditions and the societal and environmental impact of companies around the world . Florverde has led the room and become an example , responding to international trends in sustainable supplying chains in the agricultural sphere . We have the disinterest of the United Nations and we can ensure that its index number have reached a very high level , give the sector great power to access newfangled international market place . "
Florverde started as an internal codification of conduct for the sector . In 2001 , it became a 2d - party verification arrangement , and in 2005 it evolved into an main third - party certificate system . A sealskin like Florverde is something that many other players in the agrarian sector , nationally and internationally , surely aspire to hold .
The good practices put through by Florverde have allowed certify crop to record a 50 % reduction in the enjoyment of chemical substance pesticides and much the total elimination of the enjoyment of more toxic pesticides . The role of bio - input signal has increase and Florverde farms have boosted Integrated Pest Management by 600 % in the last 10 years , while the rain use indicator has increased by 50 % . Meanwhile , at the societal tier , 100 % of our worker have written contracts , their hiring cognitive operation is fully traceable , and their duties are carried out in environment that respect their health and safe conditions , prioritise lifespan . "
During the presentation of Florverde ’s 25th day of remembrance to the medium , the Technical and Administrative Secretariat of the certification gave especial realization to the president of Asocolflores , Augusto Solano , for his management and committal to sustainable floriculture and good environmental practices to ensure the effective role of natural resources , the protection of ecosystem and the simplification of the sector ’s environmental impingement .
According to the director of Florverde , Solano ’s support has been underlying for the credential to reach the in high spirits levels of realization it has today and to have become the favorite choice of many flower producers and buyers worldwide .
For the president of Asocolflores , " the role of FlorVerde Sustainable Flowers is enormously authoritative . Thanks to it , Colombian flowers have a robust certification that has do , among other things , to foster a culture of social and economical development and regard for innate wealth in farms and crops , fully align with the 2030 agendum .
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