Oxin Growers: 'Assembling the Sustainability Puzzle'
More and more companies and organizations within greenhouse horticulture are calculating their environmental footprint at the company or product level. KAS Magazine asked three collectives from vegetable and ornamental horticulture, which work closely with Greenhouse Sustainability, about their experiences. We highlight them one by one. This time: Oxin Growers. With 230 members, Oxin Growers is one of the [...]
Air So Pure: 'Cultivating a Cleaner World'
More and more companies and organizations within greenhouse horticulture are calculating their environmental footprint at the company or product level. KAS Magazine asked three collectives from vegetable and ornamental horticulture, which work closely with Greenhouse Sustainability, about their experiences. We highlight them one by one. This time: Air So Pure. Air So Pure is the brand and [...]
Fachjan: 'Committed to Continuous Improvement'
Greenhouse Sustainability exists 10 years. In the coming period, we will look back on the cooperation over the years with some good relations and look to the future. This time, we talk to Fred Janssen of Fachjan BV. What does Fachjan do? We specialize in growing and finishing larger house and project plants. We are also the market leader [...]
VDE Plant Calculates and Shares Footprint for All Potted Plants
VDE Plant was the first pot plant company to calculate the footprint of all its products according to FloriPEFCR, the European calculation standard. The company uses Greenhouse Sustainability's Flori Footprint Tool for this purpose. Moreover, the nursery chooses to be transparent towards the market. For example, customer IKEA will now have access to the footprint data of the products. VDE [...]
FM Group: 'Empowering Each Other to Progress'
Greenhouse Sustainability exists 10 years. In the coming period we will look back on the cooperation over the years with some good relations and look to the future. This time Nancy van Kleef from FM Group. What does FM Group do?FM Group exports flowers, plants and accessories to 104 countries. Together with more than 2,000 colleagues [...]
VDE Plant: 'Unwavering Trust'
Greenhouse Sustainability exists 10 years. In the coming period we will look back at the cooperation over the years with some good relations and we look to the future. This time Karin van der Eijk of VDE Plant from Woubrugge. What does VDE Plant do? VDE Plant is a family business that has been around for 75 years. We grow on [...]
LEKKERLAND NETHERLANDS TAKES ACTION WITH FOOTPRINT
‘Greenhouse Sustainability not only helps companies in horticulture to become more sustainable, but also in other sectors. For example, it works closely with Lekkerland Nederland, the specialist for on-the-go consumption. The company not only had its own footprint calculated, but CO2 volumes can now be allocated to specific customers via a [...]
Dutch Flower Group starts collaboration with Greenhouse Sustainability
Dutch Flower Group (DFG) is going to use the Flori Footprint Tool for reliable insight into the environmental impact of its products. With this step, DFG can map the footprints in its entire chain, in full compliance with the recently adopted FloriPEFCR, which is partly necessary for DFG's commitment to the Science [...].
'One stop shopping' by joining forces Greenhouse Sustainability and GTC+
Greenhouse Sustainability and GTC+ sign agreement The cooperation agreement between Greenhouse Sustainability (Nieuwkoop) and GTC+ (De Kwakel) marks an important step for companies that want to become more sustainable. From now on, they can go to one address for footprint calculations, improvement plans and reports in order to operate more innovatively, sustainably and successfully. Both companies have known each other for many years. That they are precisely [...]
Sharing crop registration data via GreenlinQdata
That footprints will play an increasingly important role is a given, according to Berrie de Mik of GreenlinQdata. That is why from now on growers can share their cultivation registration with Greenhouse Sustainability, the pioneer in calculating footprints for horticultural companies and products. GreenlinQdata helps horticultural growers register and report all information around cultivation. The platform [...]