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Florverde® Sustainable Flowers builds on more than 27 years of experience in developing, promoting and implementing responsible codes of conduct, standards, and sustainable agricultural practices.

Today, Florverde® Sustainable Flowers is an independent social and environmental standard for the flower sector that is backed by a strong team of agronomists, social workers and other professionals. This team is responsible for reviewing and updating the standard under the guidance of an advisory council made up of flower growers, agronomists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and government officials. Any major changes proposed must also be submitted for public consultation.

Although Florverde® Sustainable Flowers is responsible for setting the standard and obtaining stakeholder approval, the certification itself is awarded by third party certification bodies, such as Icontec and NaturaCert. The certification process includes reviewing farm documentation, inspecting farms, interviewing workers, and reviewing lab tests results.

HISTORY

GOVERNANCE

Advisory Council

Sergio Rengifo
Caicedo

Executive Director

Cecodes- WBCSD

 

Natalia Acero

Coordinator of Water and Cities Program
Conservation Internacional-  CI

Felipe García
Cardona

Coordinator of Biodiversity Science Program
Humboldt Institute

Daniel Maldonado

Flower Growers Representative
AGROMONTE

Juan Ricardo Gómez

Professor, PHD Candidate
Javeriana University

Ignacio Gómez

Buyers Representative
Benchmark Growers S.A.S

Augusto Solano Mejía

President
ASOCOLFLORES

Integrity Committee

SERGIO RENGIFO CAICEDO

Executive Director
CECODES

JUAN RICARDO GÓMEZ

Professor, PHD Candidate
Javeriana University

Technical Committee

Adriana Cinturia

Funza Organization

Stella María Castellanos

GR Chía

Juan Ricardo Gómez

Javeriana University / Advisory Council member

Ányela Cuervo

Ipanema Farms

Angélica Sarmiento

Agromonte

Laura Lotero

Sagaró Flowers

Technical & Administrative Secretariat

Daniela España
Director FSF
daniela.espana@florverde.org
Hugo Fernando Montero
Technical and administrative Secretariat FSF
hmontero@florverde.org
Laura Ximena Forero

Scheme coordinator FSF

coordinador@florverde.org
Mónica Lucía Vera
  • Biology degree, National University of Colombia
  • Environmental Law Specialist, Externado University, Colombia
  • Master studies in Geography, National University of Colombia
Hugo Fernando Montero
  • Environmental Engineer, La Salle University, Colombia
Martha Lucía Méndez
  • Specialist in Agribusiness, Buenos Aires University, Argentina
  • Master in Business Administration , Los Andes University, Colombia
  • Food Engineer with emphasis in Agriculture, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Colombia.

Partnerships

The GLOBALG.A.P. seal and standard is one of the most important and recognizable certifications in Europe to promoting good agricultural practices.

Florverde Sustainable Flowers has participated and contributed its experience in the focus groups for the development of the standard for flowers and ornamentals of this scheme.

The International Fresh Produce Association is the largest and most diverse international association serving the entire fresh produce and floral supply chain, and the only to seamlessly integrate world-facing advocacy and industry-facing support. We exist to create a vibrant future for all, and to do so with your prosperity in mind.

Florverde Sustainable Flowers is member of the Sustainability Council from IFPA

Colombian chapter of World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

CECODES for 25 years has led the transformation and advancement of sustainable development in the different business sectors, convinced that this is an option to achieve greater profitability, improve people’s quality of life and rationally use of natural resources. Since its creation, it has promoted among its associated companies and other interest groups, innovative schemes to contribute to environmental, economic and social development.

The eco.business Fund is a joint initiative of investors’ intent on supporting the promotion of business and consumption practices that contribute to biodiversity conservation, the sustainable use of natural resources, climate change mitigation and adaptation to its impacts. In providing financing to the fund’s target group for investing in activities that conserve nature and foster biodiversity, the eco.business Fund seeks investments that yield both financial and environmental returns.
Florverde is one of the certification accepted by Eco business Fund in Colombia

Floricode is a central point of support to which the supply chain can turn for the registrations, standards and codes it needs for its information management.

With the project launched a few years ago and known as ‘Location Codes in the Floriculture Supply Chain’, the floriculture sector has taken a step into the future of doing business online.

https://www.floricode.com/en-us/distribution/finding-codes/location-code-search

FSI gathered leaders of the sector in the supply chain in Europe, with a view to ensuring that by 2025 some 90 percent of the flowers and plants available in the market are produced in a sustainable way. FSI has the initiative called FSI Basket where Florverde Sustainable Flowers is one of the 16 Voluntary Sustainable Standards and Schemes shows that are fully transparent, comparable and by means of independent benchmarking, complying with Good Agricultural Practices, Environmental and/or Social basic requirements.

An online database of the ITC (International Trade Centre), the joint agency of the United Nations and the WTO, which enables, analyses and reviews of over 75 sustainability standards and audit protocols, among which Florverde, using a unique set of 700+ social, environmental and economic criteria, audit best practices and good governance models.