In this new series of technical comparisons with other certifications standards, we will focus on the benchmarking between Florverde Sustainable Flowers and Fairtrade International - Hired Labour; exclusively on the social criteria of both.
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Building a family in the flower business
Marleny has been the manager of Melody Flowers since it was created 21 years ago. A Colombian flower company dedicated to the production of roses and gypsophila in the savanna region of Bogotá. Melody Flowers is a Florverde Sustainable Flowers certified company and we talked to the manager about her role in floriculture.
Construyendo familia en el negocio de las flores
Marleny ha sido la gerente de Melody Flowers desde su creación hace 21 años. Una empresa floricultora colombiana dedicada a la producción de rosas y Gypsophila en la sábana de Bogotá. Melody Flowers es una empresa certificada Florverde Sustainable Flowers y hablamos con ella sobre su rol en la floricultura.
Comparaciones entre Florverde Sustainable Flowers y Rainforest Alliance Certified
El Sustainability Map, una iniciativa del International Trade Center de las Naciones Unidas que recopila información de más de 200 estándares a nivel mundial, permite comparar en línea los contenidos de los diferentes estándares, para dar al usuario una idea acerca de la robustez del estándar en consulta.
General comparisons between Florverde Sustainable Flowers and Rainforest Alliance Certified
The Sustainability Map, an initiative of the United Nations’ International Trade Center gathers information from more than 200 certifications worldwide, allowing the online comparison of these; hence, giving the user an idea about the robustness of the standard in question.
INTERVIEW | Getting to know more about the Tingua that lives on our flower farms
We interviewed Erika Milena Sánchez, the first scholarship holder from the agreement between Asocolflores and the Colombian Biodiversity Research Fund of the Alejandro Ángel Escobar Foundation. She presented the conclusions of her biological research regarding the density of the Tingua in different plant coverings in artificial and natural wetlands in the Cundinamarca-Boyacá region.
