Sustainable practices in the floriculture trade are being given increasing priority. The need for transparency is also increasing. To meet that need, several partners, including Floriday, are joining forces for a new initiative: the Packaging Register. With the register, we are facilitating the exchange of sustainability data of packaging materials. Florpartners project leader Bart Boevé explains: "We want to move towards a circular horticultural chain.
Bart Boevé grew up in the floriculture sector and was part of the Royal Lemkes team for 11 years. He has since been working for Florpartners for three years and handles projects relating to strategy and leadership processes and organisational development on a daily basis.
Working together for the sake of transparency
From the Accelerators FSI, Floricode, Floriday & Blueroots, Royal FloraHolland and Florpartners have joined forces to realise the 'Packaging Register' project. Bart: "The register aims to provide transparency on the packaging and materials used, and through this we want to promote sustainability in the sector. The idea arose from the need to share information more efficiently and effectively in the chain and make it presentable. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) asks us questions and, besides, we want to be able to meet society's expectations and needs."
Taking the burden off growers, buyers and suppliers
"Currently, it is a lot of work for packaging suppliers and buyers to constantly spoon-feed the data", Bart explains. "The expectation is that it will become more frequent and the queries more wide-ranging. The register will make things easier for the supplier as well as the growers and buyers. Soon suppliers will be processing all packaging in the register and the grower will select which packaging he wants to use. This information is then shared again with the buyer who in turn needs it for customs declaration, if exporting. This information is in turn shared with the buyer who in turn needs it for the declaration to customs, in case of export. This information is very easy to retrieve from Floriday on the basis of delivered orders."