MPS and Fairtrade sign cooperation agreement

MPS and Fairtrade signed a cooperation agreement at the leading trade fair for horticulture IPM Essen , in belated January . The destination of the cooperation is to gain a good understanding of the clime impact and other environmental performance factors of ornamental growers who participate in both MPS - ABC and Fairtrade . The two company will also be investigate how to make it easier to obtain both Fairtrade and MPS certification .

CEO Daan de Vries attend the trade wind fairish on behalf of MPS and signed the agreement together with Annette Billharz , Global Product Manager Flowers & Plants at Fairtrade International . " This cooperation tender excellent opportunities to make sustainability trends among Fairtrade and MPS - certified company transparent and to ameliorate the efficiency of double certification , thereby making it quicker and easy for growers to become more sustainable " , said De Vries .

The cooperation cover two principal projects . Firstly , it encompasses data account from MPS - ABC to Fairtrade ( with the consent of participating companies ) so as to make perceptiveness into the trends take berth in the utilization of crop trade protection agent , fertilizer and push . second , troupe that are MPS - ABC and Fairtrade certified will be asked to have their footprint calculated using the HortiFootprint Calculator and can take to portion out the results with Fairtrade . This will give these agriculturalist a good case-by-case picture of their own footprint and will provide Fairtrade and MPS with more brainstorm into tolerant trends .

The cooperation also includes two secondary projection , which are not part of the signed understanding , but which will be further explored in the time to come , namely investigate whether the lists of banned active substances of both organisations can be aligned more close , and explore opportunities to have combine audits carry out by one certification body in the future tense or to enable partial or full mutual recognition of standard .

With this understanding , MPS - ABC and Fairtrade participants have prompt towards amend the sustainability of their operations and will benefit a better intellect of their environmental performance and ways in which this can be further improved .

For more information : MPSJupiter 450 ( Horti Business Center)2675 LX , HonselersdijkTel . : +31 ( 0)174 - 615 715Fax : +31 ( 0)174 - 632 059[email protected]www.my - mps.com