gross sales at Royal FloraHolland ’s marketplace reached 5.2 billion euros in 2022 , down 8 % from 2021 . For the 2d straight class , the 5 billion mark was broken . This is despite the fact that last class was unmanageable and unpredictable for many agriculturist . The phone number of products traded diminish by 7 % to a total of 10.8 billion . The decrease in supply was mainly triggered by in high spirits vim cost for growers . The intermediate toll was 2 % lower than in 2021 . This was cancel by mellow ostentatiousness rates . Royal FloraHolland ’s operating net income , after revenue enhancement , was a loss of 4 million euros . The main causes were a 5.7 million euro write - off on the bankrupt Floriworld and 11.4 million euro high vim cost . Substantial toll rescue limited the loss while at the same clock time go on full speed ahead with implementing the strategy and endue in the future . investment amounted to 90 million euros .
business concern about progress on energy transitionFloriculture has the ambition to become CO2 neutral in the long run . This want substantial investment funds in wind and solar vigor , geothermic get-up-and-go , and the use of residual passion from industriousness . Steven van Schilfgaarde : " The cabinet ’s plans to adjust vigor revenue enhancement for greenhouse gardening have major financial consequences for our sphere . Wageningen University aim that , base on these measures , greenhouse horticulture will face a vast increase in cost from 2025 . For decorative horticulture , this amounts to hundreds of millions more every year . The administration ’s insurance thus place upright in the way of the necessary investments in the Energy Department transition . Especially at this stage . This pose unnecessary further pressure level on the outside place of the Dutch floriculture sphere . The same applies to the Netherlands ' character as the hub of the world floriculture sector . With all party , we are conjointly hold action to ensure that the locker does not implement this proposed burden gain . "
Unpredictable yearBoth requirement and supply were unpredictable in 2022 . Canceled orders by external retail companies unexpectedly increased the supply on the clock , while the labor food market , specially for logistics staff , was very soaked . This do bottlenecks in the logistics operation at Royal FloraHolland , lead in logistics services being less than intended . Against the drift , the clock share increase slimly to 40 percent . The growth of the digital weapons platform Floriday continued . In 2022 , an norm of 33 % of direct transaction went through Floriday , with a visible upward trend during the year accelerating further in 2023 . By calendar week 10 of 2023 , the percentage was already 56 % . Every week , 5,500 growers and purchaser from 45 countries apply Floriday . Royal FloraHolland has over 600 international members . They report for 18.2 % of sales on the mart and , on the clock , as much as 29.1 % .
Financially solidRoyal FloraHolland has a substantial fiscal balance piece of paper . That makes it possible to commit in the future . CFO David van Mechelen : " In April last yr , base on the insight at the time , I did not dominate out that we would make a big personnel casualty in 2022 . Despite sharply increased energy cost and the write - off on Floriworld , we managed to limit the going to 4 million euros . We manage to make substantial price savings last year . The house is in good shape thanks to our fundamental principle Right program . We also take a identification number of additional measures , such as a hire halt on non - logistics positions . But at the same time , we consciously took care not to strangle the speed of scheme implementation . Last year , we place 90 million euro in our future , in Floriday , new logistics , IT reclamation , dimension maintenance , and the development of Aalsmeer - Oost , among others . That is 22 million more than in the former twelvemonth " .
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New in this one-year reportIn this annual report , we take an important first step towards reporting consort to the requirement of the Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive ( CSRD ) . We thereby call the responsibility to do so per Annual Report 2025 . Sustainability in all its facets is embraced by Royal FloraHolland . In addition , for the first time , Floriway has been fully included for the entire financial year ( in 2021 , Floriway was only consolidated for a period of time of two month ) . Floriway is an amalgamation of three transport companies , with Royal FloraHolland as a major shareholder . As a result , for instance , Royal FloraHolland ’s operating employee turnover and number of employees are a lot higher than in 2021 .
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