What is FSI?
The Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) is a market-driven initiative with members (including growers and grower organizations, trading companies, breeders, retail).
FSI has established a benchmark (comparison) against which various certificates have been assessed in the floriculture sector. Certificates that meet this benchmark are FSI-compliant and are in the FSI Basket of Standards. The FSI Basket of Standards consists of 3 pillars: GAP (Good Agricultural Practice), Environment and Social. In each of these pillars, growers can obtain a certificate. The full list of accepted certificates can be found at FSI 2025 - Floriculture Sustainability Initiative.
Why sustainability within the floriculture sector?
Every day we work hard with all links in the supply chain to produce beautiful, high-quality flowers and plants that delight consumers. At the same time, consumers are increasingly demanding more sustainably grown flowers and plants. Retailers, including supermarkets, garden centres, web stores and florists are also making more and more demands in terms of sustainability, and we are faced with stricter laws and regulations. We want to stay ahead of this as a sector by showing how our flowers and plants are grown, so that future generations can also enjoy beautiful and sustainably grown flowers and plants.
Why is certification important?
Certification allows you to be transparent with buyers about how your products are grown. Transparency contributes to a positive image of the floriculture sector, both nationally and internationally, now and in the future. Certification data is necessary to make the steps taken by growers transparent to society and the media. Separating fact from fiction can only be done with substantiation.