“The path to sustainability in ornamental horticulture” – International Conference 30 September 2021

In line with its long-standing involvement in sustainability issues for the floriculture industry, UNION FLEURS is pleased to support, together with several organisations of the ornamental industry, the (virtual) Sustainability conference organised on 30 September 2021 by AIPH, in partnership with GreenTech Live & Online, the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) and FloraCulture International (FCI)

Speakers from around the world will share insights on what the ornamental industry is doing to become more sustainable, how progress can be measured and what the future holds.

Union Fleurs will contribute to the programme of the conference with the participation of Richard Fox, Union Fleurs President, in the ‘Industry Leaders ‘ panel discussion.

We encourage our members & network to sign up here to attend the Conference on 30 September 2021: https://bit.ly/3EYJtoS

More information on the programme of the Conference & the line-up of speakers can be found here: https://aiph.org/event/sustainability-conference-2021/

 

 

 

 

CONNECT – SESSION | 29 September 2021 | Topic: Perspectives on flower freight

LET’S (e)CONNECT!  All Union Fleurs members are invited to join our  CONNECT-Session on Wednesday 29 September 2021 from 15H to 16H CEST (Amsterdam time-zone)

To kick-off the session, our guest speaker Eline van der Berg, Specialist Supply-chain Public Affairs at Royal FloraHolland, will share views on the overall freight situation for flowers, on lessons learned from the Covid pandemic and on the outlook for the near future. She will also present the objectives of the Holland Flower Alliance,  a strategic partnership between KLM Cargo, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Royal FloraHolland that started in 2016 to steer cooperation across the flower supply-chain and optimise logistics, process innovation and sustainability.

This shall inspire for a productive discussion and interesting exchange of views with the participants during this 1H get-together!

All Union Fleurs members have received an invitation to sign-up  & confirm their attendance. For any questions, please contact the secretariat: info@unionfleurs.org