Responsible Production & Trade

Read how the FSI members aim for 100% responsibly produced and traded volumes, using the FSI Basket with independently benchmarked standards and sourcing commitments for trading and retailing members.

INTRODUCTION

To define what Good Agricultural and Good Social Practices look like, FSI has developed a comprehensive process that maps, challenges and continuously improves these definitions.
The FSI Basket has been set up to map floriculture standards, make them fully transparent on ESG criteria using the ITC Sustainability Map and independent benchmarking of standards against set criteria.

The FSI Basket of Standards includes three scopes: GAP, Social and Environmental. All producers worldwide can comply with the FSI Basket requirements when they are certified by one of more of the accepted standards in GAP and Environmental scopes. For producers in risk countries a social certificate is an extra requirement.

FSI Basket
Mainstream sustainability in the flowers & Plants supply chain is possible by implementing responsible sourcing using the FSI Basket as international reference.
FSI GAP Benchmarking
Follow the link to learn more about the GLOBALG.A.P. benchmarking and browse the related documents on their website.
FSI Environmental benchmarking
FSI Environmental Benchmark protocol explaining the procedure for benchmarked schemes and overview of the criteria.
FSI Social Benchmarking
The Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) provides an independent benchmarking process for third-party auditing, monitoring and certification schemes.
FSI Monitoring Protocol
Detailed background and definitions for the annual reporting of sustainable flowers and pot plants as agreed by the members of  FSI.
Can we count you in? (Dutch)
FSI members developed this brochure for growers and other stakeholders to raise awareness and give guidance on how to accelerate the FSI ambition towards 2025 and keep our floriculture sector future fit.
Can we count you in? (English)
FSI members developed this brochure for growers and other stakeholders to raise awareness and give guidance on how to accelerate the FSI ambition towards 2025 and keep our floriculture sector future fit.
Can we count you in? (Spanish)
FSI members developed this brochure for growers and other stakeholders to raise awareness and give guidance on how to accelerate the FSI ambition towards 2025 and keep our floriculture sector future fit.
Can we count you in? (German)
FSI members developed this brochure for growers and other stakeholders to raise awareness and give guidance on how to accelerate the FSI ambition towards 2025 and keep our floriculture sector future fit.