Selecta One commits to a five - class partnership with the Dutch founding MPS to forecast their carbon footprint . Selecta One , a world leader in breeding , growing , and marketing of forward-looking plant life , both ornamental and functional , believes that this partnership and the footprint furnish an important foundation for reliable affirmation regarding finished product and the efforts of all links in the output chain .
Transparency , quantifiability , and openness are the three most important motivations for Selecta One . The globally operating company powerfully believes in these economic value and has been MPS - ABC certify for many years , not least because of this . The particular advantage of this : about 80 % of the data required for a carbon copy footprint calculation with the HortiFootprint Calculator ( HFC ) from MPS and LetsGrow.com is already uncommitted through their MPS - ABC data point criminal record . The project will bulge in 2023 with the pilot output locations in Tenerife and Stuttgart .
The ground for the newly evolve reckoning model is the industry - broad standardized method for quantifying the environmental footmark FloriPEFCR ( Flori Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules ) . These calculation rules are expected to be recognized as a criterion by the European Union in the first quarter of 2023 . Through the software , MPS also offers users the option of imitate scenarios for their own operations . This make it possible to find out what shock change in materials or production methods would have on the footprint before they are apply .
" With the HortiFootprint Calculator , we extend growers an first-class and drug user - friendly puppet for carry out carbon copy footprint figuring . And with the integrated scenario module , we also offer a valuable tool for set SMART goals and being able to measure out forward motion towards climate - neutral product , " says Maik Mandemaker , Area Manager Germany at MPS .
With the introduction of the HortiFootprint Calculator , MPS embarks on a pure Life Cycle Analysis with a total of 15 family . Mandemaker : " In late eld , our industry has been focused on reducing harvest protection agent , fertilizers , and muscularity . But to figure the environmental effect , there are other factors that we will present transparently with the unexampled tool . We took the first step by offering a carbon footmark , followed by other categories such as ozone depletion , eutrophication , or human and bionomical perniciousness . There are still many challenge to be overcome if we , as a sector , want to become climate neutral . "
" Sustainability is a top priority at Selecta One . We take our responsibility for the great unwashed and the surround very seriously and are consecrate to our planet by acting in a sustainable manner globally – for the future of all of us in a world that is deserving hold out in for everyone , " explain Per Klemm , Managing Partner of the Selecta Group . " We are therefore proud of to be the first partner in Germany to be involve in this future - proof project . We are convinced that the information and cognition that we will gain in this exchangeable process will help us in the targeted further development of our global locations , summons , and merchandise . The effects of change in different scenario can be simulated and compared . We then provide our customer , but also trading partners and consumers , i.e. , the entire supply chain , complete transparence – anyone who wants can habituate the C footmark of our products as a potential decision - shit criterium " .
At the IPM trade fairish in Essen , Germany , which takes place from 24 - 18 December 2024 , you may learn more about this innovative tool . You will feel MPS in hall 1 ( John Wilkes Booth routine 1D12.A-20 ) and Selecta One in hall 2 ( John Wilkes Booth figure 2D21 ) .
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