FFP standard

What is the international standard of Fair Flowers Fair Plants?

Producers can participate in Fair Flowers Fair Plants when they fulfil strict environmental and social requirements. They have to be certified in order to prove that they meet the criteria. Certification includes regular reports by the company and inspections of the company: scheduled and non scheduled visits in which the company has to co-operate. FFP has chosen for an international standard at the level of:

> Environmental certification
The company is certified at MPS-A or comparable level. MPS (Milieu Programma Sierteelt) is an international organization that develops and controls labels for the horticultural industry.

> Social certification
The company meets the requirements of the International Code of Conduct.

Producers can participate conditionally in Fair Flowers Fair Plants when they have acquired one of the two necessary certifications and have committed themselves to obtain the missing certification within 1 year. Conditionally accepted can be participants with:
1. environmental certification at MPS-A or comparable level + the commitment to obtain the social certification within 1 year
2. environmental certification at MPS-B or comparable level + social certification + the commitment to upgrade the environmental certification to MPS-A or comparable level within 1 year.

How to recognize the status?

Producers with both the environmental and the social certification are fully accepted FFP participants. Products of these growers are indicated with an 'F' (replacing the 'A') on the auction clock. The 'F' is also printed on the electronic clock transactions (EKT's).
Producers with one of the required certifications are conditionally accepted FFP participants. They are committed to improve their company management to obtain the missing certification within 1 year. Products of these growers do not have a specific indication on the auction clock, but are indicated with a 'T' printed on the EKT's.

More information about the certifications is available under Certification requirements.