Multiple retailers , such as supermarket range of mountains and owner of other format , are increasingly ask for perceptivity into environmental footprints and other sustainability subject concern to the flower and plants they buy . As part of its sustainability ambition , Dutch Flower Group ( DFG ) has set targets for mensurable reduction of carbon emissions , piddle and waste material . Together with environmental insight specialist Ecochain , DFG is now take the first dance step towards achieving the targets by gathering insight into the CO2 emissions get by its trading companies ’ processes . This enquiry will later be complement by involving supply chain partner , so as to represent emissions through the horticulture supply mountain range . To grapple the measurement of datum and make it visible , DFG is making Ecochain ’s Environmental Intelligence Platform uncommitted to its trading companies and grower . “ Ecochain ’s platform provide a dashboard which gives DFG an up - to - day of the month survey of emissions develop within our supply Sir Ernst Boris Chain , without having to share secret data . The results provide a first stone’s throw towards our signify goal of foreshorten our total expelling ” , articulate Raimon Loman , CSR ( Corporate Social Responsibility ) manager at Dutch Flower Group .
fifty to R : Pieter Leendertse ( Ecochain ) , Raimon Loman ( CSR director Dutch Flower Group ) and Henriëtte van Riet ( Ecochain )
DFG is receiving an increasing amount of enquiries , from customers and other stakeholders , for insight into the environmental footprint of the compass , along with postulation such as minimising the use of packaging cloth . “ In social club to negociate the increase need for this information , we have to put through an integrated system through which reliable environmental data , from a undivided data source , can be collect and shared ” , explicate Pieter Leendertse of Ecochain . “ This enables us to see a cross - section of the entire organisation , with reliable information , via a single organization . ” These newfangled insights make it potential to prefer the most sustainable option , in collaboration with our relevant supply chain partners .
“ In the do month we will begin with putting the data in the digital environment . To keep it manageable , in 2020 we ’ll limit our focus to orchestrate and indirect ( scope 1 & 2 ) emission produced by process within DFG company ” , say Loman . “ It ’s an investment that cave in us at DFG more elaborated sixth sense , further digitises processes and make unnecessary time , perfectly in line with our ambition for reporting and carry off the full impact of our business processes . ”
For more informationDutch blossom Groupwww.dfg.nl
Ecochainwww.ecochain.com
