The path to sustainability in ornamental horticulture

Here you will find recordings of all the presentations and panel discussions from the AIPH Sustainability Conference 2021. You can watch the whole conference on YouTube here.

Welcome

Mr. Tim Briercliffe, AIPH Secretary General; Mr. Bernard Oosterom, AIPH President; and Ms. Mariska Dreschler, Director of GreenTech opened the conference, which took place on 30th September 2021.

Keynote speaker: Dr David Bek

Understanding the sustainability challenge in ornamental horticulture

Stimulating and measuring change – industry taking the initiative

• How FSI is creating a more sustainable industry and how you can be involved – Mr. Jeroen Oudheusden, FSI Manager, Netherlands
• Sustainability Footprinting – How can businesses reliably measure and understand their footprint – Mr. Albert Haasnoot, Royal FloraHolland
• Where next for certified sustainability? – Mr. Daan de Vries, CEO MPS, Netherlands
• AIPH Sustainability Survey – Dr. Audrey Timm, Technical Advisor, AIPH. Download as PDF.
• Q&A with the above speakers
• How the flowers supply chain will need to address sustainability – Ms. Nora Meijerink, Global Sustainability Manager, Chrysal and Mr. Tim Briercliffe, Secretary General, AIPH

What does a sustainable ornamentals industry look like?

Key players in the global ornamentals industry debate the importance of sustainability to their businesses and organisations and how they see the challenges of sustainability changing their businesses and the future of the industry.

Panellists include:

• Dr. David Bek, Coventry University (Chair)
• Mr. Maarten Bánki, Sustainable Development Manager, Royal FloraHolland
• Ms. Susannah Ball, Sustainability Co-Lead, Ball Horticultural
• Mr. William Gee, Head of Sustainability at Freddie’s Flowers
• Mr. Richard Fox, Union Fleurs President and Sustainability Director for Flamingo Horticulture, Kenya

Stream sessions

Each panellists submitted a presentation that was available to view prior to the conference. The panel discussions focussed on the content of these presentations.

Packaging and the Circular Economy

Pre-conference presentations from:

• Ms. Elise Wieringa, Quality Assurance and Sustainability Manager, Royal Lemkes, the Netherlands
• Ms. Ximena Franco, Managing Director, Florverde Sustainable Flowers, Colombia
• Mr. Sven Hoping, Global Sales Director TEKU at Pöppelmann, Germany

Growing Media

Pre-conference presentations from:

• Mr. Steve Harper, CEO of Southern Trident and chair of Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media, UK
• Ms. Cecilia Luetgebrune, Secretary General, Growing Media Europe, Germany
• Mr. Moritz Böcking, Managing Director of Klasmann-Deilmann

People

Pre-conference presentations from:

• Ms. Lisa Heinemann, Project Manager Food Security Standard, Welthungerhilfe
• Ms. Melanie Dürr, Global Product Manager Flowers & Plants, Fairtrade International
• Ms. Nada van Schouwenburg, Win-Win Strategies, Women Win, Netherlands

Sustainability Marketing

Pre-conference presentations from:

• Prof. Charlie Hall, Ellison Chair in International Floriculture, Texas A&M University
• Mr. Derek Taylor, Managing Director of Kirton Farm Nurseries Ltd 
• Mr. Chris Leichtenberg, Account Manager & Sustainability Specialist at Royal VBW

Closing remarks