On September 23 , in Utrecht , the Netherlands , the signatory and stakeholder of the agreement focusing on international responsible business behaviour in the floriculture sphere front back on the accomplishment of the past three years while at the same meter looking forwards to the implementation of the recommendations .
The IRBC AgreementThe IRBC agreement for the floriculture sector was launch in 2019 when several companies from the Dutch floriculture sector joined force with the political science , trade unions , and NGO ’s . Over the follow three years , the parties have worked together towards more creditworthy external production and trade of floricultural crops , in finicky working on ' due diligence ' ( also known as ' supply concatenation responsibility ) , inhabit wages , and the impact of plant protection products on citizenry and the environs . Concrete steps have been taken to improve , and learnings have been documented to pass on to the rest of the sphere for future scaling up .
During the stakeholder meeting , the IRBC Roadmap was handed over . From rightfulness to left : Steven Smit , Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Ted van der Put , Chairman IRBC , Marcel Zandvliet , Vice - Chair of the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative ( FSI ) Board and Jeroen Oudheusden , Executive Officer of FSI .
International Responsible Business ConductRegarding Responsible Business Conduct , the party have taken stairs to make a due industriousness physical process uniform with the OECD Guidelines and the United Nations Business and Human Rights Principles . In addition , companies have also educate and implement several virtual peter . An outside rating of the implementation of due software by all company register that this has led to overall progress on all steps in the positive process , although there are still ample opportunities for improvement in the future .
Living wage and crop protectionBesides the body of work on due industry , the political party have carried out a pilot to map out the life wage in East Africa and to set up a last salary roadmap for troupe . base on this , a 2nd project has also been limit up to examine how a dwell wage can be take on in a supply string context , which will continue until November 2022 . For craw protection , the political party have conduct a study into the most common wellness risk of infection and the associated recommendations for safe use . In term of environmental impact , the company contributed to the growth of the Environmental Indicator Crop Protection , a projection by Wageningen University WUR and a syndicate of parties .
Next stepsNow that the IRBC accord has been completed with a limited review of the pre - established object lens and resultant , the political party are mainly looking to the future . The solution and lessons are applicable to the entire sector . To assure continuity and give the recommendations a wider reach , the parties have embedded the recommendations in agreements with stakeholders , including the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative ( FSI ) . With the conveyance of the recommendation , the parties fortify the FSI strategy for 2025 .
terminal reportThe outcome , lessons , and recommendations of the IRBC agreement are set out in more detail in the IRBC floriculture sector final report . The tools and knowledge educate are also freely useable on;www.idhsustainabletrade.com .
For more information : Jeroen Oudheusden[email protected]Coen Frederiks[email protected]IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative+31(0)30 230 5660[email protected]www.idhsustainabletrade.com
