Sustainability is an more and more important radical within the decorative gardening sector . With the update HortiFootprint Calculator , growers can calculate their environmental wallop , helping them to produce more sustainably and meet more and more tight environmental requirements . In add-on to easiness of use and detailed life rhythm analysis ( LCA ) , the newfangled HortiFootprint Calculator offer various optimizations compared with the previous version .
The HortiFootprint Calculator measures the environmental wallop of kitty plants and cut flowers over their entire biography cycle . The LCA comprise the sixteen impact categories and all eight life cycle stages of an cosmetic product accord to FloriPEFCR . Whereas the former variation pore mainly on CO₂ emissions and some basic aspects of environmental wallop , the new HortiFootprint Calculator covers a wide ambit of environmental topic such as climate change , earth use and body of water usage . Unlike the previous HortiFootprint Calculator , environmental impact is calculated per ware and not establish on a business ’s overall production .
In gain , the HortiFootprint Calculator ’s user port has been update and simplify . " Data is delivered via a simple tool , and a splashboard provides a clean overview of different production chain , admit energy sources , packaging materials , transport options , and sensitive materials . The unexampled HortiFootprint Calculator features a comprehensive dashboard in an loose - to - understand and visually sympathetic formatting , in which the data can be regard from different perspectives . “The splasher also includes a mesa purview in which all sixteen impact categories and eight life cycle stages can be come across at a glimpse .
Winny van Adrichem – van Heijningen , Sales Manager , LetsGrow.com : " Sustainability is playing an increasingly meaning role in the horticultural sector , which is why we are lofty to set in motion the latest version of the HortiFootprint Calculator . With FloriPEFCR compliance and full coverage of all impingement category and life cycle stages , we are giving growers more insights into how to reduce their carbon footprint . The link to MPS make the computing easy to perform , so agriculturist can run it more often throughout the year . "
Paula lair Hartog , Manager of Sustainability & Innovation , MPS : " It is important for us to be able to indorse raiser . With this tool , we can do that by enabling a FloriPEFCR calculation , largely ground on previously log information . This simplifies the appendage and importantly concentrate the endeavor required . The HortiFootprint Calculator helps businesses focus on ameliorate their sustainability certification , ground on step data point and by clearly display the final computation on a exploiter - well-disposed dashboard . Thanks to MPS ’s expertise and ripe systems , the character of the data is automatically taken to a higher level . "
" Current LetsGrow.com customers and grower with an MPS - ABC credential will find it even easier to work out their footprint , as the data from the six canonical indicator is already known . "
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