INTRODUCTION
FSI members have committed to reducing the environmental footprint of flowers and plants, with a first focus on carbon. To achieve meaningful reductions of the environmental footprint, alignment of the industry on methodologies for footprint calculations is important. With reliable record keeping and supportive tools interpreting the data, avoidance and reduction measures can be implemented. FSI was part of the Technical Secretariat to develop the FloriPEFCR methodology: a set of harmonized rules for calculating the environmental footprint of potted plants and cut flowers in the framework of the European Commission’s Product Environmental Footprint. The next step is to offer a voluntary benchmarking for tool providers stimulating the use of the same method, validated data and data exchange in standard formats.