Enter your details with the registration button, then fill in your application with FSI, who will check whether you can participate as a small-scale grower.
Are you eligible?
MPS-Compact
FSI compliance for small-scale growers
- FSI compliance for small-scale growers
- Designed for growers with an annual turnover of up to €250,000
- Less administrative burden – no weekly record-keeping, only the essential data
- Simpler and time-saving – a practical solution ideal for smaller-scale growers
- Lower costs – appropriate to this simplified standard
- Recognised by FSI – meets customers’ and retailers’ sustainability criteria
- Option to transition – to MPS-ABC, MPS-GAP and MPS-SQ with no loss of data already logged
- Professional Service & Support team
What is MPS-Compact?
Sustainability is an increasingly important theme within the ornamental horticulture sector. Retailers, customers and consumers demand transparency and responsible production. But for small-scale growers and businesses with an annual turnover of up to €250,000, certification can be a challenge due to the administrative burden and costs involved.
With a simplified method and a lower frequency of data entry, you can keep records on two topics in one standard:
- Environment: crop protection agents, fertilisers, energy, water and waste
- GAP: traceability, environment and recall procedures
Why choose MPS-Compact?
MPS-Compact is a simple solution for small-scale growers.
This modified certification standard has been compiled in collaboration with FSI (Floriculture Sustainability Initiative). It is specially designed for smaller businesses that want to work sustainably without complex record-keeping requirements and focuses on the Global North region, primarily Europe and Israel. In addition, MPS-Compact contributes to the sustainability goals of FSI, allowing growers with MPS-Compact certification to meet key market standards and strengthen their position.
Over 30 years ago, my journey at MPS began after I saw an advertisement in the newspaper. After the birth of my daughter, I was looking to return to work and joined the data entry department. At the time, all data was still entered manually from paper forms. Since then, I have seen the organisation grow and change, and I have grown along with it.Today, I work in the Service & Support department. No two days are the same: one day I help a customer with questions about record-keeping, the next I help them understand requirements from the auction or the UO. It is precisely this variety and the personal contact with customers that make my work interesting every day.
In 2008, I joined MPS through a recruitment agency as a secretary. I then held various positions within MPS and MPS-ECAS, including roles in the Service & Support team and as a planner. In 2018, I left the organisation for a while, but in 2023 I returned to MPS-ECAS as a back-office employee. The people are simply too much fun and the world of ornamental horticulture is so innovative that it kept drawing me back. Shortly afterwards, I started working at MPS as Coordinator Netherlands.
During the final year of my Environmental Sciences degree, I joined MPS for an internship. The internship worked out so well for both sides that I was able to stay afterwards. It felt like a natural next step, because I immediately felt at home here and was given the opportunity to continue developing myself.My work is very varied. I work on different projects and products, carry out research and analyses and contribute to practical solutions. I also manage various systems, support customers with complex technical questions and work with external parties. It is precisely this combination that makes my work interesting and ensures that no two weeks are the same.
I first joined MPS through a friend who worked in MPS’s student team. I continued working here while studying Commercial Economics, and at the end of my studies, in 2004, MPS asked if I wanted to join the organisation permanently. It seemed like a great opportunity, and more than twenty years later, I am still here.No two days are the same, and that is exactly what makes my work so enjoyable. A large part of my week consists of project meetings and translating needs from within the organisation into practical solutions. Thursday afternoon is a regular fixture, which I set aside with a colleague to make MPS 1% better every week. For example, we experiment with AI, build prototypes, improve processes or develop new ideas. The goal is always to work smarter and create more value for colleagues, customers and the organisation.