Associations & certificates
BVB Substrates is affiliated with various associations and has multiple quality marks and certifications, including ISO and RPH. In this way our customers are assured of the highest possible quality and safety.
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Plant Empowerment
The Plant Empowerment philosophy helps growers worldwide to grow more sustainably and achieve higher yields. It takes the natural behaviour and the growing power of plants as its starting point. The principles revolve around cultivating greenhouse crops sustainably by supporting each plant’s natural balance. This unique data-driven way of thinking facilitates higher yields and better crop quality for growers, while also supporting more efficient use of valuable resources such as water, energy, and nutrients. As a result, the Plant Empowerment philosophy provides a roadmap to both profitable and environmentally friendly horticulture.
Growing Media Europe
BVB Substrates is affiliated with an international non-profit organisation called Growing Media Europe AISBL. The association represents the producers of growing media and soil improvers at European level.
The main objective is to promote optimum legislation for the manufacturing as well as the free and fair trade of growing media within Europe. Coordinating their work with the member companies and associate members all over Europe, Together we aim to ensure a single voice for the industry. We provide scientific information as well as technical expertise on the use of growing media products and act as focal point for political decision makers and stakeholders inside and outside the European Institutions.
Growing Media Europe is committed to the highest environmental standards, to the sustainable use of natural resources and to contributing to the competitiveness of the European horticultural sector by providing high quality growing media products.
VPN
“De Vereniging Potgrond- en substraatfabrikanten Nederland (VPN)”, roughtly translates to “The Association of Soil and Substrate Manufacturers in the Netherlands” is the branch organisation of the Dutch substrate sector. The VPN and its members stand for high quality substrates, which are a condition for the healthy growth of all plants. The total annual turnover of the VPN members is approximately € 350 million. An important part of the substrates produced remain in the Netherlands, a third is destined for export. The substrates that are produced in the Netherlands are an important basis for vegetable and ornamental crops in Europe.
Horti Alliance
BVB Substrates has a partnership with the Horti Alliance. Horti Alliance is a partnership between leading horticultural suppliers. The aim of the collaboration is to centralise knowledge and experience and to stay well informed of developments in the sector. For growers this means that by centralising customer-oriented activities, information from suppliers about developments and innovations is made better and easier accessible.
RHP
BVB Substrates products are RHP certified. RHP has been the European center of knowledge for growing media (both for professional growers and retail) since 1963. RHP certified substrates provide an optimal start of growth. The quality mark ensures that the substrate complies with the quality requirements concerning for instance water uptake, air content, pH, EC and nutrients. It also offers more security that the substrate is pure and clean and that it can be used without risks for the cultivation. This means we take great care to avoid contamination with any pathogens or diseases and produce in an environment free of weeds. The RHP quality mark monitors the quality of growing media in the chain, from raw materials production until processing and delivery at the company of the user.
ISO
Our production sites in Grubbenvorst and De Lier are ISO 9001:2015 certified. ISO is the international standard for quality management. In order to be certified to ISO, a company must follow the requirements set forth in the ISO Standard. A company, for example, needs to have its quality policy ready and it has to be known throughout all levels of the company. Next to that an ISO certified organisation has to strive for high customer satisfaction levels and have clear processes. This ensures the customer of the best quality in product and service.
