Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the guiding principle for all the activities undertaken by MPS. The pressure from the market and from society to produce in a sustainable and socially responsible manner increases every year. The role of MPS is to support its participants in this process as effectively as possible, and to offer focused services and certificates.

You may implement sustainability within your business in a number of ways:

• The certificate MPS-Florimark is the perfect certificate to implement sustainability within your business. MPS-Florimark consists of four certificates, namely MPS-A (environment), MPS Socially Qualified (social), MPS-Quality (quality) and MPS-GAP (retail). With the MPS-Florimark certificate your business complies with the most stringent requirements with regard to quality, environment, traceability and social aspects, making MPS-Florimark the TOP certificate for sustainability. It is a chain-wide certificate with a wide range of companies, from manufacturing companies and auctions to trade companies. The special MPS-Florimark trademark enables you to show your customers that you take sustainability very seriously and that your company meets all the requirements in that area.

• MPS is also continuously striving to perfect the MPS system. A good example of this is the development of MPS Mind (the environmental indicator). All ratings are calculated on the basis of MPS Mind. Here, we look not only at the kilograms of active ingredient, but also at the risks of a crop protection agent for man and the environment. This stimulates the environmental awareness of the participants and encourages them to look for less risky agents wherever possible - a positive step towards social responsibility and sustainable enterprise.