Step by Step
Tesselaar Alstroemeria is moving step by step towards a lower environmental footprint. In 2019, the new, bright white Alstroemeria Mistral was planted at Tesselaar Alstroemeria in Luttelgeest, Netherlands. The company has been calculating its environmental footprint since 2016 with the aim of reducing this annually in order to ultimately have a positive effect on the environment. The promise has been made for the Mistral to compensate for its CO₂ emissions. The 147 tonnes emitted in 2019 will be offset by investing in agroforestry; sustainable forest/agriculture in Bolivia through the Trees for All foundation. This contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals: No poverty, Life on Land, and Climate Action.
Footprint Company
In 2019, Tesselaar Alstroemeria expanded with a third location, where peat was used to improve the structure of the soil, which initially increases CO₂ emissions. In the long term, it reduces emissions through less use of fertilizers and higher production.
Rick Tesselaar
The CO₂ emissions per variety can be seen on the Tesselaar Alstroemeria website
. This is the CO₂ emission of Mistral.
