Floréac Magazine

Foreword

Supplier in the spotlight : Plantanious Persoon

Colours make the garden

Department in the spotlight: Procurement

Supplier in the spotlight : Fruithof

Product in the spotlight : Cyperus

Fairs 2023

Long live the unpredictable future

No doubt you agree with me: the context in which we work is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. Prophets who confidently tell me what will happen in the near future usually fascinate me but never convince me. In both the short and long term, only one thing is really certain: nobody knows exactly what is coming our way.

It is therefore vital that we as individuals, organisations and sectors commit to adaptability. Because to stand still is to go backwards. This applies not only to how we do things, but also to how we think about them. Beliefs deserve to be challenged, and insights are never finished.

So let us talk to each other even more intensely. When we are open-minded and highly curious about each other’s ideas, each other’s data, each other’s questions ... we lay the foundations for a successful and sustainable future.

This magazine includes a look at our procurement department. The evolutions of recent years within procurement have been extremely intense, and so are the challenges of the future. I am particularly proud of the strength and adaptability of my colleagues, who manage to make a success of this every day and every year.

Hopefully, this magazine will inspire you again. And I look forward to exchanging views and developing joint projects with you. Let us challenge and inspire each other so that we can work together to build the beautiful, successful, sustainable, but always unpredictable future.

Happy reading !

Benoit Strauven CEO