The International Association
of Horticultural Producers (AIPH), the world’s champion for the power of
plants, is proud to welcome EFB as a partner for the AIPH World Green City
Awards and beyond.
The partnership between AIPH and EFB showcases the strong
alignment of visions between the two organisations.
Both organisations bring to the partnership their respective
work in terms of enabling urban nature-based solutions which harness the power
of plants and the benefits of nature to create greener, healthier, and more
sustainable living environments.
In doing so, their joint work in supporting and co-developing
the AIPH World Green City Awards will highlight best practice from cities
around the world who are undertaking bold urban greening initiatives. Green
roofs and walls are among the urban nature-based solutions which the Awards seek
to recognise, showcase, and celebrate. Thus, this partnership is an extremely
timely and relevant one.
Both EFB and AIPH operate on the shared understanding that
nature-based solutions provide the green infrastructure that is critical to
secure the sustainability of our increasingly urban future. Green roofs and
walls can play a significant role in addressing the challenges which cities
will increasingly face. They provide a range of greener, cleaner, and more
effective infrastructure options than are possible through grey alternatives.
Harnessing the power of plants in the design and implementation of these
nature-based solutions is equally important. Thus, the time is now to enable an
accelerated uptake of these technologies and showcase leading cities from
around the globe. Herein lies the strength of this exciting partnership between
AIPH and EFB.
“As
AIPH strives to lead the way in inspiring the global green city movement,
partnerships such as this with EFB are of great importance,” said Tim Briercliffe, Secretary
General, AIPH.
“We can achieve more together than either of us could do alone.
Our visions are well aligned in pursuit of transforming the built environment
through nature-based solutions in Europe and beyond. Together with EFB, we aim
to promote the benefits of green technologies, such as green roofs and walls,
firstly through the AIPH World Green City Awards and thereafter through
sustained collaboration.”-
Under the auspices of their Green City programme, AIPH proudly
present the AIPH World Green CityAwards, an
ongoing competition with entries open every two years and which recently opened
for entries for its inaugural 2022 edition.
AIPH is currently growing a global network of partners to
support the AIPH World Green City Awards, both for the inaugural edition and
for those in the future. The network of partners is active in attracting the
attention of global leaders to generate high quality entries by cities for the
2022 edition. Leveraging their individual strengths and networks, the AIPH
World Green City Award partners are leading the way in co-developing the first
global cities awards where plants and nature are the core focus. AIPH is
thrilled to be welcoming EFB to this prestigious group as they formalise their
partnership to enable greener cities both in Europe and globally.
