Dutch Plantin, established in 1984, produces innovative, sustainable and customer-oriented coco substrates for the professional horticulture sector. Due to fast increasing demand and climate change the company has been facing challenges with the availability of products. Dutch Plantin therefore requested Larive to find new sourcing partners from coco producing countries.

Larive provided an overview of the top ten largest producers/exporters of coco products in five Asian markets. These countries included Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and The Philippines. Of these five countries, Larive recommended to short-list two countries for further assessment.