Blooming Haus Wins Planet Mark’s Prestigious “Best Company” Award

We’re proud to share that Blooming Haus has been recognised as Planet Mark’s “Best Company” 2025 – an award celebrating organisations that demonstrate outstanding results across all aspects of sustainable business practice: Measure, Engage, and Communicate.

As the world’s only Planet Mark and B Corp certified event company and florist, this recognition affirms what has long guided our work: that sustainable luxury floristry isn’t just possible – it’s the future of our industry.

What This Award Means

The Planet Mark “Best Company” award isn’t given lightly.

It recognises businesses that have embraced the Planet Mark vision across their entire sustainability journey – not just in policy, but in practice.

For us, it represents years of work transforming our own operations while catalysing change throughout the floristry and events sector.

This achievement comes at a pivotal moment as we continue to demonstrate that verified climate action and commercial excellence can, and must, grow together.

Our Sustainability Journey: Redefining What’s Possible

We’re proud of our 29% reduction in total market-based emissions and our perfect 20/20 data quality score, but what truly matters is the broader transformation these figures represent – and the ripple effects across our industry.

Five Circular Waste Streams: Turning Waste Into Prosperity

We’ve pioneered five distinct waste-to-resource initiatives that transform what others discard into valuable materials and revenue streams:

1. Green waste composting with com:post – We’ve transformed 14.7 tonnes of floral waste into 13.9 tonnes of nutrient-dense compost for British farming, preventing approximately 5 tCO₂e in methane emissions while closing the loop between creativity and soil health.

2. Charitable confetti production with Confetti Club – Used blooms become biodegradable confetti, generating £22k in revenue while donating £2.2k to Cancer Research UK and delivering an estimated £6.3k in wider local economic value.

3. Candle recycling with Balfern & Grove – Event candles are collected and reprocessed, giving them new life rather than ending up in landfill.

4. Hard-to-recycle plastics with Recorra – Materials are transformed into construction boards through innovative partnerships.

5. Design-led upcycling with Weez & Merl – Even unrecyclable LDPE cling film finds purpose, upcycled into design-led vases and decorative items for our studio.

Crucially, we cover all collection costs, enabling SMEs and non-profits to access high-quality raw materials without the burden of transportation expenses. This approach generates shared prosperity rather than merely redistributing costs.

Zero Waste to Landfill: A New Standard

Through these circular initiatives, we’ve achieved zero waste to landfill – a milestone that seemed impossible when we started this journey. Every material that passes through our studio is either composted, recycled, upcycled, or transformed into resources for others.

Our studio operates on 100% renewable energy, and our full transition to electric vehicles now avoids roughly 7–8 tCO₂e per year compared to diesel equivalents.

Engaging the Entire Value Chain

Our sustainability strategy spans every touchpoint of the business.

Within the team, sustainability isn’t a campaign – it’s the foundation of daily operations. Led by our Chief Operating Officer Michael Dariane, a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv ISEP), our strategy sets clear targets and embeds accountability at every level.

Every team member contributes to green waste processing, upcycling, and eco-conscious design. New hires receive comprehensive sustainability training from day one, with ongoing workshops, quarterly impact reporting, and an annual paid volunteering day. Sustainability responsibilities appear in every job description and review – creating a culture where environmental stewardship feels empowering rather than imposed.

Across our supply chain, we’ve travelled to the Netherlands to audit suppliers and identify packaging and logistics improvements. Our conscious purchasing decisions are creating tangible change, with suppliers like Hans Visser implementing FSI reporting capabilities after working with us. Supplier partnerships are now contingent on verified environmental performance, embedding sustainability upstream.

Across the industry, we’re active members of the Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI), collaborate with Brazil’s Conexão Floristas (co-authoring their sustainable floristry guide, now used by professionals worldwide), and have delivered 20 hands-on masterclasses plus keynotes in the UK, Spain, and the USA.

Speaking engagements at Madrid Blooms, Flowerstock Washington, and London’s Garden Museum – combined with collaborative research with the University of Surrey on circular floristry systems and sensory sciences – are helping establish evidence-based sustainable practices across the sector.

In the community, we’ve partnered with Ecologi, National Forest, and clients such as Raffles OWO London to integrate ecological restoration into event production. We contributed 9 hours of volunteering with SUGi this year, one example of how businesses can create tangible environmental and social benefit beyond their own operations.

Transparent Communication That Drives Action

Across our blog and social channels, we work to transform sustainability messaging into compelling, accessible content that resonates with diverse audiences.

Planet Mark messaging is integrated into every communication – from packaging designs and event proposals to digital media, core website pages, and our dedicated sustainability page.

Our 2024 sustainability impact report prominently incorporates Planet Mark frameworks, while certification materials feature across our website.

But metrics only tell part of the story. Our communication has inspired tangible action:

• Florists and hospitality professionals regularly reach out to learn from our journey
• com:post expanded from local to nationwide service partly through our collaboration and awareness campaigns
• Industry peers have adopted similar composting services after seeing our results
• London florists and event partners are now adopting our composting system and low-waste design principles

From a consumer perspective, sharing our journey has empowered audiences to take informed action – understanding seasonal floral choices, carbon-conscious sourcing, and eco-friendly alternatives.

Innovation Through Partnership

We’re constantly pushing boundaries through strategic collaboration:

• Testing biodegradable foam alternatives with Phoam Labs
• Developing custom steel structures that replace single-use foam entirely
• Repurposing waste cardboard from other organisations into our packaging materials
• Working with multiple circular economy partners to create scalable, replicable models

These partnerships demonstrate how small businesses can leverage collaboration to drive systemic change across entire industries.

Sustainability Enhances Luxury

A common misconception in the events and hospitality industry is that sustainability compromises luxury. Our work proves the opposite.

Our Planet Mark and B Corp certifications underpin client trust, helping us secure partnerships at the highest level of the market. Ethical design and commercial excellence aren’t just compatible – they’re complementary, with sustainability enhancing the quality, thoughtfulness, and meaning behind every arrangement we create.

This approach creates market demand that compels the wider industry to elevate its practices – establishing conscious floristry as the emerging standard rather than a niche alternative.

Leading Industry Transformation

Our open-source approach to sharing emissions data, impact scores, and sustainability commitments – all publicly available via our sustainability page, B Corp profile, Planet Mark dashboard, and social channels – demonstrates that rigorous sustainability frameworks are attainable for small businesses.

Through B Corp certification, we align with UN Sustainable Development Goals 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), 13 (Climate Action), and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). Planet Mark connects us to the UN Race to Zero, driving verified annual emissions reductions.

We’re not just meeting standards – we’re setting them.

Looking Forward

Winning the Planet Mark “Best Company” award isn’t a finish line – it’s validation that we’re on the right path, and motivation to push further.

Our 2026+ strategy prepares both our business and the wider industry for tightening climate legislation and rising resource costs. We’re investing in AI-powered reporting infrastructure for real-time impact tracking and transparent stakeholder reporting, and investigating science-based targets for 2026 onward.

As regulations tighten and unsustainable practices become economically unviable, we’re building scalable, regenerative models that prove sustainability isn’t just ethical – it’s essential for long-term resilience.

We’re expanding our volunteering initiatives, growing our charitable impact, and continuing to demonstrate that small businesses can create outsized environmental impact through innovation, collaboration, and commitment to regenerative practices.

A Collective Achievement

This award belongs not just to Blooming Haus, but to every partner, supplier, team member, and client who has joined us on this journey.

From our composting partners to our clients who choose to make their events a force for good – this is a shared achievement. Our sustainability success stems from being an eco-conscious business built by people who care, where commitment extends naturally into every aspect of how we work.

Thank you to Planet Mark for this recognition, and to everyone who believes that the future of floristry is sustainable, transparent, and beautiful.

Together, we’re proving that luxury can be regenerative by design.