POSTED 11/2025

2025 Winner – Sustainability practices within your company

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Green Design

Sustainability Motivation and Objectives

For our business, sustainability is not an optional extra. It is the foundation of how we operate and how we
plan for the future. Our motivation stems from the growing urgency of climate change, increasing client
demand for sustainable partners, and the knowledge that our industry is uniquely positioned to influence
healthier, greener built environments.

Over the past 12 months, we have accelerated our push toward carbon neutrality. We continue to be
influenced by both global science and local realities, from the heat of Australian summers to the rising
expectations of corporate clients. Our younger staff, in particular, drive these objectives with passion.
They expect sustainability to be embedded in our culture, not bolted on.

Our objectives are clear:

Reach carbon neutrality
Operate a fully circular resource system, with waste eliminated wherever possible.
Use renewable energy to power 100% of our operations.
Pioneer plant-based research and technologies that improve human health indoors.

Waste Management and Circularity

Our Circularity Strategy remains central. Around 50 cubic metres of green waste is repurposed into mulch
and topsoil each month, avoiding landfill and creating new resources. Planters, packaging, and even
pebbles are cleaned, and reused. Our paintshop allows us to refresh tired planters instead of purchasing
new, while improved shadehouse conditions extend the life of plants so they can be redeployed into future
projects.

Use of Recycled Products

Our entire standard planter range is made from recycled materials. More than 20,000 planters now in
circulation are made from these eco-friendly sources.

Energy and Facilities

This year we extended our energy-efficiency work. Our shade house has been insulated, reducing reliance
on gas heating in colder months. This has cut costs, lowered emissions, and provided a more stable
growing environment for plants.

Smarter Planting Systems

A major advancement has been the trial and rollout of a new lightweight planting medium. Its benefits are
already measurable:

Extended watering cycles through superior moisture retention.
Healthier plants with stronger roots and reduced stress.
Reduced water use and fewer technician visits, lowering emissions from travel.
Less waste, as the medium is durable and reusable compared to traditional substrates

Fleet and Equipment

Our operations depend on transport, so reducing fleet emissions is a priority. In the past year, we have:

Acquired three new hybrid vehicles and one fully electric vehicle.
Installed an EV charging station at our base to support the growing fleet.
Introduced an electric forklift, eliminating fuel use and lowering emissions in warehouse operations.

Emissions Accountability

We maintain Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions reporting and this year introduced a new emissions tracking
platform. Our Technical Manager now measures the impact of all activities in-house, setting benchmarks
for real improvements.

Water Conservation

The smarter planting medium complements our existing water-saving practices, including sub-irrigation
technology. Together, these have reduced water use while improving plant longevity, a balance of
environmental stewardship and client benefit.

Research and Partnerships

We have continued our collaboration with a world leading university on negative air ion research. Early
results suggest indoor plants can actively improve indoor air quality by generating ions that support
human health.
This is a cutting-edge partnership that has the potential to reshape how indoor environments are designed
and maintained.

Sustainable Operations

Renewable energy use has expanded, with solar panels already installed and plans for battery storage
underway.
Paper use is down by more than 30% thanks to digital invoicing and reporting systems.
Smarter planting systems are pioneering a new standard in plant health and sustainability.

Our innovation is not only technological but systemic. We look for changes that shift the model of indoor
plant hire toward efficiency, resilience, and environmental accountability.

Sustainability is part of our culture. Our employees hold us accountable and push for faster change.
Training programs embed sustainable practices into daily operations, from waste sorting in the warehouse
to efficient maintenance runs in the field.

We also engage the wider community through education, research partnerships, and collaborations with
clients who want their spaces to be greener, healthier, and more sustainable. Thanks to our employees,
clients, and the wider community this has been a year of tangible progress. Every initiative, from recycled
planters to EV forklifts, from ion research to smarter planting media, reinforces the same truth:
sustainability is not a project. It is how we do business.

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