Environmental and Sustainability Policy
As a responsible employer and business caring about our environment and conscious of the current global warming crisis, we want to secure a safe environment and healthy future for our extraordinary planet across all areas of our business by reducing our waste, reusing, upcycling and recycling and only working with suppliers who take our environment and sustainability seriously.
Floristry
- We have worked hard to develop relationships with Flower Growers in Holland as well as UK based Wholesalers and UK based flower growers to understand the source of the flowers we use across our business only partnering with suppliers who share the same values as ourselves.
- All foliage that we purchase is transported to us packaging free and our flowers are delivered in returnable crates and are not boxed.
- The use of energy, pesticides and all polluting materials is highly with all of our growers registered with the government agency that supervises and rates their sustainability and activities which affect the environment. We only work with growers that are classified A or A+ and are conscious of constantly trying to improve this.
- We are committed to reducing the amount of single use plastics throughout our floristry work which includes the use of traditional floral foam continually developing our techniques to provide non-floral foam alternatives.
- We have designed and produced 14 silk collections offering our clients the choice of using a fresh or silk design.
Venue Styling
It is our mission to reduce the amount of single use plastic in all our venue styling with packaging used being 100% biodegradable. We have greatly reduced the amount of single use cable ties and bands for chair dressings and are working with our venues to educate them on their use. When sourcing venue props we look at using ‘upcycled’ items.
Vehicles and Deliveries
Our fleet undergoes an annual full service and MOT (if required) to ensure it remains within the guidelines for emissions and are inspected weekly. We are working towards having an electric fleet by utilising grant opportunities to help us achieve this goal.
To limit unnecessary journeys, we work with our venues to combine deliveries and collections so that if agreeable we can use just one van to complete multiple deliveries/collections in the same area. We also work with our suppliers to combine deliveries limiting unnecessary journeys.
Waste Management
We are committed to reducing our impact on the planet. Our Florists work to strict forecasts to ensure we have little to no waste of fresh flower product ensuring that any waste generated is recycled or reused through our waste management contractor.
Human Resources
We are committed to supporting our employees and freelancers and foster young talent developing them into skilled creatives gaining a wide range of industry experience. All of our employees and freelancers are paid above the minimum wage and we have all of the relevant employment and health and safety policies in place to provide a supportive, caring, responsible and safe working environment