Celebrating Sustainable Businesses – Planet Mark Awards 2025

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13 November 2025

The eighth annual Planet Mark Awards recognised businesses committed to making a difference through their own sustainability journeys.

Planet Mark is a sustainability certification with over 800 business members all on their own pathways to a net-zero future. Their annual awards are an opportunity to recognise the creativity and commitment required to drive real progress towards sustainability. 

The 2025 winners were chosen based on measurable impact across Planet Mark’s four key themes: Measure, Engage, Communicate and Overall. 

Among the winners were FM organisations Hive Cleaning, Fooditude, Orca Hygiene Ltd, Q3 Services Group and Jangro Ltd.

 

The Winners

 

Measure

 

Data quality & collection (sponsored by The Langham Estate) 

Winner: Excelitas, for an impressive 98.3% data quality score and excellence in emissions management. 
(Accepted by Planet Mark’s Freddie Caron on their behalf.) 

 

Absolute carbon reduction 

Winners: Clayworks, DiSRUPT Agency, Hive Cleaning, and Orca Hygiene Ltd, each achieving outstanding absolute carbon reductions, including one full 100% reduction, showcasing bold climate leadership.

 

Carbon reduction per employee (sponsored by HFW) 

Winner: Q3 Services Group, achieving an incredible 79% carbon reduction per employee, proving operational efficiency and sustainability go hand in hand. 

 

Engage

 

Employee engagement (sponsored by McLarens Loss Adjusters) 

Winner: Fooditude, recognised for creative, continuous innovation and a remarkable 57% reduction in food waste through staff empowerment and engagement. 

 

Community engagement (sponsored by Cool Earth) 

Highly Commended: Mount Anvil, for exceptional social and environmental outcomes. 
Winner: BetterYou Ltd, for impactful community initiatives tackling cost-of-living challenges and delivering lasting social value.

 

Supply chain engagement (sponsored by Eden Project) 

Winner: Howard de Waldron Estate, for engaging 98% of suppliers and driving transformation across their network toward a more sustainable future.

 

Communicate

 

Sustainability reporting 

Highly Commended: ARC Group (Advanced Research Clusters) — for accessible, outcome-driven reporting. 
Winner: Marshall-Tufflex Ltd — for a clear, well-structured report that combines strong data with compelling storytelling. 

 

Sustainability campaign (sponsored by Mental Health Charter) 

Winner: Fora — for a community-focused campaign empowering businesses with practical plans to take climate action.

 

Overall

 

Sustainability game-changer (sponsored by SKCI) 

Winner: Joanne Gilliard, Jangro Ltd — for her optimism, leadership, and inspiring ability to turn sustainability into culture change.

 

Best newcomer (sponsored by Prologis UK) 

Winner: Ptarmigan Group — for approaching their first year of certification with ambition and clarity, embedding sustainability into decision-making from day one. 

 

Best company (sponsored by Hive Cleaning) 

Highly Commended: Hypnos — for outstanding progress in reducing emissions and transforming their industry. 
Winner: Blooming Haus — for a founder-led, purpose-driven transformation, achieving an 18% carbon reduction in one year and redefining what sustainability leadership looks like. 

 

Milestone Awards

 

A+E Fire and Security, Acumed, Amber Construction Services, Amenity Horticultural Services, Aurora Healthcare Communications, Bauer Media Outdoor UK, Bedmax, Beever and Struthers, Charles Tyrwhitt, COBIS, Codex, DD Group, DiSRUPT Agency, Enable Group, Foodspeed Limited, Glen Dimplex Group, HAVI, HTA, Jangro Ltd, Hypnos, Lambert Smith Hampton, LPFA, McLaren Construction UK, Penketh Group, Royal Academy of Engineering, Squires Garden Centres, The Bailie Group, University of Greenwich, Volvo, Whiting Landscape, World Habitat and many more. 

 

Ten-Year Certification Achievement 

 

Royal Warrant Holders Association & Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST), marking a decade of measurable impact and leadership in sustainability. 

Picture: a group photo from the awards evening showing the winners gathered on stage. Image Credit: Planet Mark

Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 13 November 2025

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