Blossom & Browne's Sycamore

Client Objectives

Blossom & Browne’s Sycamore is a family-run business established in 1888. It offers personal and household services to both businesses and individuals, including laundry and dry-cleaning. Blossom & Browne’s Sycamore objectives were:

• Obtain re-commissioning of the Royal Warrant of Appointment (organisations that provide a service to the Royal Family must evidence a reduction in environmental impact year on year)
• Comply with environmental legislation
• Improve environmental performance and reporting through carbon footprinting
• Enhance operational efficiency
• Reduce energy costs and improve financial performance through efficiency measures

Business Challenges

• Obtain historical production, process, and energy use data from suppliers and customer offices
• Ascertain whether strict criteria for Climate Change Levy discounts are applicable
• Work to short time deadlines for online submissions
• Achieve necessary environmental standards within constraints of resources, information, and time available

Green Element Approach

Green Element conducted an assessment to establish Climate Change Agreement (CCA) eligibility, gathered data, and produced CCA calculations, running the negotiations directly with the Environment Agency.

Year after year, Green Element has worked diligently to process the submission of Blossom & Browne’s Sycamore CCA-required disclosure.

We created bespoke environmental and corporate social responsibility policies and worked towards best practice compliance with environmental legislation with Blossom & Browne Syncamore.

Finally, our team calculated key environmental performance indicators and set suitable energy reduction targets. We also took care of their submission of the Royal Warrant of Appointment application and renewals.

Client Benefits

Blossom & Browne’s Sycamore has successfully remained accredited with the Royal Warrant of Appointment for services to the Crown. It has successfully had its Royal Warrant of Appointment reissued in 2023.

The business also reduced energy costs through Climate Change Agreement permitting a successful Climate Change Levy discount of ≈90% (≈£25,000 pa). They also established a baseline environmental profile, creating a springboard from which to achieve energy reduction targets and Climate Change Agreement mandatory reporting.

They also achieved best practice compliance with environmental legislation, alongside legal, tendering, and advisory environmental reporting, and gained ISO 14001 certification in the past.

Finally, the company reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions per tonne of cleaned laundry by 12.5% in 2023 compared to 2018.