Valiant celebrated their recent B Corp Certification with an industry-leading, zero-waste launch party. Guests from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane were immersed in a multi-sensory experience themed around ‘transformation’, a concept that reflected Valiant’s own evolution as a purpose-driven business.

The event marked the launch of Australia’s first Furniture Carbon Calculator, created by Valiant to provide clients with precise, data-led reporting for their ESG targets. Partnering with Frank Wild Events, Valiant tracked every emission generated, from event operations through to guest travel. In partnership with Fifteen Trees, the company reduced the event’s carbon footprint by planting 52 trees in rural Victoria.

Here at Valiant, we continue to express our commitment to implementing practices that will promote environmental sustainability, economic growth, and social responsibility. We are passionate about sustainability and do what we can to minimise harm to our planet through a continuous effort to recycle waste, reduce energy consumption, minimise use of paper and printing, and contribute to the circular economy through our furniture-as-a-service business model. This reduces the dependency on extraction, production, distribution, and disposal.

In 2022, we were proud to announce becoming Australia’s first 100% carbon-neutral furniture and styling company.  In 2025 we are proud to be B-Corp Certified and launching Australia’s first Furniture Carbon Calculator. We are excited to continually develop and expand our range incorporating environmentally sourced materials and play our part as a purpose-driven business, making a positive impact every day.

Brian Lindeman | Managing Director | Valiant Events

Valiant’s choice to contribute to Fifteen Trees on behalf of attendees at their B-Corp Launch & Style Series Events is a remarkable occasion to raise awareness about their sustainability endeavours and enable their clients to collaborate in making a positive impact. Fifteen Trees is delighted to been working with Valiant Events to support community revegetation projects in rural Victoria.

Grampians, VIC | Style Series Event | 52 trees | 2025

The trees were planted at Grampians/Gariwerd District of Western Victoria, by the Buloke and Northern Grampians Landcare Network (BNGLN). In brief, this network supports 18 local Landcare and environmental groups across the Shires of Buloke and Northern Grampians. Restoration efforts aim to return the region as closely as possible to its original ecological vegetation state.

This landscape, once densely forested, has suffered from waves of deforestation due to mining (1860s), timber harvesting (1920s), agriculture (1930s) and of course bushfires.

Grampians contained more than 30% of the state’s flora with dozens of endemic species, which means they do not grow anywhere else. It is truly amazing when you think about it. It’s a relatively small area to contain that much representation of the state’s flora.

This small rural district is one of the biodiversity hotspots in Victoria, with majestic tree species such as box, ironbark, River Red Gums, Victorian Blue Gum and the iconic Buloke tree (which Red-tailed Cockatoos rely on for food).

Jill Burness |  Gariwerd Botanic Gardens

In December 2024, dry lightning ignited multiple fires across the Grampians. By the end of the summer, more than 135,000 hectares of National Park and farmland had been burned. Since then, BNGLN and Parks Victoria, are playing a vital role in several restoration projects in the district. One of the planting sites lies on a former Buloke woodland, a critically endangered habitat that once supported species like the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, which relies on Buloke seed pods for food. The tree, known for its extremely hard wood and slow growth (up to 100 years to mature), was historically used for firewood and fencing.

Parks Victoria has commenced large-scale recovery efforts, and local Landcare groups such as the Buloke and Northern Grampians Landcare Network (BNGLN) are playing a vital role in environmental restoration. Recovery efforts include:

• Supporting natural regeneration of native plants, many of which are fire-adapted
• Managing soil erosion and minimising land disturbance
• Maintaining water quality in local rivers, creeks, and streams
• Controlling invasive species that threaten native flora
• Assisting native wildlife with nesting boxes and the control of feral predators
• Replanting in sensitive areas
• Establishing long-term recovery strategies, including monitoring and community involvement.

When groups get together on an environmental project, wonderful things happen that benefit every living thing on this planet!

Andrew Borg | President | BNGLN

The Grampians/Gerward District is home to the majestic flora of box and ironbark eucalyptus, River Red Gum and Victorian blue gum species. The continued expansion of habitat corridors and revegetation projects like this one will help support the long-term recovery of this precious landscape.

Bendigo, VIC | Style Series Event (June)| 50 trees | 2023

Valiant, Australia’s premier carbon-neutral furniture hire and styling company, made a significant impact at their recent Style Series event in Sydney. The event, held on June 28th, brought together industry leaders and influencers to explore the future of style and sustainability. The Style Series event featured an exclusive forecast of design and style trends from Creative Director, Samuel Clarke, following his visit to Milan Design Week, as well as the unveiling of Valiant’s new sustainable furniture rental range, which features innovative pieces crafted from recycled materials.  The guest list at the Style Series event was a who’s who of the events industry, with 50 attendees representing esteemed organisations from within Sydney and across the country. In line with Valiant’s dedication to reducing its carbon emissions and making a positive impact on the environment, Valiant partnered with Fifteen Trees once again and pledged to plant 50 trees on behalf of each event attendee.

The trees were planted by Northern Bendigo Landcare (NBLG) who held their annual National Tree Day event at the Huntly Streamside Reserve, in Bendigo. The volunteers planted native species alongside the creek. This sire had been damaged in the past due to gold mining and grazing.

Forty-eight (48) people turned out to help plant the trees.  A highlight was having students from a nearby Primary School attend with their families. These students are part of the school’s Green Magpies, a group of sustainability leaders.  They were extremely keen and enjoyed being involved in practical community action to complement school learning.

Campaspe Valley | Style Series Event (Feb/Mar) | 190 trees | 2023

Fifteen Trees was delighted to receive funds from Valiant Events to purchase 190 native trees for one of our community groups in rural Victoria. The trees were planted by the Campaspe Valley Landcare Group to improve the biodiversity of the area and connect strands of native reserves that had been isolated.

The trees were planted at Edgecombe in the Campaspe Shire, Taungurung Country (Northern VIC) by Campaspe Valley Landcare Group. The group comprises of members who have rural properties in a part of the state that’s been extensively & intensively cleared since the 1840s. Members are aiming to re-establish some tree cover using locally indigenous species. They are also work on revegetating public lands, such as roadsides that are currently devoid of, or have very few, trees.

Some of the species planted included; Silver Wattles, Lightwoods, Black Wattles, Blackwoods, Bulokes, Dropping Sheokes, River Bottlebrushes, River Red Gums, Yellow Gums, Grey Boxes, Messmates, Snow Gums, Red Boxes and Manna Gums.

Thanks to the donors. It would be a far more difficult job without your kind help, in fact very restrictive to proceed at all without your help.

Graham Connell | Member | Campaspe Valley Landcare Group

Gardening Australia recently featured this group in a segment on the importance of biolinks between properties, reserves and waterways. In this segment (8 min), Graham speaks to Millie Ross from the ABC show.

Many thanks to the team from Valiant Events. We are delighted to be working with a company who ‘walk the talk’ on sustainability. Stay tuned for more trees as this dynamic group of creative people develop more green innovations and take their clients along with them.

If you would like to know more about sponsoring community tree planting projects and how we can assist you in running a more sustainable event, please contact Colleen at <[email protected]>.

Writer: Colleen Filippa

With a background in Environmental Science, Colleen is the Founding Director of Fifteen Trees. In 2009, after 20 years in primary, secondary and tertiary education institutions, Colleen left the classroom to start the company. Fifteen Trees is a social enterprise assisting individuals and companies to reduce their carbon footprint by supporting community groups such as Landcare, schools and environmental networks.