Turning Commitment into Action
Read how we’re collaborating with Carrier to advance sustainability strategies, mitigate urban heat, support reforestation, and engage global employees with 5 million trees.
Trees are good for business
During heatwaves, corporations face intensifying threats, from cooling costs and supply chain issues, to employee safety and infrastructure challenges. Trees can cool air temperatures by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit, reduce energy costs, and provide cooler spaces and cleaner air to those living nearby. Investing in trees is a cost effective nature-based solution that strengthens heat resilience, deepens community impact, and engages employees.
Our work in urban heat
For more than 50 years, we have built a global network of trusted planting partners that guide trees to where they’re needed most. These relationships combined with advanced mapping mean planting and distribution projects are specifically designed to have measurable impact on things like urban heat islands and environmental resilience.
How hot are your operations?
Heat is more intense in areas with fewer trees and more hard surfaces. This public-facing map is an example of the types of datasets we use to identify where planting trees can have the greatest impact on a variety of heat-related issues.
Enter your city in the search bar in the upper right corner and toggle the map to switch between heat index and density of tree cover.
Trees meet multiple goals
Business resilience
Nearly every industry faces excessive heat challenges. In fact, the World Economic Forum predicts that heat will cause up to $448 billion in profit loss by 2035. Trees are one of the most effective and affordable tools we have to lower electricity bills, cool air temperatures to protect people and supply chains, mitigate flooding, and more to build business resilience. Through mapping, local partners, and detailed reporting, we enable tree planting that is effective, community-focused, and measurable.
Employee engagement
One Gallup poll found companies with highly engaged employees are 21% more profitable and 17% more productive. Tree plantings and distributions as workforce engagement opportunities give employees immediate, tangible ways to benefit their communities, all while supporting measurable environmental goals.
Community engagement
We support hands-on planting projects and community tree distributions by connecting you with local planting projects or neighborhoods in need of trees. Tools like our Community Tree Distributor makes implementation of a tree distribution program easy for you and employees with a clear reservation system and easy-to-use dashboard.
Consumer storytelling
According to our Canopy Report, 71% of consumers say they're more loyal to businesses doing right by the planet. Tree planting projects and community tree distributions provide physical benefits to communities that residents feel immediately. Our Impact Dashboard gives you deep insights with tools like NatureQuant Nature Priority Index, Urban Heat Index, mapping of Indigenous lands, and more to quantify the true impact of your projects.
Meet this moment with trees and action
Seventy-one percent of U.S. adults are more loyal to companies that take an active role in protecting the environment. Talk with us to get planting.
