UK Tree Planting

Planting trees is a great way to offset your carbon footprint and become carbon neutral. Through photosynthesis trees absorb carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and wood.

By helping to plant tree you will be helping to:

• Offset CO2 emissions
• Provide wildlife habitats
• Plant native British trees
• Enhance the natural UK landscape

Start Planting

We are working with tree planting partners to be able to provide an opportunity to individuals and organisations to plant native British broad-leaved trees in your region of the UK.

By planting trees you will not only be offsetting carbon emissions, but also helping provide wildlife habitat for many hundreds of years, and passing on to future generations a fascinating and highly valuable ecological heritage.

Trees and plants sequester (i.e. absorb) the atmospheric carbon as part of the process of photosynthesis, which enables them to grow. Through this process, carbon dioxide is converted into stored carbon, and this is why trees are sometimes referred to as ‘carbon sinks’.

Each tree planted helps to offset your environmental impact by ‘breathing’ in CO2 as it grows.

Tree Buddying

Our UK Trees programme incorporates "Tree Buddying". This means for each tree you pledge we also offset one tCO2 through a Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) project.

This ensures your carbon offsetting

• is fully verified
• meets international standards
• meets BSI's PAS 2060 specification on carbon neutrality
• meets the Carbon Footprint Standard and
• continues to take additional CO2 out of the atmosphere during the life of the tree

in addition to delivering all the other great benefits of the UK Tree planting programme.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Where are the trees planted?

With the help of our tree planting partners and their local environmental knowledge, these native broad-leaved trees will be found homes where they are most needed; supplementing hedgerows, woodlands and nature reserves; parks and farmland. The majority of the trees are now being planted in school grounds helping to educate and raise awareness among pupils.

You are able to select the UK region where they will be planted.

Would they be planted anyway?

There is a UK quota for tree planting which the government are committed to meet. All trees planted through Carbon Footprint will be in addition to any national quota, so you can be sure that any tree you are funding would not have been planted without your support.

How much carbon dioxide does a tree absorb?

The amount of CO2 a tree will offset depends on many factors, such as the type of tree, where it is planted and the amount of room it has to grow. On average, one broad leaf tree will absorb in the region of 1 tonne of carbon dioxide during its full life-time (approximately 100 years).

What are the advantages of planting trees in the UK?

Only native British broad-leaved trees are planted in the UK, ensuring they are in keeping with the local surroundings. These trees will improve our local environment and provide habitats for our local wildlife.