{"id":9755,"date":"2021-02-19T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/blog\/?p=9755"},"modified":"2023-10-27T08:48:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:48:47","slug":"over-500000-trees-planted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/blog\/mission-values\/over-500000-trees-planted\/","title":{"rendered":"AnswerConnect helps plant over half a million trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starting 2021 with some good news, we can announce that, through our partnerships with several non-profit environmental organizations, we have now planted over 500,000 trees worldwide. Over the next 40 years, those trees will sequester half a million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of our One Tree One Planet<\/a> initiative, we\u2019ve partnered with the sustainable agriculture nonprofit Trees for the Future<\/a> (TREES). TREES recently reached their own incredible milestone; planting more than 200 million trees worldwide. Over the last three decades, tens of thousands of farmers have planted trees on their land through agroforestry training provided by TREES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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500,000 trees planted and more to come.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The initiative comes as part of our three-point plan to protect the natural environment, contribute to local communities, and encourage more sustainable business practices. This action is part of a global push to increase corporate accountability and reduce businesses\u2019 collective carbon footprint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customers are immediately added to our tree planting index when they sign up. A tree is planted on their behalf every month, at no cost to the customer. The initiative has so far contributed to reforestation programs across the world; from the Amazon rainforest to the bushlands of Ghana to the national parks of the United States, to the endangered habitats of northeast Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actions to help protect the planet.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n