Tree Planting
The fund will dedicate £100,000 each year to native tree planting.
Why Plant Trees?
How We Do It
We currently maintain over 50,000 sites throughout the UK in partnership with some of the country’s largest commercial property owners. Many of our customers have a need or ambition to reduce or offset carbon emissions.
They want to be involved with large scale woodland creation/ tree planting projects or have land that could be utilised for this purpose. We support our customers in their environmental ambitions through our traditional, comprehensive services in tree planting and biodiversity enhancement projects. We want to help amplify impact with our own commitment of £100,000 for new tree planting every year.
Likewise, there are many private landowners throughout the UK who want to dedicate land for tree planting. We are able to assist and support private individuals who have a minimum of two hectares to dedicate for protected native woodland planting.
We will provide project management for bringing a wide range of stakeholders together to sequester carbon through tree planting. We will provide professional support to customers in reaching their sustainability targets. To amplify impact, we will access government grants and carbon incentives, partnering with land owners/charities/councils using our tree planting and establishment capabilities alongside Evergreen Funds to amplify impact.
Each year, we will dedicate up to £100,000 to support native woodland creation projects that meet the following criteria:
Five hectares (minimum)
Woodland to be legally protected for 100 years +
Project is eligible for Woodland Creation Grants
A management plan is implemented and audited by the Forestry Commission for a minimum of 10 years
Planting is eligible for woodland carbon offsetting incentives
Where?
Select Projects
Chelmsford Tree Planting
Working together with Essex County Council and the Woodland Trust, the Evergreen Fund – Ground Controls’ unique sustainability fund has paid for the planting and supervision costs of the 15,000 saplings, with work to create two new woodlands at Chelmer Valley, Essex.
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Little Cowbridge Wood
In 2019, we planted 22,893 native hardwood trees to create nine hectares of protected woodland in Billericay, Essex.
Volunteers from Ground Control have continued to support this new, protected habitat for biodiversity with replanting and management.
