Gift a tree.
Grow a forest.
Make an impact.
Why Gift Trees?
Follow worldwide momentum.
Now is the time for sustainable and meaningful gifts!
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NET-ZERO
From countries to companies
Reach NET-ZERO emissions by 2050
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Climate
Mitigate global warming by 37% by restoring all degraded land on Earth
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Nature
help to restore the water balance in the soil and bring back vegetation, also promotes biodiversity within the project areas.
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People
Create a better living environment and increase economic development.
Treebytree - a social enterprise on a mission to turn ‘corporate gifting’ into ‘gifting back’. We want to become the new norm within the industry.
By empowering thousands of businesses and their employees, customers and other stakeholders, we use the power of many to bring back trees. These trees are brought back in the heart of Africa by Justdiggit and thousands of farmers.
Together we can bring back 1 billion trees before 2050, help restore nature and build a movement for regreening.
Our Partners
All gifted trees are trees that are brought back to life in theheart of Africa by Dutch NGO Justdiggit. They were founded in 2009 by Peter Westerveld and Dennis Karpes. Their goal is to restore and regreen degraded landscapes, increase biodiversity, and have a positive impact on the climate.
We work with Justdiggit because we believe they are the best regreening organization working in the place where it is needed most, with scientifically backed programs, a long track record and support from local communities. Started in 2009 they have helped restore more than 380,000 hectares of land, brought back over 13 million trees, and built a grassroots movement that keeps growing every day. Justdiggit applies multiple techniques to bring back vegetation within degraded areas. In Tanzania farmers use a technique called Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), also known as Kisiki Hai in Swahili. It helps the farmers to regrow felled trees. Justdiggit made two educative documentaries so you can learn how this exactly works: Kiski Hai I & Kisiki Hai II.
All detailed data on impact measurement, progress updates and way of working :
We have developed an epic way to gift trees that are being regenerated in the heart of Africa. Every tree is geocoded, allowing the recipients to virtually travel to the location of their tree.
The digital tree gifting experience can be given to recipients in many ways. Our Regreening Partners (distributors in the corporate gifting industry) can help you choose the way that suits you best.
All you have to do is give them your branding elements and tell them how many trees to gift and to whom - by email, printed gift cards or QR codes printed on products - and they'll take care of the logistics. They can even add a personalized message from you!
You can track, and share, the positive impact of your gifts on your personal dashboard on our platform. This includes the number of trees gifted, the estimated CO₂ sequestered, the estimated water retention, how you’ve contributed to local communities and much more.
How our
Tree Gifting works
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Build your company Forest
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The Gifting Experience
We believe special gifts help build meaningful connections. That’s whywe’ve made the treebytree gift an epic digital experience. A visualtreat that gets people excited. About their gifted tree, engaging withyour brand AND about fighting climate change.
Your Rewards and Extensions
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Green Marketing
Having a company forest can attract new customers and supporters, and it's great material for promoting yourbrand. It's the perfect starting point for sharing your wider sustainability strategy.
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Sustainable Legacy
Incorporate your company forest in your CSR or ESG strategy. It shows that your company is committed to theenvironment in a lasting way, not just for a moment.
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Shared responsibilities to employees
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Live impact dashboard
You get to see, and show the world, how your company forest is making a real impact on things likecapturing CO₂, retaining water, and supporting local communities. Integrate this dashboard on your website!
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Educational opportunities
Your company forest can also be like a living classroom, teaching people about ecology, conservation,and sustainable practices.
Ready to gift trees? Start in 3 simple steps.
STEP 1
CREATE
Create and customize your gift with a personal message and your brand identity
STEP 2
SEND
Send your gift by email, download a printable gift card or download QR codes to print on (sustainable) products and your own designs.
STEP 3
FOLLOW & SHARE
Both sender and recipients get quarterly tree updates and have access to a dashboard tracking their trees' positive impact on CO2 sequestering, water retention and much more.
FAQ
Who is treebytree? Treebytree is a social enterprise on a mission to accelerate theregeneration of nature. We enable companies to gift trees that arebrought back in the heart of Africa. Easily, at scale, and with an epiccustomizable gifting experience. By empowering thousands ofcompanies, their employees, customers and other stakeholders, weuse the power of the collective to bring back one billion trees before2050. Together. Treebytree have teamed up with distributors in the corporate gifting industry.We call them our 'Regreening Partners' as they're the ones spreadingthe message and inspiring companies to gift trees. We enable them toadd trees as a 100% sustainable gift to their portfolio. They handle allthe logistics when a company wants to gift trees, to make sure thegifted trees reach the right people. Launched in 2022, we’re a digital ‘for-purpose’ startup with ourheadquarters in The Hague, The Netherlands.
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Who owns the trees? Justdiggit uses your funding to train and motivate farmers in the heartof Africa to look after the trees and to inspire more farmers to recovertheir own trees. The farmer that regenerated the tree and takes careof it will remain the legal owner. Your funding also allows the farmers toreap the benefits that the trees may offer to their families and theircommunities.
Who takes care of the actual trees? NGO Justdiggit We’re proud to have the superheroes at Justdiggit as our partner inregreening the planet. They are on a mission to regreen Africa withinthe next decade and have inspired and empowered people all overthe world to join in. Justdiggit works closely with local farmers andcommunities in the heart of Africa to restore degraded land withproven regreening techniques. They are the ones who recover thetrees you gift on treebytree. We work with Justdiggit because they have scientifically-backedprograms, a long track record and support from local communities.Since 2009, they have helped restore more than 400,000 hectaresof land, brought back over 14 million trees and built a grassrootsmovement that keeps growing every day! Justdiggit applies multiple techniques to bring back vegetation andboost biodiversity in degraded areas. In Tanzania farmers use atechnique called Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR),also known as Kisiki Hai in Swahili. It helps the farmers to regrow treesthat were previously cut down. Justdiggit made two beautifuldocumentaries showing you exactly how it works: Kiski Hai I & Kisiki Hai II. Visit www.justdiggit.org to learn more about their incredible work!
What's a Regreening Partner? We're all about bringing back as many trees as possible. To do this atscale, and as fast as possible, we've teamed up with distributors in thecorporate gifting industry. All over Europe. They have acces to manyinternational companies who are regularly looking for gifts to rewardor engage stakeholders. So image the impact! That’s why, we call them our 'Regreening Partners' as they're the onesspreading the message, coming up with creative ideas and inspiringcompanies to gift trees. They also handle all the logistics to make surethe gifts reach the right people. Having them on our side is anessential part of our mission to accelerate the regeneration of nature.
Is the carbon reduction metric endorsed by any organizations? Can you provide more supporting data? Please refer to our Transparency Statement, where you can clearly see TreebyTree's commitments and background.
Impacts
Why is ecosystem restoration and bringing back trees necessary? Climate change, overuse of farmlands, deforestation and overgrazingcause the soil to dry out. Especially in vulnerable areas like theSub-Saharan Africa. This drought leads to desertification anddegradation of the land, making it hard to obtain food, crops, freshwater and natural resources, such as firewood, from the land. Yet, there’s a solution: regreening! Recent studies show thatnature-based solutions can contribute up to 37% of the carbonemission intake required to keep global warming below 2 degreesCelsius. Vegetation absorbs carbon, decreasing the amount of CO₂ in theatmosphere and subsequently reduces the effect of global warming. Healthy forests retain water and provide shade, ultimately cooling thesoil. They also provide fruit and medicine for communities, and foodand shelter for wildlife. Truly boosting