Sponsored: It’s crucial for corporations to help address environmental needs. WestRock and the Arbor Day Foundation are investing in 10 urban tree canopies within WestRock’s global operating footprint, helping to provide access to urban trees and public green spaces.
Despite the feel-good appeal of planting a tree as a planet-positive act, and the various trillion-tree initiatives taking root around the world, the benefits of tree-planting programs are being questioned.
Across the 48 states of the continental U.S., there is enough land to plant forests that could sequester the equivalent of about 5 percent of the greenhouse gases the country emitted in 2019.
Mercado Libre, a company with roughly twice the market capitalization of eBay, is putting proceeds from its $400 million sustainability bond toward forest restoration projects.
Sponsored: Dow and Restore the Earth Foundation explore how science, shared values and nature-based solutions can unlock environmental and economic value in climate partnerships.