Business Partnerships with Trees Ontario

Environmental protection and restoration continues to be at the forefront of the minds of consumers in Ontario. As awareness and concern continue to increase amongst individuals, a number of socially conscious businesses have begun to take responsibility for their output and are attempting to help offset their environmental footprint by supporting tree planting efforts. This is an incredibly easy way to illustrate to your customers and the business community that you are an environmentally conscious organization who wants to have a long-lasting positive impact on the environment for current and future generations.

Trees Ontario also ensures that the proper technical procedures are followed when conducting a tree planting project.  Site assessments, species selection and follow up visits are conducted at our planting sites to ensure that the trees planted are given the best possible chance to survive and grow into new forests.

Let Trees Ontario assist you in ‘greening’ your business and reducing your environmental footprint, one tree at a time. Your organization’s financial contributions will support tree planting efforts help to:

• Clean our air, purify our water and prevent soil erosion
• Achieve our goal to support the planting of 10 million trees a year by 2015
• Protect wildlife through the preservation of habitats
• Illustrate your social responsibility and commitment to the environment

There is a variety of ways that your organization can help us save our environment. One tree at a time.  Please visit the links below to see which one of these options best meets your organization’s needs.

1. Plant a Corporate Forest with Trees Ontario:
Illustrate Your Company’s Status as a Green Leader!

Trees Ontario is eager to work with businesses in order to create a customized plan that will help them to achieve their goals while helping the environment.  One such option is a planting project that will allow you to be able to contribute to the planting, tending and monitoring of trees in a specific area. What better way to illustrate to your consumers that you are a socially conscious company that supports a variety of environmentally friendly initiatives. These trees will be planted on rural areas in the province by trained technical staff; we can provide you with details of the planting area, quantities, and native species planted.

We want to work with you to ensure that we create the specific type of project that will best meet your needs. And,  your support to Trees Ontario will help green your organization and achieve its environmental mandate.

Options Corporations Receive Include:

- A planting site that will be named in honour of the company. If the number of trees that the company wishes to plant exceeds the space provided, trees will be planted on additional public lands 
- Tax receipt or charitable acknowledgement
- Company to be acknowledged in next Trees Ontario e-newsletter, 'TreeMail'. Project details may also be included
- Additional coverage regarding project on the Trees Ontario website (News and Events section)
- Company logo and link to company website published on Trees Ontario website
- Name published in annual donors’ report
- Custom, signed and framed certificate presented to company
- Use of Trees Ontario logo in publications and on website for duration of partnership 

Planting Options Include:

• Grove Planting 
• Woodlot Planting 
• Woodland Planting
• Forest Planting

Please contact Emily Moore, Senior Development Officer at 1.877.646.1193 or emoore@treesontario.ca  for further information. 

 2. Green Your Meetings with Trees Ontario

Trees Ontario can work with your organization to help 'green' your meetings, conventions, trade shows and other events worldwide. We just need to know the mode of transportation, number of attendees and approximate kilometres travelled each way per participant. 

For those meetings or events that wish to be officially designated as ‘green,’ Trees Ontario will conduct an audit based on the mode of transportation and kilometres traveled to and from the event and determine its estimated environmental footprint.  We will then state the number of trees that would need to be planted in order to help offset the environmental footprint of the event. It's that easy to get a bit greener!

We will also work with facilities that host meetings to provide potential offerings for your clients. 

Please contact Emily Moore, Senior Development Officer at 1.877.646.1193 or emoore@treesontario.ca  for further information. 

3.  Re-Establish Ontario’s Natural Habitat:
Trees Ontario's Forest Restoration Program

Every year thousands of hectares of mature forest are lost due to tornados and other severe weather conditions. In some situations, the damaged forests will regenerate naturally, but in many cases it may take decades before the fallen species re-establish themselves and forests are replenished once again.  Trees Ontario's Forest Restoration program provides financial and technical assistance to local agencies interested in regenerating lost forests.  Environmentally conscientious corporations can provide their support by helping to ensure that trees are planted in communities were forests desperately need to be restructured.  This sponsorship opportunity will allow your corporation to be profiled as a green leader within these communities.

Your company can help these communities by supporting restoration levels at either of the following levels:

• Forest Fix
• Complete Forest Restoration

Please contact Emily Moore, Senior Development Officer at 1.877.646.1193 or emoore@treesontario.ca  for further information. 

4. Workplace Giving

Contributing to Trees Ontario is an easy and effective way to recognize and appreciate your colleagues while helping to aid reforestation efforts in Ontario. Your gift will help to ensure that Ontario’s forests are replenished, creating a better environment for both humans and wildlife, protecting watersheds and helping to reverse the effects of global warming.

There are many reasons and opportunities to give:

• Celebrating employee dedication and hard work
• Welcoming newcomers to your organization
• Recognizing a birthday or anniversary
• Rewarding team members for a job well done
• Celebrating the holidays or in lieu of gifts

Please contact Emily Moore, Senior Development Officer at 1.877.646.1193 or emoore@treesontario.ca  for further information. 

 

5. Sales-Driven Campaigns and Client Contributions

Take part in a sales-driven campaign to generate funds to support Trees Ontario’s tree planting efforts. Your program will help spread your green message throughout your business activities. Companies can set up a 'contribution with purchase' program that will see a donation made to Trees Ontario from each customer purchase.  Visual representations can be used to help illustrate the number of trees that have been planted as a result of  customer participation. This is a fantastic way to allow your customers to feel involved in your campaign and to monitor your success. Note: There is a minimal commitment required to begin a program such as this.

Make a contribution to Trees Ontario to plant trees on behalf of your business, clients, suppliers, or customers. Giving trees in lieu of gifts is an easy way to show that you are serious about going green.

Please contact Emily Moore, Senior Development Officer at 1.877.646.1193 or emoore@treesontario.ca  for further information. 

6. Planting Events

Interested in providing team building opportunities within your organization, while helping the environment? Becoming involved with a planting event through Trees Ontario is a fantastic exercise for your staff. It allows you to leave the office for the day and bring members of your organization together in a meaningful way that creates a better atmosphere for humans and wildlife. Additionally, this type of activity lets your consumers know that your organization is environmentally and socially conscious.

Trees Ontario staff will organize your tree planting activity and experts will be on-site the day of to ensure that your event is a success.  Photographs illustrating the event will be featured on our website and copies can be provided to your organization for personal use. Note: There is a minimal commitment required for Trees Ontario to coordinate an event such as this.

Please contact Emily Moore, Senior Development Officer at 1.877.646.1193 or emoore@treesontario.ca  for further information.