Description
Looking for an innovative way to offset your carbon emissions?
How about carbon offsetting by Christmas Trees?
Through our partnership with Aberdeenshire Christmas Tree Adoption (‘ACTA’), we’re offering carbon offsets based on a unique, sustainable model: Christmas trees that are grown, adopted, and reused for up to eight years—before being replanted to create a woodland which will continue to sequester carbon for decades to come.
Carbon offsetting, reimagined
Each sapling Nordmann Fir or Blue Spruce is first nurtured to adoption size. Then, for 8 years, it’s delivered to families each Christmas and then returned to be cared for through the year. Once retired, the tree is planted permanently into regenerating woodland, creating a long-term carbon sink.
Traditional Christmas trees are cut, discarded, and usually end up in landfill in January. But these trees stay alive and are reused year after year. Importantly, this saves a net 12.9 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) per tree from being emitted into the atmosphere. Instead, the re-used trees will continue to absorb CO2 throughout their entire life.
How we calculate offsets
Your contribution supports this full lifecycle—covering sapling cultivation, multi-year adoption use, and final replanting. The carbon offsets are based on:
- Sequestration during their adoption phase (first 8 years)
- Avoided emissions from traditional tree disposal
- Long-term sequestration post-retirement in managed woodland
Each tree ultimately delivers meaningful, measurable carbon sequestration, vital for climate change mitigation.
What you’ll get
- Certificate carbon offsetting by Christmas Trees, including:
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- your offset total (in tonnes CO₂e)
- an aerial photo of the replanting site
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- Digital badge for your use
Why support this model?
In purchasing the carbon from ACTA trees, you will also be supporting a local, highly sustainable initiative in the Aberdeenshire area that:
- Reduces festive season waste and emissions
- Promotes sustainable land use in the UK
- Supports new woodland creation.
Whether you’re an individual, a business, or a team looking to take real climate action—this is a carbon offset with character, purpose, and proven environmental benefit.
