Description
Our founders Helen and Christopher Neave planted their first woodland of 20,000 trees in 2011. They were worried about what was happening to nature, and decided to do what they could to help. They were so delighted by the impact on biodiversity, of that first woodland, now Sylvan Nature Reserve, that they set up Make it Wild, to keep supporting nature and biodiversity.
Since then Make it Wild has planted another 60,000 trees, across ten sites in North Yorkshire, and a growing network across the UK.
As trees grow, they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It has been calculated that one tree can typically sequester 3.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide during the first 40 years of its life.
Our trees are planted with biodiversity in mind – native trees, planted naturalistically, in the right place, to encourage wildlife.
So planting trees with us will offset your carbon footprint … and so much more!
Carbon offsetting for business
We can help with every step of carbon offsetting for your business.
If you wish to estimate your carbon footprint
As a guide, the typical amount of carbon dioxide a business might choose to offset each year is:
- 20 tonnes for a small business
- 100 tonnes for a medium-sized business
We have written a helpful ‘menu’ of typical business activities that you can use to add up your carbon footprint. You can find this here.
If you wish to calculate your carbon footprint
To make a start, try our Carbon Calculator.
If you want to calculate the carbon footprint of your business activity, we can help.
Email us info@makeitwild.co.uk
Locations
You trees will be planted on one of our protected nature reserves. You can choose the location of your trees. Perhaps you would like them to be near your base, so that you can visit the trees? You can choose from North Yorkshire, Norfolk or in The Peak District. If you have no preference we will choose a site for you.
How does it work?
Simply decide how many tonnes of carbon dioxide you want to offset, either by estimation or calculation. Choose your preferred location.
We sell our carbon offsetting for businesses in multiples of 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide. After approximately 40 years the trees will have offset the carbon.
Once you purchase your carbon offsetting trees, we will:
- either assign recently planted trees to you, or plant new trees on your behalf. This depends on the time of year and the number of newly planted trees we have available
- send you a certificate showing: the number of tonnes of carbon dioxide you have offset; the location of the trees on a map; an annotated aerial photograph showing the trees we have planted for you
- send you a ‘badge’ that you can use to show customers and employees what you are doing to help the environment
- protect and look after your trees for the foreseeable future, to ensure they reach maturity
- plant enough ‘extra’ trees to allow for natural losses
For your reference, our VAT number is: 281 9479 58
