BioPak launches new commitment to plant 60,000 trees – BeanScene

Food and drink packaging company BioPak has pledged to plant 60,000 trees as part of its long standing tree planting commitment. The initiative is in partnership with Veritree, which will allow for full transparency into where trees are planted and the environmental outcomes they create.

The trees will be planted over the next 18 months to support ecosystem restoration projects across North America as well as Tanzania. The initiative is a significant upgrade to BioPak’s previous tree planting commitments. The use of the Veritree platform provides real-time field data, enabling BioPak to track specific outcomes across biodiversity, land recovery, and water systems.

“Planting trees has been a part of who we are since 2010, but this partnership takes our commitment to a new level,” says Richard Fine, Founder of BioPak.

The commitment extends to BioPak’s new impact hub, a publicly accessible dashboard that shows real-time updates to the company’s environmental restoration efforts. This includes insights into efforts made after the British Columbia Wildfires in Canada.

“Our platform was built to bring transparency and trust into nature restoration,” says David Luba, Head of Partnerships at Veritree.

According to the United Nations, forests cover 31 per cent of the world’s surface and since 1990 nearly 100 million hectares have been lost due to agricultural expansion. BioPak’s partnership with Veritree is committed to making a significant impact to global environmental restoration.

“BioPak’s commitment to measuring real outcomes, rather than simply counting trees, demonstrates the kind of leadership needed to scale meaningful environmental action,” says David.

This new initiative builds on BioPak’s previous sustainability commitments, with 95 per cent of the company’s products now made with renewable materials.