Tree-planting opportunity for Public Sector organisations in England and Scotland announced
Public Sector organisations are set to get a boost to green canopy coverage this year after a new tree-planting appeal launched.
Green Apple Environment Award winner and the UK’s largest water retailer Water Plus is searching for places trees will thrive in 2022.
Organisations can email hello@water-plus.co.uk with details of public sector sites that could accommodate trees, which will be distributed in packs of 10 saplings. Brief details on how planting would benefit the area should be included in emails, which should have the subject heading #NominateforTrees. Water Plus will review all suggestions.
Barry McGovaney, Sustainability Lead and Innovation and Technology Manager at Water Plus, said: “We’re committed to making sustainability and minimising our environmental impact core to our business, our people and our customers. From helping sites install water reduction approaches and extra tracking along with highlighting how water efficiency helps organisations, to increasing tree-planting in the UK and trialling innovative technology to cut water volumes* and help towards sustainability goals, we’re taking action.
“We value the natural environment and natural resources and know the importance of trees to not only the fight against climate change but also natural habitats and the eco-system. And we’re delivering on our commitment to the planet through the technical water services we provide, along with raising awareness around water waste and savings from efficiencies – whether it’s a small or large organisation.”
Suggestions for tree sites can also be sent by private message to Water Plus on their social media channels including Twitter and LinkedIn .
Water Plus increased tree-planting in the UK by providing 150 trees for schools and communities in 2020 and creating 2,023 square metres of woodland in the UK in 2021.
The water retailer also partnered with Stoke-on-Trent City Council to put 50 more trees in the ground in December, including fruit trees for communities.
It was presented with an International Green Apple Environment Award in November 2021 for its work with its customers to increase water efficiency and raise awareness around cutting water waste.
More on steps organisations can take to reduce water waste, reduce future running costs and lower Greenhouse Gas emissions under Scopes 1, 2 and 3, can be found at: www.water-plus.co.uk/sustainability
***Photo caption: Left to right is: Deputy Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent Councillor Faisal Hussain, Karl Mansfield, Customer Awareness Advocate and Krystel Gibson, a Key Account Manager – both from Water Plus – and Councillor Lesley Adams, allotments champion, during planting in December 2021.
Tree-planting appeal information
*Water Plus will review all suggestions submitted by email to hello@water-plus.co.uk and through social media through messages on the Water Plus social media channels and consider how the sites might be suitable and involved in tree-planting. Suggestions for sites (on social media or be email to hello@water-plus.co.uk) does not guarantee trees would be planted. Public Sector organisations will need to confirm areas are suitable for planting trees as part of suggestions.
Sites chosen would receive trees from September 2022, in time for the planting season that runs until March 2023.
Trees provided would be native broad leaf varieties (excluding Ash, due to Ash dieback). Although the trees wouldn’t be able to be used for offsetting carbon emissions, they would create more natural habitats in the grounds of sites and increase green canopy and shade for people using public sector sites during the warmer weather in the future. Trees can be planted around 1 metre apart, or closer to form hedging/hedges. Photos of the planted trees at a location would need to be provided to Water Plus for external use across their channels.
