Back in 2022 we began a partnership with trentbarton where they initially funded the planting of 330 trees – one for each of their buses as a celebration to mark today’s Clean Air Day 2022.
Following on from that initial planting commitment, in 2023 trentbarton once again committed to more trees, 262 at the time which once again was linked directly to the number of buses operated making a total of 592 trees. And for 2024, on May 14th Tom Morgan and Scarlet McCourt joined two of the Co-Treetment team, Simon Evans and Darrell Taylor in Thringstone for a walk, talk and photo session, surrounded by bees and trees.
A further 262 trees have been added to the trentbarton mini-forest making a total of 854 trees. This is a sign of the ongoing commitment we have for making the planet a better place; not only will these trees absorb 21,350 kg of carbon each year (427,000 kg over 20 years, which is the commitment we make to our customers), they add a significant boost to the ecosystem and wildlife in the area.
This of course helps to offset some of trentbarton fleet emissions as well as underlines their commitment to investing in cleaner, greener public transport to improve air quality, something that’s evident from their recent investments in all electric buses. Over the past seven years trentbarton has spent more than £25 million on greener buses and is exploring zero emission buses for the future.
Once again we reiterated that “It’s great that trentbarton is partnering with us in our mission to plant more trees in the region. Offsetting their carbon footprint locally through planting trees directly absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and reduces the rate of climate change with every additional tree planted.
With the support of businesses such as trentbarton, Co-Treetment is creating woodland spaces by planting trees to absorb carbon, not just for today but for decades into the future.
Everybody needs to travel, even if it’s locally – using public transport, buses, trains or cars. It all has an impact, and we all need to do more to try to combat climate change.
Trees don’t just absorb carbon; they pull water from the ground so that helps prevent flooding. They cleanse the air so if you’re near busy roads you get a better air quality.”
Thanks to everyone involved, we are delighted to be able to work collaboratively with companies like trentbarton and look forward to further collaborations in the future.
Simon Evans
Darrell Taylor
Keith Cox
Tom Morgan
Scarlet McCourt
