Hammermill® cares about the communities where we live and work. By teaming up with veritree, we can help restore forests, protect biodiversity and create a lasting positive impact on our communities.
What is veritree?
veritree is a restoration platform dedicated to restoring our ecosystems, protecting habitats, boosting wildlife and sequestering carbon through the planting of trees. veritree provides its partner organizations with end-to-end transparency—validating, monitoring and analyzing tree planting efforts so we can track our impact in real time.
At Hammermill, we recognize the vital role trees play in a healthy planet. That’s why we source our paper from sustainably managed forests — and why we support veritree’s mission to drive measurable, transparent restoration efforts. Through our partnership with veritree, we’ve committed to planting 158,334 trees. These efforts will sequester 46,413 tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of removing 10,090 cars from the road for one year
The importance of reforestation
The world’s forests absorb an estimated 15 billion tons of CO2 per year. And did you know that 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions are the result of deforestation? Trees also play a key role in capturing rainwater and reducing the risk of natural disasters. A single mature evergreen tree can intercept more than 15,000 liters of water each year. This is why planting trees makes such a big difference.
Check out our other partnership
We are also working with the North American Forest Foundation.