Calculate a tree contribution from your product’s footprint
Use a product life cycle assessment or environmental product declaration (EPD) to work out the number of trees and cost per sale for a particular range.
A worked example
Kvik lists a footprint of 150.65 kg CO₂ and a cash price of DKK 22,423 for its illustrated VEDA green kitchen. At 10 trees per tonne, Treesy’s model gives 1.5065 trees per kitchen. If a manufacturer rounds up to two per kitchen, 500 sales fund 1,000 trees. Prepaying costs DKK 8,600 excluding VAT, or DKK 17.20 per kitchen. That is about 0.10% of the kitchen price of DKK 17,938.40 excluding VAT. The tree purchase is a Treesy illustration.
See Kvik’s price and product footprintWhat data should we provide?
Send the footprint, reporting unit and stages covered. If the figure is per kg of material, also provide the quantity used per finished product. With a price excluding VAT we can show the contribution as a share of sales.
What if our range has several models?
Use the figures for each configuration. Smaller and larger kitchens may have different fronts, worktops and numbers of cabinets. Match the footprint and price to the same configuration.
How do we handle fractions of a tree?
Round up per item as in the kitchen example, or sum the estimated emissions across a whole order before rounding the total tree count up. State your chosen method in the quote.
What can the buyer see?
List the item number, units delivered, source of the product footprint and number of trees funded. This lets the buyer trace the calculation to the purchase order.