Disclaimer & FAQ

At Treesy, we want to make it easy, affordable and transparent to take personal climate action through tree planting.

Trees are living organisms. No tree planting project can therefore guarantee 100% survival forever.

Treesy does, however, commit to:

• doing everything practically, contractually and locally possible
• working long term and responsibly
• replanting where necessary

We also want to be completely open about what our solution can do, what it cannot do, the assumptions we use and the natural risks in nature-based solutions.

Tree planting is a supplement, not a replacement. Treesy does not encourage increased consumption. We encourage you to reduce emissions wherever possible.

Tree planting through Treesy should be seen as:

• a supplement to reduction
• a way to take responsibility for unavoidable emissions
• a long-term investment in climate, nature and local communities

The tree contribution uses an average Danish consumption-based footprint of around 13 tonnes CO₂e per year and a calculation assumption of 100 kg CO₂ per tree over its lifetime.

• 13,000 kg divided by 100 kg gives 130 trees. You can adjust your contribution based on your own estimated footprint.
• 100 kg is a calculation assumption, not measured uptake or a guaranteed minimum
• Actual uptake depends on species, growing conditions, care and survival, among other factors

This calculation explains the tree contribution. It does not establish that 130 trees offset a year of emissions or make you climate neutral. Uptake happens gradually and cannot be equated with reducing your emissions here and now.

Trees absorb CO₂ as they grow. A newly planted tree has not yet achieved the uptake a model may estimate over many years.

Uptake varies over time. Carbon can also be released again if trees burn or decompose.

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.

The second-best time is today."

No. Your purchase funds tree planting based on Treesy’s model. It is a contribution you can make alongside efforts to reduce emissions.

• Carbon is an element and the building block of trees' biomass
• CO₂ is the gas trees absorb through photosynthesis
• CO₂e combines all greenhouse gases into one common unit

Treesy's tree planting is not carbon certified under VCS or Gold Standard. Our own documentation and geotagging are not independent verification of CO₂ uptake. A planting record documents funded tree planting, not climate neutrality or certified carbon credits. You are welcome to visit the planting area and see the work yourself.

Treesy cannot be held responsible for events outside our reasonable control, including natural disasters, disease outbreaks, political unrest, illegal deforestation by third parties or extreme climate conditions.

In such cases, Treesy will work for replanting and restoration where possible, but cannot guarantee full replacement in every scenario.