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. The most effective climate action is always to reduce emissions where 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

When we call our smallest package Carbon Neutral, it is based on conservative average assumptions:

• The average Dane emits around 13 tons CO₂e per year
• One tree is conservatively estimated to store at least 100 kg CO₂e over its lifetime
• 130 trees × 100 kg CO₂e ≈ 13 tons CO₂e

This means 130 trees per year correspond to balancing the average Danish climate footprint. This is an estimate, not a guarantee.

No. A tree does not absorb 100 kg CO₂ on the day it is planted.

• In the first years, uptake is limited
• It increases as the tree grows
• The largest amounts of CO₂ are stored when the tree is mature

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

The second-best time is today."

We have deliberately chosen a cautious approach. We would rather plant two trees too many than one too few.

• 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 does not use expensive third-party certifications such as VCS or Gold Standard. We have opted out because they would significantly increase the price per tree. Instead, we carry out strict internal control through physical visits several times per year and ongoing documentation via geotagging of each tree.

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.