Companies that plant a tree for every purchase do not all use the same rule. Philips Monitors links planting to a qualifying product range, Image Source to orders and Solution Group to client spend. Other familiar names fund forests through events, customer gifts or campaign participation. Knowing the difference helps you choose a brand to buy from or a model to use in your own business.
This comparison covers 16 company examples and separates direct purchase models from related planting activity. ForestNation, a pioneer of plant-a-tree-per-purchase around 2006, helps businesses connect recurring actions to planting in Tanzania. If you want to turn your own orders into a forest, explore planting linked to customer orders. For eligibility, budgets and reporting, read the separate purchase programme setup guide.
Key Takeaways
- Check the trigger: an item, order, spend threshold and event registration are different promises.
- A company forest proves planting activity, but does not by itself prove that every purchase funds a tree.
- ForestNation pioneered the You Plant We Plant and You Buy We Plant models around 2006 and has helped plant nearly 2 million trees.
- Forest totals below are dated snapshots. Check current programme terms before buying or copying a model.
Which companies link planting to products or orders?
Start with these examples if you are researching companies that plant trees when you buy a product. Each describes a purchasing rule, but the covered products and allocation differ.
1. Philips Monitors: a qualifying monitor range
Philips Monitors’ ForestNation programme dates to 2020 and links planting to its qualifying monitor range. Its forest showed 98,957 trees on 8 September 2026, beyond the earlier 89,420 snapshot. The case study also covers Tree Kits at a product launch and Gift Stories through Galtec. Do not read that as a promise covering every Philips product or every sales channel.
2. Image Source: planting linked to orders
Image Source’s order programme began in 2021. The promotional merchandise agency plants a tree for each order and has dedicated Forest Profiles for clients including Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz. Its published workflow uses planting requests. It shows how an agency can add planting alongside its ordinary merchandise business without implying that every customer needs a physical Tree Kit.
3. tentree: planting per item
tentree’s own impact report describes planting ten trees for every item of clothing sold. This is a product-unit model: several qualifying items in a basket differ from one tree for the entire order. Check the retailer’s current product terms when shopping.
ForestNation’s You Plant We Plant and You Buy We Plant models began around 2006, before these later examples popularised the category. The useful question today is which rule fits the customer action you want to connect with planting.
Which companies use client spend or campaigns instead?
These examples matter to a business comparing models, but they should not be presented as identical “one tree for every purchase” offers. Look at what actually funds the planting.
4. Solution Group: client-spend thresholds
Solution Group in Italy has linked 100 trees to every €5,000 in client spend since 2021. Its forest showed 139,227 trees on 8 September 2026, above the earlier 134,000-plus milestone. The case study describes clients including L’Oréal Italia, LVMH and Henkel. This is a recurring spend rule, not one tree for every item of merchandise.
5. Logitech: participation in a campaign
Logitech’s Earth Day 2025 game connected correct answers to planting. It drew 1,295 participants and funded 18,241 trees. That campaign is one part of its cumulative ForestNation forest, which showed 76,350 trees. The campaign result does not mean each Logitech purchase plants a tree.
6. Salesforce: event and campaign planting
Salesforce’s case study includes branded Tree Kits distributed at events, with people invited to plant and name their trees. Its Forest Profile total showed 47,739 trees on 8 September 2026. This is evidence of a forest and documented campaigns, not a universal subscription or product-purchase promise.
7. MasterCard: a distributor-run promotion
Promotional Consultants ran a MasterCard Tree Kit promotion with ForestNation and reported a 15% lift in registrations. The published MasterCard testimonial records that result. It is a distributor-reported outcome for that promotion, not a measured prediction for other businesses or a claim that every card transaction plants a tree.
8. Ecosia: search-revenue funding
Ecosia funds climate action from its profits, with most directed to tree-planting projects. It is included because it is a familiar everyday-action model. It is a search engine, so it belongs in a different category from retailers planting per item or order.
Which other brands have ForestNation forests?
The following eight examples broaden the picture. Their forests and case studies are evidence of planting relationships. Where a universal purchase trigger is not established by the linked source, do not infer one from the tree count.
9. TD Bank
The TD Bank Forest Profile showed 90,531 total trees on 8 September 2026. Use the profile to inspect the planting record, rather than assuming every banking transaction funds a tree.
10. Lands’ End
The Lands’ End Forest Profile showed 38,001 total trees on 8 September 2026. This establishes the forest’s recorded activity; the counter alone does not specify which purchases or campaigns generated it.
11. Oracle
The Oracle Forest Profile showed 30,050 total trees on 8 September 2026. It is a documented ForestNation relationship, without implying a tree allocation on every Oracle sale.
12. Wilsonart
The Wilsonart Forest Profile showed 30,000 total trees on 8 September 2026. As with the other counters, compare the planting record with the actual campaign terms rather than treating the total as a purchasing rule.
13. The Pets Table
The Pets Table’s condolence Tree Kits support customers experiencing the loss of a pet. This is a care-based gifting example, with matching planting in Tanzania, rather than a reason to claim every pet-food purchase funds a tree.
14. Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain’s Tree Gift programme uses branded Tree Kits in employee and community activity. Its case study shows a gifting relationship with ForestNation. Check the specific initiative, rather than extending it to every product sale.
15. Marriott
Marriott’s ForestNation case study describes its connection with You Plant We Plant. It belongs among the brands using gifting and planting to connect people, without establishing a tree for every hotel booking.
16. Yokogawa
Yokogawa’s trade-show Tree Kit campaign paired gifts attendees could grow at home with matching planting in Tanzania. That is a documented event campaign, rather than a universal purchase programme.
How should you compare purchase-linked tree planting promises?
Check the programme terms before comparing the totals. A small, clearly defined contribution can be easier to understand than a large cumulative figure with no explanation of what the customer’s action funds.
- Trigger: what must happen for planting to be funded?
- Scope: which products, orders, dates, customers or channels qualify?
- Allocation: how many trees or what contribution follows the action?
- Evidence: where can you see the programme, planting updates and dated totals?
- Claim: does the wording describe a contribution without implying it cancels emissions or proves the whole product is environmentally superior?
For ForestNation environmental estimates, use the current impact methodology. Its field data and modelling support qualified estimates; they do not mean each tree is individually measured or that purchasing a product cancels its footprint.
How can your company plant a tree for every purchase?
Choose an ordinary business action you can count and a contribution that fits your budget. For a detailed operating worksheet, use the guide to planting for every purchase. Product-specific and seasonal examples are covered in trees per product sold and Black Friday planting programmes.
Imagine your customer returning to a forest after several orders and seeing the contribution they have helped build. That is a clear connection between the relationship you already have and something you can keep growing together.
Discuss planting linked to your orders, or explore a broader business programme. Turn what you do into a forest, using a promise that matches your business.
Research and References
- Company programme sources and Forest Profiles are linked at each of the 16 examples above; ForestNation totals checked 8 September 2026.
- Retailer product model: tentree impact report.
- Search-revenue model: Ecosia.
- ForestNation environmental estimates: Impact methodology.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are trees being planted?
Trees in purchase-linked programmes are planted in the locations each company and its planting partner identify, not in one universal location. Look for a named country and project area, who is responsible for the site, and dated evidence that connects the programme to that place. Euronews lists location among the questions to check before trusting a planting claim.
How are trees being cared for after they are planted?
Care depends on the project, so ask who maintains the site, how survival is checked, and what happens if young trees do not survive. The Nature Conservancy describes site visits and survival surveys for its own planting programme; those practices should not be assumed for every company in this article.
