Planting trees for corporate events turns a moment into something lasting. Every conference, product launch, team away day, or client summit your company runs leaves a footprint. The question is whether that footprint is the event itself, or a forest growing in Tanzania that carries your event’s name.
Happily, a virtual and live event production company, plants trees for every event it produces. Its Happily Forest now holds over 100,000 trees in Tanzania. For TEDxHappily, every RSVP triggered a tree. The events are finished. The forest is still growing. [1]
This guide covers how tree planting for corporate events works, what companies get from it, and how to set up a programme, whether you run one event a year or hundreds.
Key Takeaways
- Tree planting for corporate events plants verified trees in Tanzania for every event produced, every ticket sold, or every delegate registered, turning events into lasting environmental impact.
- Happily’s event tree planting programme has produced over 100,000 trees in its named forest. Every event Happily produces contributes to that forest.
- ForestNation partners with companies to run tree planting programmes for corporate events with no minimum size, no software integration, and global delivery for remote and hybrid events.
- Each planted tree comes with a personalised digital Gift Story that delegates or attendees can receive, giving the event a shareable sustainability story.
- Start a corporate event tree planting programme at forestnation.com/companies.
How Does Tree Planting for Corporate Events Work?
The mechanic is straightforward. You define what triggers a tree to plant: every ticket sold, every delegate registered, every event produced, or a fixed number of trees per event regardless of size. ForestNation plants the trees in verified Tanzania sites, updates your event’s Forest Profile, and provides the impact data.
For delegate-specific planting, each person who registers can receive a personalised digital Gift Story: their name, the event name, the Tanzania forest location, and impact updates as their tree grows. This creates a meaningful, memorable event gift that delegates keep long after the event ends, with no physical production, shipping, or waste.
For event organisers running multiple events, a named company forest accumulates across all events. The Happily Forest is the aggregate of every event Happily has produced. Each new event adds to it. The forest becomes a story the company can tell in its marketing, to its clients, and in its sustainability communications, a growing record of events that created something lasting.
What Are the Benefits of Tree Planting for Corporate Events?
Three benefits are consistent across companies using tree planting for events:
A sustainability story that outlasts the event. Most events leave nothing behind. Tree planting creates a named forest that grows for decades. Clients and delegates can visit the Happily Forest profile and see the trees from the events they attended. That kind of ongoing engagement is not achievable with a reusable tote bag or a thank-you email.
A differentiated event offering. For event companies and agencies, planting trees for every event is a commercial differentiator. Happily can tell clients their events are part of a 100,000-tree forest. That is a specific, verifiable sustainability story that competitors without a tree planting programme cannot replicate.
ESG reporting data. Event organisers with sustainability reporting obligations need specific, measurable outcomes. ForestNation Forest Profiles provide trees planted, CO2 sequestered by the Working Trees field study, oxygen produced, and community work hours generated in Tanzania, specific data that can be cited in sustainability reports and event impact communications.
Tree Planting Options for Different Event Types: From Conferences to Volunteer Days
- Conferences and summits: One tree per delegate registered. Each delegate receives a Gift Story with the event name and their contribution. Works for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events. No physical delivery required.
- Product launches: A fixed number of trees planted as part of the launch announcement. The forest grows alongside the product’s lifetime. Philips Monitors plants a tree for every monitor sold. The product launch and the ongoing sales both contribute to the Philips Monitors Forest.
- Team away days and company events: Trees planted in employees’ names, contributing to a shared company forest. Each employee receives a Gift Story. The away day becomes part of an ongoing impact story.
- Client events and hospitality: Trees planted in clients’ names as an event gift. No logistics, no physical production. Each client receives their Gift Story digitally, anywhere in the world.
- Virtual and hybrid events: Digital Gift Stories are delivered globally by email instantly. No shipping, no customs, no logistics gaps for international delegates.
How to Set Up Tree Planting for Your Corporate Event
A corporate event tree planting programme through ForestNation activates in three steps:
- Define the trigger. One tree per delegate, a fixed number per event, or a number proportional to the event’s footprint. ForestNation helps calibrate based on event size and budget.
- Set up the Forest Profile. Your event or company gets a branded Forest Profile before the first tree is planted. Delegates can visit it from the event itself. Share the link at registration, in the event app, or on the event website.
- Send Gift Stories. After the event, each delegate receives their personalised Gift Story by email: their name, the event, their tree in Tanzania, and ongoing impact updates. No physical production. No logistics. No waste.
Visit forestnation.com/companies to start a tree planting programme for your next event.
Research and References
- ForestNation case study: Happily: Producing Joyful Events That Heal the Planet. Happily Forest: 100,000+ trees in Tanzania. forestnation.com/case-studies/happily
- ForestNation Working Trees Field Study. Field-measured CO2 data: 0.025 tonnes per tree per year across five Tanzania sites. forestnation.com/impact-methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I plant trees for a corporate event?
Contact ForestNation at forestnation.com/companies. Define the trigger (trees per delegate, per ticket, per event), set up a branded Forest Profile, and each delegate or attendee receives a personalised digital Gift Story by email. No minimum event size, no software integration, and digital delivery works globally for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
What is a tree planting celebration or event?
A corporate tree planting event can mean a physical volunteering planting day, or a programme where trees are planted in a verified reforestation site for every event your company runs. The second model, used by companies like Happily with its 100,000-tree Happily Forest, creates lasting impact from every event without requiring delegates to physically plant anything.
Can delegates receive a tree as an event gift?
Yes. ForestNation Gift Stories are delivered by email to each delegate individually. Each story shows the delegate’s name, the event name, the Tanzania forest location, and impact data as the tree grows over time. It is a personalised, shareable, waste-free event gift with ongoing engagement built in.
What is the environmental impact of a corporate event tree planting programme?
Each tree planted through ForestNation is independently field-measured by the Working Trees study at 0.025 tonnes CO2 per tree per year across five verified Tanzania sites. Forest Profiles provide real-time data on CO2 sequestered, oxygen produced, biodiversity contribution, and community work hours generated, specific data for event sustainability reporting.
