Our Projects
Greenify® is plugged into a diverse range of extraordinary projects that work in harmony with local ecosystems and local communities – offsetting carbon emissions, recovering plastic waste and planting trees.
Here’s a selection of our favourites…
Carbon Offsets: Rimba Raya REDD+
(Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation)
Situated on the Indonesian island of Borneo, Rimba Raya is the largest REDD+ carbon offset project on earth.
Spanning 65,000 hectares of carbon-rich peatland forest (that’s almost the size of Singapore), the region had been targeted by palm oil producers.
Yet thanks to the extraordinary efforts of pioneering project developer Todd Lemons, the area is now robustly protected, both by government legislation and the local communities that call it home.
It’s a home that the indigenous people share with 110,000 endangered Bornean Orangutans. So Rimba Raya isn’t just a colossal carbon sink – it’s a wondrously biodiverse ecosystem where people and wildlife are relearning the art of living together in harmony. And the funding generated by Rimba Raya carbon credits helps keep it that way.
Tree Planting: Yucatan, Mexico
Greenify’s primary tree planting partner is Plant-for-the-Planet (PftP), and we’re delighted to support their world-leading reforestation project in the Yucatan, Mexico.
PftP took responsibility for 22,500 hectares of degraded environments across the region in 2015, and with a local team of more than 100 people, they’ve planted over 3 million trees to date.
Planting takes place both in open grasslands that have been entirely deforested, and in degraded forests that have been plundered for their large, high-value trees. Crucially, all new planting is of indigenous species such as Bread Walnut, American Mahogany and the 40m-tall Manilkara Zapota or Chewing Gum Tree.
There are many locations around the globe that are in desperate need of reforesting, yet the Yucatan is a priority because local conditions enable trees to grow very quickly, capturing and binding carbon far faster than new planting in temperate regions – which makes the PftP Yucatan project a truly high impact climate solution.
Plastic Waste Recovery: Project Laut Yang Tenang, Bekasi, Indonesia
The once-pristine coast of West Java has been overwhelmed in recent years by a flood of plastic waste – threatening wildlife and polluting the marine ecosystem.
The bulk of this waste is multi-layered plastic (MLP), which has little commercial value and is almost impossible to recycle. So it’s left where it lies, contaminating waterways and washing out to sea, where it breaks down into countless nanoplastic particles.
A tidal wave of plastic waste
Project Laut Yang Tenang is pushing back against this plastic tidal wave by funding a network of waste banks, collection services and informal waste workers who intercept MLP before it reaches the ocean.
Once recovered, the waste plastic is sent for co-processing in industrial kilns, which means the MLP becomes an alternative fuel source, reducing the need to burn wood or fossil fuels, and leaving zero residue.