Fund reforestation from the surplus of a profitable consumer product, locked so it can't be diverted
#00115
Run a consumer service (e.g. ad-funded web search) at a profit, ring-fence the surplus for vetted reforestation partners, and lock the pledge into a mission-protected ownership structure so it can't be quietly cut during downturns or ownership changes.
Ecosia GmbH, paying local planting/restoration partner NGOs· since 2009· Global
Ecosia (Berlin, founded 2009) earns ad-click revenue from search results syndicated via Bing/Microsoft and Google, and channels its surplus into reforestation by paying local planting and restoration partner NGOs across…
Trees funded since 2009 (via partners)0200M–250Mtrees
Countries with planting/restoration partners035+countries
Search advertising revenue (ad-click share via Bing/Microsoft and Google); no external equity investors· 3 sources