Frequently Asked Questions
Here, we have provided answers to some frequently asked questions, which will hopefully clarify what we do and our perspective on things. If you have a question that was not answered here, please contact us!
There are several ways for you to contribute to our planting efforts, for example by placing an order to plant trees and deciding how many trees you want to plant, planting for CO2 sequestration or setting up an arrangement with us whereby we plant trees per order with your business. If you have a special or complex request, please reach out to us via contact us and we will provide assistance.
We expect that 20 trees should be able to bind 1 ton of CO2, which means that each tree must bind at least 50 kg of CO2.
The question is mostly how long it takes, because some researchers believe that a tree with a good relationship can bind 25 kg per year, while we make our calculation in a much longer time than that, which we believe is much more sustainable (a lot can happen in nature and we want to leave as accurate data as we are able to). Our conclusion is that at least 50 kg per tree.
Plantmore.com gives our customer 100% planting garantuee!
This is possible because Plantmore in general co-owns the land we plant on together with entrepreneurs or farmers, we have everything to gain from planting taking place – and taking place as soon as possible. We want to maintain planted saplings, and take care of them in a sustainable way. In the same way, we have everything to lose if too few trees are planted or if fewer survive than we calculate will.
To help us we use GPS technology to facilitate our work, as well as land registry numbers, and people on-site to ensure oversight, control, and maintenance of the land and planted trees.
Absolutely not; we are against all forms of greenwashing,
which per definition is:
“Greenwashing means that the person who runs an operation attempts to create an image, through marketing, of being environmentally friendly by highlighting only individual environmentally friendly efforts in their communication. They may call attention to an environmental measure they have carried out, which may be insignificant as compared to other environmental impact that the company is the cause of.”
Our business does not claim to be saving the world; rather, we want to make it a little greener and encourage companies to accept more responsibility for the environment. We have based our operations on the research of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and its prominent professors.
Plantmore does not claim to have answers to all of the complex questions related to the environmental debate. We offer our clients a smart, supplementary piece of the sustainability puzzle, the solving of which will ensure a brighter future!
Yes and no. We have chosen to use the term ‘environmental investment’, as we do not encourage compensation without careful consideration.
In our opinion, planting trees for the sake of the planet should be seen as a viable piece of the puzzle of reducing environmental impact and investing in green energy, heating, mobility, etc., rather than a way to continue doing things the way we always have.
We encourage you to read more about our view on carbon-emission compensation at: Carbon-emission compensation?
We currently plant in Lithuania and operate out of Sweden (offices, administration, sales).
Lithuania and Sweden share many similarities in terms of which plant species and other organisms grow and thrive, but differ in other respects. The fertility grade is better east of the Baltic Sea, and opportunities to create new forests that would not otherwise have been planted are much more plentiful.
Our primary business model involves planting on our own land so that we are able to maintain excellent oversight, but we are also open to partnering with other landowners. We do not charge any fees when landowners’ commission us to plant trees on their land; the fee is charged on commencement of planting. The fee varies depending on the size of the land, on-site conditions, and what is to be planted, but the cost of planting is heavily reduced compared to what the landowner would otherwise have paid.
Landowners are charged only when a project is commenced, i.e. when planting commences. Thus, there is no ‘risk’ involved in partnering with Plantmore.
Our primary business model involves planting on our own land so that we are able to maintain excellent oversight and accountability.
In special cases we partner with other landowners, in which case we come to an agreement regarding how management is undertaken.
We always employ local forestry workers and forest managers, and work according to local laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to forestry.
We strive to manage our projects in as proper a manner as possible, and are motivated to do this by both laws and regulations and our desire to protect and benefit the environment.
The forestry law in Lithuania was drawn up with the assistance of Swedish forestry personnel through a SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) project in the early 1990s.
Yes, some of the land we plant shrubs, crops, and trees on is converted ‘agricultural land’. We have made the assessment that this is wise:
First of all, we do not plant trees everywhere as we also plant shrubs and crops – in short, we let the land guide our choice in terms of what we plant. We constantly make assessments regarding what is suitable based on a number of perspectives. On one occasion, we planted currant bushes on 25 hectares of a total area of 43 hectares on several adjacent, separately owned, plots of land, not because it was profitable to us but because this is what had grown on the land in the past.
Approximately 50% of the land in Lithuania is agricultural, and much of it lies fallow. There are several political reasons behind this situation, and our ambition is to plant in a balanced fashion, such that parts of this land become forest and parts are used for agricultural purposes.
This is a very complex issue: while some parties want more forests to become nature conservation areas, others want to use the land to grow trees that can be used to produce textiles, plastic, oil, and building material. Current planting rates are too low for this to be sustainable, and so the net planting of trees must increase.
Balancing the need to protect agricultural land with the importance of planting more trees is very difficult.
It is possible to grow many crops in smart indoor facilities – but we cannot create forests indoors.
We work continually with this issue, and try to allow the land to inform us as to how we should act.
This is true – and on Swedish land this means that replanting must take place after felling.
“The measures shall be carried out no later than in the third year after the felling year”.
The advantage of Plantmore’s operations is that we are able to plant trees that research suggests sequestrate more carbon dioxide, while at the same time freeing up resources for the landowner that they are then able to reinvest in the management of the forest.
In addition, we plant on disused agricultural land, which means what we create entirely new forests!
If planting cannot take place due to e.g. the weather not allowing it, the ground being too wet, or other unforeseen circumstances, we will first wait for a short time to see if circumstances change. If they do not, we consider whether it is possible to plant what has been agreed upon on on a different plot, where it has been determined the trees or plants will be equally beneficial. Regardless, we always inform our clients of the progress of projects.
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