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Planting Day for Go Carbon Neutral funding partners
December 7th 2022
We were delighted to host a long-delayed planting day for some of our funding partners today. Covid lockdowns and later social distancing guidelines prevented us from doing this earlier, and we were disappointed to have to postpone the event on a number of occasions. Thankfully we got a fantastic, bright and sunny winter day and everyone had a great day. Thanks for everyone who attended and got...
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The Nature Trust raises €5m from Aviva for 1.2m new native trees in 2022
November 14th 2022
The Nature Trust, the organisation we cofounded last year and in which all our work is now managed, had an incredible first year in operation in 2022. As well as closing out an over-subscribed fundraising of €5m, which was fully financed by Aviva, we continued to build out very exciting plans for increasing our impact and bringing new biodiversity-focused options to prospective...
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€5m Woodland Nature Certificate fundraising now open
March 31st 2022
On the back of a hugely successful release of our Woodland Nature Certificate and first tranche of €2m funding in 2021, we are raising a second fund of €5m with the support of Bank of Ireland and KPMG. This is again being done via our new partnership The Nature Trust (www.naturetrust.ie). Based on the interest received last year, where we were significantly oversubscribed for our first round...
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Our second birthday & plans for 2022
November 5th 2021
We have built on a huge outpouring of support over the past 2 years – from businesses across the country who have been inspired by our vision to transform Ireland into a climate leader rather than a laggard. We’re raised millions of euro and planted hundreds of acres already, and we’re only getting started! The Nature Trust was established in partnership with the not-for-profit arm of...
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€2m raised for native woodland creation via new Nature Woodland Certificate
August 16th 2021
After over a year of working closely with Coillte Nature, Bank of Ireland and KPMG, we are proud to launch an innovative new financial product that will enable us to fund the large-scale creation of new native woodlands across Ireland. The first Nature Woodland Certificate fund of €2m was fully subscribed by a single funder - AXA Ireland - and will enable us to plant 200 hectares (500 acres)...
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Ocuco to plant 20,000 trees
July 31st 2021
Irish software company Ocuco will plant nearly 15 acres of new native Irish woodland with us as part of their commitment to sustainability. We're delighted to be working with Ocuco as part of this project, and thank them for their continuing commitment. As one of the first supporters of our work here in GoCarbonNeutral.ie, Ocuco immediately recognised the wide-ranging benefits to the...
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Planting 90,000 trees in partnership with AIB
May 20th 2021
Despite a challenging year, we've been busy! We're delighted to be able to announce a new partnership with AIB to plant 90,000 native Irish trees, representing one tree for each new student account that is opened over the next three years. This planting will be done in partnership with Coillte Nature, our partners in The Nature Trust. We're grateful to AIB for putting their trust in us...
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21.5 Acres of New Native Woodland Planted in Longford for Earth Day
April 22nd 2021
As we finalise our launch plans for The Nature Trust, our hugely ambitious national partnership to reforest 1% of the land area of Ireland by bringing together all the major forestry organisations in Ireland, work continues on tree planting too! We've just completed planting 21.5 acres of new native woodland on a beautiful site in County Longford, and we'll be sharing photos and a video of the...
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An exciting announcement on our birthday!
November 5th 2020
Some interesting things have happened on 5th November over the years. Guy Fawkes was arrested in 1605, the Flux Capacitor was invented in 1955, and GoCarbonNeutral.ie was launched in 2019. Now in 2020, there’s something else, and we’re pretty excited about it. This day last year we gathered near the ‘Hungry Tree’ in King’s Inns, Dublin to launch our initiative that was the first of...
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Climate breakdown training: personalised webinars now available
September 23rd 2020
Our plans for interactive onsite training on how climate breakdown is impacting Ireland, and what we can each do about it, have like many things this year, been severely disrupted by the covid-19 pandemic and associated work-from-home policies and limitations on social interaction. In response, we've updated our training to make it shorter and more focused, while still being fun, interactive...
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