Woodland Trust and Lloyds Banking Group hail 'landmark' tree-planting milestone

clock • 2 min read
Credit: The Woodland Trust
Image:

Credit: The Woodland Trust

Charity and banking giant claim they are now around halfway towards their goal to plant 10 million trees across the UK by 2030

Farmers and landowners have helped plant five million trees in the UK over the past four years as part of a joint initiative led by the Woodland Trust and Lloyds Banking Group, the two partners have claimed...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Author spotlight

Amber Rolt

Award-winning business journalist

View profile
More from Amber Rolt

Prices for used EVs are rising - and that could be good news for the UK's climate goals

Award-winning comedy web series SLICK challenges advertising's role in promoting 'Big Oil'

More on Biodiversity

The world is playing with fire on nature loss - it urgently needs to stop
Biodiversity

The world is playing with fire on nature loss - it urgently needs to stop

We must reject the false choice that pits climate action and nature restoration against the other, or we risk stalling or even unravelling vital progress towards a liveable future, writes The Wildlife Trusts CEO Craig Bennett

Craig Bennett, The Wildlife Trusts
clock 10 September 2026 • 5 min read
WWF warns Amazon rainforest could face 'tipping point' risk as climate extremes accelerate
Biodiversity

WWF warns Amazon rainforest could face 'tipping point' risk as climate extremes accelerate

WWF warns parts of the Amazon previously considered resilient to climate impacts may now be under growing threat

Amber Rolt
clock 09 September 2026 • 3 min read
Why corporate nature investment needs carbon and collaboration to scale
Biodiversity

Why corporate nature investment needs carbon and collaboration to scale

At Boothby Wildland in Lincolnshire, we've created a 'buyers club' enabling corporate investors to reap returns and support nature restoration over 50 years, writes Nature Broking CEO Luke Baldwin

Luke Baldwin, Nature Broking
clock 08 September 2026 • 6 min read