At Smartgroup we’re committed to sustainability and doing what we can for our environment, so back in 2008 we joined forces with Greenfleet and set up our carbon offset program ‘Purple meets green’.
Today, over 95% of our leasing customers offset their carbon emissions through a fortnightly donation to Greenfleet, who then plant 16 native trees per customer each year to offset their annual emissions.
This month we celebrated a milestone in our partnership as we planted our one millionth tree (that’s five times the size of Centennial Park in Sydney!) A team from our Sydney office took their volunteering day and headed to the Mt Carmel Retreat Centre to plant our latest batch of native seedlings – here’s how it went:
