The 7 Most Environmentally Friendly & Sustainable Companies to Support

Summary

This video introduces seven eco-friendly companies leading the charge in sustainability. Tentry, with its goal to plant a billion trees by 2030, partners with charities for impactful tree planting. Patagonia, a pioneer in sustainability, donates 1% of sales to environmental causes and aims for carbon neutrality by 2025. Allbirds, Aspiration, Grove Collaborative, The Good Company, and Avocado Green Mattress round out the list, each with innovative approaches to reduce carbon footprints, promote transparency, and champion environmental stewardship.

Takeaways

• 🌳 Tentry is a tree-planting company that also sells apparel, having planted over 50 million trees since 2012 and aiming to plant 1 billion trees by 2030.
• 🏆 Patagonia is a leader in sustainable business practices, pledging 1% of sales to environmental conservation and striving for complete carbon neutrality by 2025.
• 👟 Allbirds is a carbon-neutral shoe and apparel company with a goal to become a zero carbon company, transparently labeling the carbon emissions of their products.
• 💰 Aspiration is an online financial institution that offers socially conscious spending, saving, and investing options, actively avoiding investment in fossil fuel projects.
• 🌿 Grove Collaborative is the world's first plastic-neutral retailer, aiming to become completely plastic-free by 2025 and is involved in reforestation and carbon footprint reduction efforts.
• 📓 The Good Company produces climate-positive goods, ensuring that more carbon is captured than emitted during the production process of their products.
• 🛏 Avocado Green Mattress is committed to sustainability, producing mattresses without toxic chemicals, using renewable energy, and striving for zero waste.
• 🌍 The companies mentioned are setting standards for sustainable business, using their platforms as a force for good in environmental conservation.
• 📈 These companies are examples of businesses that prioritize both profits and the planet, showing that sustainable practices can be successful and impactful.
• 🔗 For more information on these and other environmentally friendly companies, resources are provided in the video description and at growensemble.com.

Q & A

What is the ambitious goal set by Tentry for tree planting by 2030?

Tentry has set an ambitious goal to plant one billion trees across the globe by the year 2030.

How many trees has Tentry planted since its founding in 2012?

Since its founding in 2012, Tentry has planted over 50 million trees.

What is Tentry's commitment to transparency and local communities?

Tentry is committed to transparency and regularly visits the sites of their tree planting projects to ensure that local communities are benefiting economically and environmentally.

What does Tentry do to make everyday change more accessible?

Tentry plants 10 trees for every item purchased through their store, making everyday change more accessible to all.

What has Patagonia pledged for the last 35 years in terms of environmental conservation?

For the last 35 years, Patagonia has pledged one percent of their total sales to the conservation of the natural environment.

How much has Patagonia contributed to environmental organizations to date?

Patagonia is approaching 90 million dollars in contributions to international and national grassroots environmental organizations.

What is Allbirds' goal regarding carbon emissions?

Allbirds has set a goal to be a completely zero carbon company, aiming to emit no carbon in the first place.

How does Allbirds provide transparency about the carbon emissions of their products?

Allbirds labels their products with the amount of carbon emitted to produce the product, providing transparency to customers about the environmental impact.

What is Aspiration's unique approach to banking that benefits the environment?

Aspiration is an online financial institution that offers socially conscious spending, saving, and investing options, and does not invest or lend money to fossil fuel projects.

How does Grove Collaborative contribute to being plastic neutral?

For every ounce of plastic received from Grove, they divert the same amount of plastic from hitting the ocean through their partners at Plastic Bank and Plastic Neutrality.

What is The Good Company's approach to making their products climate positive?

The Good Company offsets all carbon emitted from the production process and ensures that more carbon is captured than was originally emitted, making each product carbon negative.

What is Avocado Green Mattress's mission regarding sustainability?

Avocado Green Mattress is on a mission to become the world's most sustainable brand, using renewable energy, organic materials, and striving to be carbon negative.

What are some of the certifications and memberships that Avocado shares with other companies on the list?

Avocado is a certified B Corporation, a One Percent for the Planet business member, and a certified Climate Neutral company.

How can viewers learn more about the companies mentioned in the script?

Viewers can learn more about the companies by checking the links in the description below or visiting growensemble.com for a complete list.

What does the host invite viewers to do after watching the video?

The host invites viewers to share in the comments any companies they believe are prioritizing the planet as well as their profits.