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Posted on 2019-09-01

Including Sustainable Development Goals in your Business Plan

The United Nations (UN) put forth a set of Sustainable Development Goals in 2016, and in 2019, they’re still as relevant. As the number of businesses multiplies, the economy of business is slowly drifting into uncharted waters. However, the public still tends to run a demolition…

Posted on 2019-08-24

Life of a Tree Planter

[Guest blog by Chime Ngawang, intern EcoMatcher June – August 2019] Here at EcoMatcher, we provide tree planting as business solutions, connecting trees planted in various communities across the world with corporations that can utilize trees for innovative purposes. But what is it like, living…

Posted on 2019-08-13

EcoMatcher Launching WooCommerce Plug-in for Tree-planting

Hong Kong, 13st of August 2019– EcoMatcher is proud and excited to launch the “EcoMatcher for WooCommerce” plug-in. This plug-in enables any company using WooCommerce to easily integrate tree planting into their e-commerce system. WooCommerce, an e-commerce plugin for WordPress, powers 480,000 online stores, 29% of the total…

Posted on 2019-03-12

How Bad is Climate Change?

Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg), the 16 year old from Sweden who initiated the first school strike for climate, may have a point: there is no reason to go to school, as there will be no future. Unless we act. And as David Wallace -Wells describes in…

Posted on 2019-01-26

Plant A Forest

Hong Kong, January 25, 2019– EcoMatcher now offers customers the possibility to plant a forest, give that forest a name and use the trees in the forest for various loyalty programs while offsetting their negative environmental impact.   When ordering a forest, EcoMatcher will work…

Posted on 2018-12-12

TreeChat

  Hong Kong, December 12, 2018 –Just in time for the holiday season, EcoMatcher is launching Treechat, a new way to engage with nature and, well, trees.   What is TreeChat?   EcoMatcher’s platform makes it easy for businesses and individuals to adopt trees from…

Posted on 2018-11-08

TreeCards

With EcoMatcher, companies can adopt trees and give those trees to customers and employees for reward, engagement, loyalty and event purposes.   Those tree gifts are digital products. That has numerous benefits, such as no waste is created which is better for the environment, no…

Posted on 2018-10-19

The New Sustainability – Regeneration

By Marie Stafford, European Director, The Innovation Group, J Walter Thompson [reprinted with permission]   The future of sustainability will focus on regeneration, with pioneering brands at the heart of the effort.   2018 has seen record heat waves on four continents, wildfires in the…

Posted on 2018-05-11

Millennials: Conscious Consumers and Employees

  50% of the world’s population – we refer to them as Millennials – is under the age of 30, and the values of this generation are set to become the norm. As tech savvy, connected and truly global generation, they feel collectively responsible, they…

Posted on 2018-02-08

EcoMatcher becomes a Certified B Corporation®

EcoMatcher joined the unique group of Certified B Corporations. Certified B Corps are for profit companies certified by the non-profit B Lab® if they have met rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. There are more then 2,400 Certified B Corporations with…

Posted on 2017-11-21

Festive Greetings – The Sustainable Way

The holiday season should not be a time when our planet is put under even more pressure. But unfortunately, our festivities do sometimes put a strain on the environment. According to the Green Card Association, 7 billion greetings cards are purchased and sent each year…

Posted on 2017-08-23

EcoMatcher got Central Americas covered with AIR Guatemala

EcoMatcher is proud to announce a partnership with AIR Guatemala, EcoMatcher’s first venture in the Americas. With AIR, EcoMatcher is now able to offer tree-planting opportunities in all major time zones (Asia, Europe/Africa, and the Americas). For every tree planted through EcoMatcher, you will know…