11 Jun 2026 in Corporate planting · Updated 8 Oct 2026
Evertreen and Ecologi are both UK climate platforms offering Verra and Gold Standard credits, and the real difference is what you get to show afterwards: Ecologi packages climate action as a low-effort monthly subscription behind a well-known consumer brand, while Evertreen shows each project's location, photos and updates, with site monitoring that can include geotagged photos, drone imagery or satellite data, so the impact is evidence rather than a profile page. Choose Ecologi for simplicity; choose Evertreen when someone is going to ask you to prove it.
Two UK climate platforms, two different strengths. Here's an honest, side-by-side look at how Evertreen and Ecologi compare for businesses in 2026.
You want verified, traceable impact (project location, photos and site monitoring), your own branded forest, branded videos from the field, gift-a-tree and PR visibility for your brand.
You mainly want a simple, low-effort subscription behind a well-known consumer brand to embed climate action into your business.
| Evertreen | Ecologi | |
|---|---|---|
| Based in | UK (Brentford) | UK (Bristol) |
| Carbon verification | Verra & Gold Standard available | Verra / Gold Standard credits |
| Impact tracking | Project location, photos & updates; site monitoring | Project/portfolio level, limited real-time |
| Branded forest | Yes — your own named forest | Profile page |
| Branded field videos | Yes — filmed with your brand | No |
| Gift a tree | Yes — custom certificate + project updates | Limited |
| PR & media for your brand | Yes — across 300+ outlets | No |
| CO₂ calculator | Yes | Yes |
| API / e-commerce | Yes — Shopify app + API | Yes — Shopify app + API |
| Open to | Individuals, SMEs & enterprise — from £1 | Mainly subscriptions, from ~£5/mo |
If your priority is verified, visible impact — carbon you can certify, trees you can follow through their project's location, photos and updates, and a story your customers and stakeholders can actually see — Evertreen is the stronger fit.
If you simply want a fast, low-effort way to embed climate action behind a familiar consumer brand, Ecologi does that well. And because Evertreen also offers an API and e-commerce integrations, you don't have to trade traceability for convenience.
Because both platforms offer certified credits, the certification line in the table is not what should decide this. The decision sits on a different axis.
A subscription optimises for low effort. It is set up once, it runs monthly, and it produces a tidy profile page. That is genuinely valuable for a small business that wants climate action handled without a project owner, and there is no shame in choosing it for that reason.
Traceability optimises for scrutiny. It costs more attention to set up and it produces something different at the end: a project location, imagery and field video tied to the planting you funded. That matters when a customer, an auditor or a procurement team asks how you know — and increasingly they do.
A useful test: imagine the sentence you want to publish next year. If it is “we fund climate projects monthly”, either platform works. If it is “we funded these trees, in this project, and here is the footage”, only one of them produces that.
Ecologi wins on brand recognition and on the sheer simplicity of a recurring plan from about £5 a month. If nobody in your business owns sustainability and you want it running by this afternoon, that is a real advantage rather than a consolation prize.
Evertreen wins when the output has to be inspectable: project locations, photos and site monitoring, branded field videos, a named forest, gift-a-tree with custom certificates, and entry from £1 rather than a monthly commitment. It also covers individuals and one-off corporate programmes, not only subscriptions.
These six questions apply to every platform on this page, this one included. A supplier who answers all six without hesitating is doing the work; one who deflects is selling a number.
Can you locate the planting site? A country is not traceability; a specific project area is.
Who maintains the site, and are they paid for it? The first three years decide survival, and maintenance is where cheap programmes quietly economise.
What is the measured survival rate, and how was it sampled? Planting counts are easy to publish; survival is the number that reflects whether a forest resulted.
Are the species native and suited to the site? The wrong tree in the wrong place can damage the ecosystem it was sold as helping.
Is the carbon methodology published? A single flattering per-tree figure with no method behind it is the clearest warning sign in this sector.
What exactly may you claim in public? Particularly relevant now that EU rules restrict offset-based carbon-neutral product claims to consumers from 27 September 2026.
How Evertreen answers the first three is set out in how planted trees are verified, and the absorption assumptions are published in how we estimate tree CO₂.
Evertreen publishes this page, so weigh the verdict accordingly. Every claim above about our own platform can be demonstrated before you spend anything — ask to see a project's location, photos and updates, and the survival data behind its site.
Ecologi is a well-run platform with a strong reputation, and for a business that wants climate action to be one decision rather than a programme, it is a sensible choice. We would rather tell you that than pretend the comparison is one-sided.
It depends on your goal. Evertreen wins for verified, traceable impact and brand visibility; Ecologi is a good fit for a simple, low-effort climate subscription behind a well-known brand.
Yes — Ecologi funds Verra and Gold Standard credits. Evertreen can also provide Verra/Gold Standard certified offsets, plus tree planting you can follow through each project's location, photos and updates.
Traceability and brand value: Evertreen shows each project's location, photos and updates and adds branded videos, a branded forest and PR; Ecologi focuses on simple, large-scale climate integration.
Verified offsets, trees you can follow through their project, and the brand value to match.
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