{"id":20478,"title":"Being Carbon Neutral","description":"At Iron Oak Design, our goal is to offer amazing sustainable clothing and accessories, but we also think it is important to take care of the planet while we're at it.","content":"<blockquote><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Being responsible for our carbon dioxide emissions and being sustainable<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/bht1typ87yrexs2xuc0i0do8rijax1ljguf5m970ji8tdvem.jpg\" alt=\"bht1typ87yrexs2xuc0i0do8rijax1ljguf5m970ji8tdvem.jpg\" \/><\/p><h3>Corporate forest<\/h3><p>At Iron Oak Design, our goal is to offer amazing sustainable clothing and accessories, but we also think it is important to take care of the planet while we're at it. Not just to make our company carbon neutral, but also to contribute to the regrowing of wildlife habitats and raising awareness.<br \/><br \/>Being an online-only company, we knew that shipping our products wasn't going to be great for the planet. Society's shift towards shopping online is taking its toll on our planet, so we wanted to make a positive contribution while involving our customers in the process. That is why we plant one tree with every purchase at our store.<\/p><p><\/p><p>As a company we wanted to reduce our impact on the planet, so we plant trees every month in our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tree-nation.com\/profile\/impact\/tyr-industries-ltd\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corporate forest<\/a> to offset our carbon dioxide emissions and environmental impact under the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tree-nation.com\/offset-team\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tree Nation Net Zero Team program<\/a>.<\/p><p><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/odyohkvklfhezlv5b9idoswzr0d6mvzftyaujkc35n8egoje.png\" alt=\"odyohkvklfhezlv5b9idoswzr0d6mvzftyaujkc35n8egoje.png\" \/><\/p><h3>Partnering with Tree-Nation<\/h3><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tree-nation.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tree-Nation<\/a> is the reforestation platform which gathers together, in one place, the largest number of tree planting projects around the world.<\/p><p><\/p><p>The organisation offers people the possibility to select from over 300 different tree species which can be planted in 70 different reforestation projects located on 4 different continents. In every project, the species are carefully selected according to the specific benefits they bring to the environment and to the local population.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Each tree planted on the Tree-Nation platform is assigned its own unique URL, which means the species, the location, the plantation project information and the CO compensation values can be tracked throughout the lifetime of the tree.<\/p><p><\/p><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fzBfDBv3kA\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/div>","urlTitle":"being-carbon-neutral","url":"\/blog\/being-carbon-neutral\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/being-carbon-neutral\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/ironoak.design\/blog\/being-carbon-neutral\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1661463106,"updatedAt":1664396734,"publishedAt":1664396734,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":235767,"name":"Iron Oak Design"},"tags":[{"id":1910,"code":"sustainability","name":"Sustainability","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/sustainability\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/uobwfyekudxl6inqoijxbbafnes8ortaybttmft8wnoyzccz.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/uobwfyekudxl6inqoijxbbafnes8ortaybttmft8wnoyzccz.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/uobwfyekudxl6inqoijxbbafnes8ortaybttmft8wnoyzccz.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":21257,"title":"Circular Fashion: Clothing Remade","url":"\/blog\/circular-fashion-clothing-remade\/","urlTitle":"circular-fashion-clothing-remade","division":235767,"description":"But when we take the waste material at the end and make new products from it at the start, it changes everything. 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