Dots.eco gift cards are helping to save the planet. When the gift card recipient activates their gift cards, a donation is given to their chosen global cause, ranging from offsetting carbon emissions, cleaning ocean plastic and planting trees. Here is how it works:
Offset 10kgs of carbon emissions – CO2 is a greenhouse gas that is produced mainly by burning fossil fuels. It is the main cause of climate change. Carbon credits allow people and organizations to compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions they can’t avoid, by funding projects that reduce emissions somewhere else. Dots.eco buy certified carbon credits through Carbon Trade Exchange, a partner to the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism registry.
Plant a tree where it’s needed the most – Trees produce the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, provide habitats for the pollinators responsible for providing us with food, and mitigate the effect of heat waves by providing shade to a wide variety of landscapes. They take in CO2 from the air and use it to grow while converting it into breathable air (a.k.a. oxygen). Forests have absorbed a net average of 7.6 billion tons of CO2 yearly between 2001 and 2019 alone!
Dots.eco partners plant trees where needed the most. They work in more than 40 countries and focus on the most important ecosystems. These areas are critical for fighting climate change and lowering carbon levels. This is hard work. They need to clear the land, nurse the saplings, transplant them from the nursery to the planting grounds, and monitor them as they grow to evaluate survival.
Dots.eco partner with trusted and certified organizations like Arbor Day Foundation, Eden Reforestation Projects, and One Tree Planted.
Clean 1lb of ocean plastic – Plastic can take hundreds of years to degrade. Often, they get smaller and smaller until they become microplastics, which are now everywhere. It is very harmful to marine life, contaminates our food, and pollutes our oceans.
There are currently an estimated 75-199 million tons of plastics in our oceans. That’s why we partnered with trusted and certified organizations like Plastic Fischer, Plastic Bank, Oceans Integrity, See Turtles, and others to help clean the ocean and prevent more plastic from reaching open waters.
Dots.eco partners work with local river and coastal communities, giving them incentives or hiring them to help collect plastic or build swimming barriers. Plastic is then sorted and recycled. Our partners’ efforts cover inland collection to prevent plastics from reaching ocean-bound rivers, coastal beaches, and river cleanups, as well as ocean clean up efforts.
Buy Dots.eco gift cards for business rewards, incentives, benefits or promotions which support the environment and sustainability for your employees, customers or members. Buy in bulk, or with personalised or API delivery.