Pledge by The Travelers Indemnity Company
Travelers Has 5 Million Reasons To Go Paperless
Total Trees Pledged: 5,000,000Supporting actions: Workforce Development,
Since 2019, Travelers has funded the planting or conservation of over 3 million trees in partnership with American Forests, the country’s oldest nonprofit conservation group, and the U.S. Chapter of 1t.org. That equates to reforesting almost half of Manhattan!
"We are proud to have reached this important milestone and to continue our successful partnership with American Forests,” said Michael Klein, Executive Vice President and President of Personal Insurance at Travelers. “We are committed to operating our business efficiently and sustainably. This program achieves both, by creating a convenient experience for our customers and meaningfully reducing our paper usage and carbon footprint.”
But we are not done. Travelers has committed to fund the planting or conservation of an additional 2 million trees – one for each personal billing account that switches to paperless by Earth Day 2024. This will bring our commitment to 5 Million trees, with 4 Million going toward the 1t.org goal of conserving, restoring and growing 1 Trillion trees by 2030.
We will also continue to support Tree Trust. This job training and mentorship initiative in the Twin Cities helps young people facing barriers to education and employment finish high school and build meaningful careers in urban forestry.
This U.S.-based company's pledge is part of the 1t.org global and 1t.org US communities. We note their pledge on our website as they are part of the U.S. community, however, their pledge is being tracked and reported on at the global level. Explore global pledges here.
We are partnering with American Forests, the nation’s oldest conservation organization.
Trees: 2,000,000
We are proud to now help fund the Tree Branches in the Twin Cities. This job training and mentorship initiative helps young under-served people finish high school and build meaningful careers in community forestry.
Travelers has committed to fund the planting or conservation of an additional 2 Million trees, (on top of the 3 million we've already committed).
Supporting actions
Assisted natural regeneration
Reforestation
Additional details
Travelers has committed to fund the planting or conservation of an additional 2 Million trees. Travelers and American Forests’ partnership is implementing scientific research to restore forest health. This research informs new tools and techniques to help forests cope with climate change. These techniques can boost forest growth after wildfires, for example, or trap more carbon in forest soil. Some of their “climate smart” reforestation methods include:
- Planting genetically diverse collections of native species.
- Planting trees that are better able to thrive under future climate conditions.
- Screening seedlings for disease resistance.
- Spacing seedlings to mimic natural tree regrowth after wildfire. Wider, natural spacing reduces the risk of future fires.
- Planting seedlings in plastic shelter tubes that dramatically increase plant survival in drought-prone areas.
1,540,363 MT CO2e