How Businesses Can Achieve Net Zero with Corporate Carbon Capture Solutions
There’s a lot of noise out there about net zero. Targets, roadmaps, pledges. But when you strip it back, businesses are all trying to answer one key question: How do we make a real impact on the planet while still running a business? That’s where we come in.
We’re The Great Reserve, and we believe nature offers one of the simplest, most powerful ways to reduce carbon and build a meaningful legacy, starting with the world’s most effective carbon-storing tree.
The Business Case for Carbon Offsetting
Let’s be real. Running a business comes with emissions. Even with the best intentions — cutting waste, going paperless, switching to renewables — some carbon is just part of the job.
That’s why business carbon offset programs exist. They give companies a way to balance out what they emit by investing in projects that remove or store carbon elsewhere. But here’s the thing. Not all offsets are created equal. Some are hard to understand. Some feel abstract. And others, well, they’re just ticking boxes.
We wanted to change that.
At The Great Reserve, we’re building a new kind of offset program — rooted in something solid, tangible and impossible to ignore.
We're planting Giant Sequoias across the UK. Not just a few, but a full-scale forest network of 100,000 of them. Why Giant Sequoias? Because no tree on Earth captures and stores carbon quite like they do. They're nature’s skyscrapers — massive, majestic and capable of locking away carbon for thousands of years.
But they need help. In their native US habitat, Sequoia numbers are plummeting — down 10% per year, with only around 75,000 left as of 2021. Wildfires, climate shifts and disease are wiping them out. So, we’re giving them a new home in the UK. A safer one. A long-term one.
Our Carbon Capture Approach
What we offer is different. We're not selling credits from some distant scheme overseas. We're building something real and permanent. Something your business can be proud of.
With The Great Reserve, your company can:
Offset emissions in a way that directly supports long-lived, biodiverse UK woodlands
Contribute to a living, breathing project you can see and visit — our planting sites are open to corporate partners
Give back to nature by helping preserve one of Earth’s most iconic endangered tree species
And we don’t stop with Sequoias. For every one we plant, we also plant three native UK species — to boost biodiversity and make sure the woodland thrives as a full ecosystem.
Why UK and US Businesses Are Getting Involved
Whether you're a small team or a large corporation, investing in corporate carbon capture solutions isn’t just about balancing the books on your footprint.
It’s about storytelling. About being able to say:
“Here’s what we did. Here’s where we planted. And here’s how we’re making a difference.”
UK businesses love that this is happening on home soil. US businesses love that they're helping safeguard a species native to their own forests. And globally, more and more companies are choosing nature-first solutions because they just make sense.
Your offset shouldn’t feel distant or complicated. It should feel like planting a flag in the ground and saying: this matters.
Thousands of our Sequoias are already growing from seed in the UK. We’re ready to plant. And when you partner with us, you’re invited to come along.
Our Planting Days are hands-on, meaningful experiences. You can send your team, plant your own grove and see the legacy you’re building with your own hands. It’s not just a carbon offset. It’s a story your brand gets to be part of.
Verified, Audited, Trusted
We don’t cut corners. Our planting is verified by the Soil Association under the FSC® Ecosystem Services Procedure. Everything we do is built to last. We’re here to make your business carbon offset program more transparent, more effective and far more inspiring.
Ready to Start Your Offset Journey?
Whether you're starting small or thinking big, let’s talk about how your business can hit its net zero targets while helping us build The Great Reserve. Because we’re not just planting trees. We’re building something that lasts.
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Join our mailing list and be the first to hear where, when and how we’re planting and protecting this extraordinary tree species across the UK. You can also follow us on LinkedIn to see updates from the ground, meet the people behind the project and hear directly from businesses already making their mark.
Let’s grow something incredible, together. Get in touch today & drop us an email at team@thegreatreserve.org to find out how we can help you.
