Plant-a-Tree-Programme with Carbon Neutral

Each year we take a look at our contribution to the Earth and re-evaluate our efforts to be more sustainable and give back to the land that so lovingly supplies us with our life blood - Flax Linen.

We are proud to continue to partner with our carbon offset program - Carbon Neutral. Since 2020 we have joined forces to evaluate our emissions and plan our journey for a more sustainable future.

Carbon Neutral carries out large-scale revegetation of degraded farmlands. The Carbon Neutral Plant-a-Tree-Programme allows us to actively support this vital work by funding the planting of mixed native species in the Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor.

Woodlands and forests play a crucial role in cleaning and cooling the air. Their many gifts to humanity include acting as natural water pumps to reduce dry land soil salinity. These green pockets reduce erosion from wind and water, recycle nutrients for agriculture and support habitats for wildlife. This project began in 2018 and since then more than 30 million mixed native species of trees and shrubs  have been planted across 18,000 hectares. In 2023, the project expanded to nearly 21,000 hectares.

The area along the Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor was once vibrant with expansive woodlands of York gum and Salmon gum trees. But from the early 1900's europeans have cleared more than 97% of the vegetation so they could farm. Now, parts of the landscape are not suitable for traditional agriculture due to problem soils that are increasingly uneconomic to farm in a drying climate.

The Plant-a-Tree Program aims to restore landscapes and reproduce natural ecosystems across Australia. The Yarra Yarra Corridor is a 200km stretch of trees and other plant life, reconnecting coastal and drier inland habitats.

Carbon Neutral are Australia's largest biodiverse reforestation 'carbon sink' developer and mangers.  Most of these plantings are for carbon credits under prestigious international Gold Standard certification.

Bedtonic have proudly partnered with Carbon Neutral since 2020 and contributed over 600 trees to the program to consciously offset our carbon.