Each time you check out with Shop Pay, you contribute to the Shop community's tree planting efforts.
We've partnered with WeForest on the Casamance mangrove project to fund the restoration of 1,000 hectares of mangroves. Mangroves are made up of trees and shrubs that are specially adapted to live in salty, tidal water, and can capture and store large amounts of carbon dioxide. This initiative will increase forest cover, boost fish stocks, and shellfish populations, as well as create sustainable harvesting opportunities that will provide regular incomes to the local fishing communities in Senegal, Africa.
Over the next 30 years, the restored mangroves are expected to capture 219,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, offsetting the carbon dioxide produced by Shop Pay deliveries made in 2021 and 2022. You can view our daily impact in the Shop app. This initiative will be certified by the Voluntary Carbon Standard and the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Standard.
Learn more about how Shopify's Sustainability Fund is helping to address climate change.