Plastic Bank’s Partnership with ClimatePartner
PLASTIC BANK COLLABORATES WITH CLIMATEPARTNER TO PROTECT OUR PLANET
ClimatePartner supports companies in climate action: With a solution combining software and consulting, ClimatePartner supports their clients in making a contribution to climate action and anchoring it in their strategy. Companies calculate carbon footprints for them or their products, set reduction targets, implement reductions, finance climate projects, and are supported by ClimatePartner through the communication of their climate action commitment.
ClimatePartner has collaborated with Plastic Bank to provide an option for their customers to help finance a climate project, while also helping to protect our oceans. For every tonne of CO2 saved through the contribution via a certified climate project, 10 kilograms of plastic will be collected and recycled in vulnerable coastal areas. This intercepts plastic before it enters the sea and protects sensitive marine ecosystems. Collection communities in Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Philippines collect ocean-bound plastic and then exchange it for life-improving benefits including health insurance, school supplies, meal vouchers, and more. In this way, the partnership with ClimatePartner contributes to ocean protection and provides a path out of poverty for collection members.
Partnering for Impact
This partnership helps protect our environment for future generations. In collaboration with Plastic Bank, ClimatePartner offers the opportunity for their customers to make an additional impact by funding the collection of ocean-bound plastic. Since the partnership began in 2019, it has resulted in the collection and recycling of over 3 million kilograms of plastic, equivalent to over 150 million plastic bottles.
“Taking responsibility for our plastic consumption is a major contribution to climate action. We can only protect our planet from further damage once we reflect on our own behaviour, our way of consumption and our production of waste. Plastic Bank addresses exactly this challenge while improving the lives of more and more people. We are beyond proud to be partners in this process.”
Moritz Lehmkuhl
CEO at ClimatePartner
“Environmental action must also serve as a catalyst for social change. Our partnership with ClimatePartner is an example of how businesses can drive multi-faceted solutions to the world’s most pressing issues. Together, we are reducing carbon and plastic footprints while empowering coastal communities with a path out of poverty.”
David Katz
Founder and Chairman of Plastic Bank
Get involved with Plastic Bank
Professional Membership
Fund global plastic collection with your business and access tools to communicate the environmental and social impact it’s making.
Personal Membership
Empower collection communities to gather plastic materials and exchange it for money and access to social benefits.