Impact Report Overview: Seeds and Donations

With this summary, we want to provide a transparent reporting about the impact and donations that were created by our users and made possible by our sponsors.

We transfer all donations generated by our users and partners. Which timeframe the donations happen depend on the project and the contract with our partners.

123,020 plastic bags collected

corresponds to 6,151 kg of plastic waste

With the support of One Earth One Ocean and CleanHub, the collection of plastic waste in various ongoing projects worldwide is funded.

93,021 trees planted

Our partners for tree planting are WeForest, Eden Forestation, Gone West, RIMI ir Lietuvos gamtos fondas, Pasaules Dabas fondu and Eesti Ökokogukondade Ühendusega, with projects in regions particularly affected by deforestation and wildfires.

37,919,600 Seeds donated

31,768,600 Seeds donated to planting trees

6,151,000 Seeds donated to collecting plastic

Impact Report Details

For more detailed information about the impact and donations, please click on the year you are interested in.

goodbag, goodcup and the Sustainable Development Goals

What are SDGs?

The Sustainable Development Goals resulted from one of the most innovative processes in the history of the United Nations. Integrating substantive input from all parts of society and all parts of the world, they are the blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future for everyone. They address the global challenges we face, including poverty,

inequality climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. There are 17 SDGs which are all interconnected and the main goal is to achieve them all by 2030. Governments are expected to translate the SDGs into national action plans, policies and initiatives, adapted to the individual capacities and properties of their countries. While they primarily target

the governments, the SDGs are designed as a common framework to rally a wide range of actors and shape priorities and aspirations for sustainable development. Most importantly, the SDGs recognise the key roles that businesses can and must play in achieving them. At goodbag we are dedicated to help achieve the SDGs below.

goodbag and goodcup fulfil 5 of the SDGs:

There needs to be a future in which cities provide opportunities for all, with access to basic services, energy, housing, transportation and more.

Sustainable consumption and production is about promoting resource and energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs and a better quality of life for all.

Climate change is a global challenge that affects everyone, everywhere.

Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.

Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss.

FAQs and Additional Information

How does tree planting and ocean cleanup work?

When we collaborate with NGOs, they provide us with an estimate of the average cost of planting a tree or collecting a plastic bag. This monetary value is converted into Seeds. In the app, the donation amount for the NGO increases accordingly when users choose to support a project. In rare cases, fewer Seeds are needed in the app than the actual donation cost to make "more expensive" tree planting projects accessible at a manageable Seed amount within the app.

Why is this overview always published with a slight delay?

It takes some time to collect all the necessary data. For transparency and accuracy, the yearly report is provided during Q1 of the next year.

Why are there sometimes significant differences in the donation amounts across the different timespans?

External factors, such as marketing campaigns or product launches can create temporary spikes in the generated donations. We are committed to continuously growing both donations and our user base.

What happens if a user deletes their profile?

Even if a user deletes their profile, the trees are still planted, and the projects they supported continue as planned. The donations are anonymized according to GDPR. (You can find this information on the profile deletion screen in the app as well.)

Additional Transparency Details

Selection of Reforestation NGOs: Our tree planting projects primarily focus on areas severely affected by deforestation and wildfires, such as Tanzania and Zambia.