Fashion and apparel

Trees for your sourcing regions and your shoppers

Run agroforestry where your fibre grows, CSR forests near your offices and a geo-tagged tree per order for customers.

Plan a programme What drives plantation

400+ companies plant with us · 85% survival, program-wide · 14 states across India

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Site, saplings, tools and safety

85% survival

program-wide, geo-tag verified

400+ companies

plant with us

14 states

across India

Quick answer

What does a fashion and apparel company need from tree plantation?

Apparel brands mostly use plantation for CSR under Schedule VII, BRSR data and customer campaigns. Textile units have been under emission intensity targets of the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme since January 2026, and trees do not count toward them. Any green claim to shoppers must be specific and substantiated under the CCPA greenwashing guidelines of 2024.

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Companies planting with us

Real programmes, in our clients' own words.

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What we deliver

Services for fashion and apparel

Planted, cared for for three years and reported on GreenTrack.

Sourcing-region agroforestry

Fruit and timber trees on farms in fibre-growing districts. Farmers keep the fruit and timber income.

See agroforestry →

Tree per order

Plant a geo-tagged tree for each garment or order, with a link customers can open.

Carbon Neutral Brands →

Urban and Miyawaki forests

Dense native forests near design studios, offices and stores, funded through CSR.

Miyawaki forests →

BRSR-ready data

Geo-tagged photos and survival checks shaped for BRSR Principle 6 and value chain notes.

BRSR reporting →

Mill and unit green belts

For textile units: green belts and water body work, covered on our manufacturing page.

Textiles manufacturing →

How a programme works

Five steps, from your goals to reports your CSR, ESG and leadership teams can use.

Goals, sites and budget
Species and planting plan
Planting with our team
Three years of care
GreenTrack reports

What you get

Site and species plan
Geo-tagged trees
Survival checks and replacement
Photos and field records
Reports for CSR and BRSR
Digital forest page

Programmes that fit

Pick the programme that suits your land, region and goals.

Projects across India

Every pin is a project with its own digital forest. Filter by programme or state, or search for a company.

Pins show the approximate area of each project, not exact plot locations. Updated 2026-10-07.

From the field

Planting, care and growth on our project sites.

Village women planting saplings at a Grow Billion Trees plantation drive

Employees planting and watering saplings at a corporate plantation drive

Corporate team group photo at a Grow Billion Trees plantation site

Freshly dug pits and saplings in rows at a plantation site

Volunteers planting saplings across a large plantation site

Community members kneeling to plant saplings along drip lines

Volunteers planting saplings beside drip irrigation lines

Large group planting trees together at a corporate plantation drive

People planting saplings across an open plantation site

Transparency

Check any tree we planted for you

Every tree we plant is geo-tagged and gets a certificate. Enter a certificate or order number to see it.

Have a certificate? Check your trees

Enter the number from your certificate or order email.

Fashion and apparel: what drives plantation

Apparel brands sit between textile mills and shoppers. The cards below show which drivers plantation helps with, and which need emission cuts or recycling instead.

Driver	What it asks	How plantation helps	Source
Carbon Credit Trading Scheme for textiles (MoEFCC GEI targets, 2026)	Since 13 Jan 2026, textile units are obligated entities with emission intensity targets. They report scope 1 and scope 2 emissions.	No: targets are met by cutting emissions at the unit or buying carbon credit certificates under the scheme. Tree planting does not count.	PIB: GEI targets for 208 more industries, 22 Jan 2026
Green claims (CCPA Greenwashing Guidelines, 2024)	Terms like 'green', 'eco-friendly' and 'carbon-neutral' need qualifiers and substantiation. Details must be disclosed in the ad or through a QR code or URL. Future claims need clear, actionable plans.	Partly: tree campaigns are fine when specific and disclosed. They do not make a garment 'sustainable' or 'carbon-neutral'.	CCPA Greenwashing Guidelines, 2024
CSR spending (Companies Act 2013, s.135)	Companies with ₹500 crore net worth, ₹1,000 crore turnover or ₹5 crore net profit spend at least 2% of average net profit of three years.	Yes: plantation and agroforestry, including in cotton-growing districts, fall under Schedule VII's environmental sustainability item.	Companies Act s.135 and Schedule VII (Govt of Uttarakhand CSR portal)
BRSR Core and value chain (SEBI, 2025)	Assessment or assurance of BRSR Core reaches the top 1,000 listed companies in FY 2026-27. Value chain disclosures are voluntary for the top 250 from FY 2025-26. A new indicator asks how many green credits were generated or procured.	Partly: supplier and sourcing-region plantation can feed BRSR and value chain reporting. It does not lower emissions you report.	SEBI circular on BRSR Core, value chain and green credits, 28 Mar 2025
EPR for plastic packaging (Plastic Waste Management Rules, amended 2022)	Brand owners, including online marketplaces and retail chains (micro and small units excluded), register on the CPCB portal and meet EPR targets for plastic packaging.	No: EPR for plastic polybags and mailers is met through recycling and processing. Trees do not count.	CPCB FAQs on EPR registration for plastic packaging

Mills are in CCTS; trees stay outside it

Textile units now have emission intensity targets under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme. Trees do not count toward those targets. If you own spinning, processing or dyeing units, see our page for chemicals, paper and textiles and the guide to what plantation can and cannot do under CCTS.

Plant in the landscapes you source from

Cotton, jute and other natural fibres come from farms. Agroforestry on those farms adds fruit and timber trees to the fields. Farmers keep all the fruit and timber income. See agroforestry.

Customer campaigns without greenwashing

A tree per garment or per order through Carbon Neutral Brands plants a tree: a 2-3 ft sapling, planted, cared for three years and geo-tagged. Say 'one tree planted per order' and link to the tree data. Avoid calling a collection 'sustainable' because of the trees; the CCPA guidelines need specific proof for that.

Questions fashion and apparel companies ask

Do trees help our textile units meet CCTS targets?

No. CCTS targets cover emission intensity at the unit and are met by cutting emissions or buying carbon credit certificates under the scheme. Trees do not count.

Can we call a collection 'sustainable' because we plant trees?

We advise against it. The CCPA guidelines need substantiation for 'sustainable'. Say 'one tree planted per order' and link to the tree data.

Can we plant in cotton-growing districts we buy from?

Yes. We run agroforestry with farmers in those districts. Farmers keep the fruit and timber income, and each project is priced after a site survey.

How much is a tree per garment?

Pricing depends on the number of trees, the location and the programme. Each tree is a 2-3 ft sapling, planted, cared for three years and geo-tagged.

Does plantation help with plastic EPR for polybags and mailers?

No. Plastic packaging EPR is met through recycling and processing. Report plantation under CSR and BRSR.

We own a mill as well as the brand. Which page applies?

Use this page for the brand side and our chemicals, paper and textiles page for mills and processing units.

Do you sell carbon credits from these trees?

No. We do not sell carbon credits from these plantations, and carbon figures we share are estimates.

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