FMCG, food and beverages

Trees for your sourcing regions, plants and packs

We plant and care for trees around your factories, in your farming districts and for your customers. Every tree is geo-tagged and reported on GreenTrack.

Plan a programme What drives plantation

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

Planting day handled

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 an FMCG, food or beverage company need from tree plantation?

Most FMCG companies use plantation for CSR under Schedule VII, which lists agroforestry and environmental sustainability, and for BRSR Principle 6 data. Plants built under new or pending environmental clearances also need a green belt. Plantation does not count toward plastic packaging EPR, which is met only through recycling and processing.

Trusted by 400+ companies

Companies planting with us

Real programmes, in our clients' own words.

Every Sapling Counts: BAGIC’s Tree Plantation Drive to Give Back to the Planet

How BAGIC Turned Every Employee Into an Environmental Hero

What Happens When L&T’s Engineering Excellence Meets Environmental Responsibility?

How Caterpillar Marked 100 Years by Planting Trees for the Future

Caterpillar Inc. Plants 50,000 Trees That will Inspire Next Generation

The Story & Vision Behind Caterpillar Inc’s “Learning Forests”

How is This CSR Initiative By Group Landmark Helping Farmers?

How One Initiative By Apollo Tyres is Helping Farmers, Nature & the Future

See all corporate films →

Celebrities and leaders who plant with us

Actors, directors and public figures on why they back Grow Billion Trees.

S. S. Rajamouli · a childhood memory grown into a green vision

Rakul & Jackky · a tree for every wedding guest

On Radio One 94.3 · how love for nature grew into a movement

Actor Vishal Gore · 101 trees at Ayodhya on his birthday

See all videos →

What we deliver

Services for FMCG, food and beverages

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

Farmer agroforestry

Fruit and timber trees on farms in your sourcing districts. Farmers keep the fruit and timber income.

See agroforestry →

Pond and lake restoration

Desilting, bunds and native trees on banks and catchments near your bottling and processing plants.

Pond restoration →

Factory green belts

Green belt planning, planting and upkeep to meet environmental clearance conditions at your plants.

Green belt calculator →

One tree per product

Plant a geo-tagged tree for every pack or order, with a QR code customers can scan.

Carbon Neutral Brands →

CSR and BRSR reporting

Geo-tagged photos, survival checks and reports shaped for CSR filings and BRSR Principle 6.

BRSR reporting →

Employee drives

Plantation days for plant, depot and head office teams, with trees cared for after the event.

Employee engagement →

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.

Programmes we have run

How companies planted with us, and what they got.

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.

FMCG, food and beverages: what drives plantation

Food, beverage and personal care companies face five drivers that touch plantation. The cards below show which ones trees can help with, and which ones they cannot.

Driver	What it asks	How plantation helps	Source
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, agroforestry and water body restoration fall under Schedule VII's environmental sustainability item, which names agroforestry.	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: geo-tagged plantation data feeds BRSR Principle 6 and supplier programmes. It does not change your own emission figures.	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 is met through recycling and processing of plastic packaging. EPR credits are issued only to registered processors. Trees do not count.	CPCB FAQs on EPR registration for plastic packaging
Green belt at new or expanded plants (MoEFCC office memorandum, 2025)	Inside industrial estates, red-category units keep 15% green belt and orange units 10%. Estates set aside 10% as common green at 2,500 trees per hectare.	Yes: we plan, plant and maintain the green belt and report survival for your EC compliance.	Outlook Business: Centre cuts green cover norm for industrial estates
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: a 'one tree per pack' campaign is allowed if the claim is specific and the tree data is disclosed. It does not make a product 'green'.	CCPA Greenwashing Guidelines, 2024

Keep plastic EPR and plantation in separate files

Planting trees does not reduce your plastic EPR target. That target is met only through recycling, reuse and recycled content. Report plantation under CSR and BRSR, not in your EPR filing.

Plant where your raw material grows

FMCG brands buy fruit, spices, tea, dairy or grain from farming districts. Agroforestry on those farms adds fruit and timber trees to fields. Farmers keep all the fruit and timber income, which can reach up to 3× farm income compared with conventional two-crop farming. See our agroforestry programme and the guide to bringing suppliers into plantation programmes.

Water stewardship near bottling and processing plants

Breweries, beverage and dairy plants draw heavily on local water. Restoring nearby ponds and lakes, with native trees on banks and catchments, is a visible CSR project for neighbouring villages. Start with pond restoration or lake restoration. Each project is priced after a site survey.

On-pack campaigns that stay honest

A 'one tree per product' campaign through Carbon Neutral Brands plants a tree: a 2-3 ft sapling, planted, cared for three years and geo-tagged. Put a QR code on the pack that leads to the tree data. Describe it as a tree planted, not as a carbon-neutral product.

Questions FMCG, food and beverages companies ask

Can tree plantation help us meet plastic EPR targets?

No. Plastic packaging EPR is met through recycling, reuse and recycled content, and EPR credits are issued only to registered plastic waste processors. Report plantation under CSR and BRSR instead.

Does agroforestry with our supplier farmers count as CSR?

Agroforestry is named in Schedule VII's environmental sustainability item. Your CSR committee and board decide eligibility, and the project must not benefit only your employees.

Who earns from the trees on farms?

Farmers keep all the fruit and timber income. We do not sell carbon credits from these plantations.

Can we print 'carbon neutral' on our pack because we plant trees?

We advise against it. The CCPA greenwashing guidelines need substantiation for terms like 'carbon-neutral'. Say what you did, such as 'one tree planted per pack', and link to the tree data.

How much does a one-tree-per-pack campaign cost?

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. See Carbon Neutral Brands.

Can you restore a pond or lake near our plant?

Yes. We survey the site, then desilt, rebuild bunds and plant native trees. Each project is priced after a site survey.

Do trees reduce our factory's scope 1 and 2 emissions?

No. Trees do not reduce your own scope 1 or 2 emissions. Carbon figures we share are estimates and support, never replace, cuts in energy and fuel use.

Guides to read

Background reading from our blog, picked for this topic.

Visit the learning centre

Questions people ask

All questions on this topic

Trees for your sourcing regions, plants and packs

What does an FMCG, food or beverage company need from tree plantation?

Trusted by 400+ companies

Companies planting with us

Celebrities and leaders who plant with us