POINTS FOR PLANTS

Since 2019, Gforest users have generated over 16 billion green energy points by doing over 133 million low-impact paperless transactions. Paying bills online, for instance, eliminates the need to drive to a bank and consume paper for receipts and forms.

More points can be garnered for walking to work, taking the stairs, and avoiding single-use plastic items. Gforest interfaces seamlessly with existing mobile fitness apps to accurately measure not just energy saved, but exactly how much carbon emissions are reduced.

Each green energy point corresponds to a gram of carbon saved. Points are then used to nourish a virtual tree in Gforest. When users reach 20,560 points, his or her virtual tree will be fully-grown. Gcash and its allies will then plant a corresponding tree in one of its partner sites.

Users have already planted over a million virtual trees, forming the basis for Gforest’s actual planting drives.