CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB), one of the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world, together with The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Councillor Robert Aldridge, and volunteers from the local authority, recently planted 700 trees in Edinburgh’s Hunters Hall Park, contributing to the city’s ambition to become a Million Tree City by 2030.
Fifteen volunteers from the council and CGI planted native trees including English oak, green beech, elder, hawthorn, hazel, goat willow, crab apple and wild cherry. The trees were donated by CGI as part of its tree-planting programme, supplied by Carbon Footprint Ltd, and planted under the guidance of independent charity and social enterprise Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust.
CGI’s tree-planting programme is a key part of the company’s No Planet B initiative, a UK-wide, employee-driven programme that engages employees, known as CGI Partners, in supporting CGI’s environmental and sustainability objectives. The initiative promotes greener behaviours across the organisation, including supporting tree planting, eliminating single-use plastics and encouraging sustainable commuting.
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Councillor Robert Aldridge, said: “Trees play a vital role in making our city greener and healthier for everyone, which is why we’ve set an ambitious target to become a million-tree city by 2030. We already have more trees in Edinburgh than people, but we’ll only reach our target if everyone plays their part. So, I’m extremely grateful to CGI for working with our Parks and Green Spaces team to plant these new trees, and for helping us to turn ambition into action.”
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Mark Maclean, Vice-President, Consulting Services, at CGI in Edinburgh, said: “CGI is proud to support Edinburgh’s Million Tree City project through our own UK environmental initiative, No Planet B. It’s important that we continue to back our commitments with action, including supporting biodiversity through local initiatives. Since our tree planting programme began, CGI volunteers have planted around 21,500 native trees across the UK to support biodiversity and climate action. A special thanks goes to The Lord Provost, the Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust, and the volunteers from the City of Edinburgh Council who joined our staff to successfully plant the latest round of trees in one day, along with our partners Carbon Footprint Ltd.”
CGI has previously planted 250 trees at Hunters Hall, a site identified as an ideal location to enhance biodiversity in the capital and support local wildlife habitats. In total, the company has contributed 1,000 trees to Edinburgh’s Million Tree City initiative, which has seen more than 885,000 trees planted across the city to date.
