Tree Planting
Individual or group tree planting; provides shade, carbon capture, and habitat.
Carbon and evidence
Carbon Sink & Ecosystem Services
A living landscape element — a carbon sink and provider of ecosystem services, not a manufactured product. Its value is measured by sequestration and biodiversity, not embodied carbon, and it must never be netted against a product’s A1–A3.
Carbon Sequestration
Sequestered — carbon removed from the atmosphere
indicative per mature urban broadleaf; accrues over decades to maturity
Source: i-Tree Eco
Indicative and highly variable by species, size, soil and context. Sequestration is slow and reversible — it is not equivalent to avoiding an emission and must not offset embodied product carbon.
Biodiversity Net Gain
individual trees scored via the metric’s tree module; higher for large-canopy species at maturity
Source: Defra Biodiversity Metric 4.0
England requires a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain; distinctiveness is one input to the habitat unit calculation.
Water / SuDS
canopy interception reduces runoff
Source: CIRIA SuDS Manual (C753)
Ecosystem Services
Establishment & Maintenance
nursery growing, transport, tree pit, staking and establishment watering carry a small upfront carbon cost
Read This Honestly
- •Sequestration is slow, uncertain and reversible — it un-banks if the plant dies.
- •Not equivalent to avoiding an emission; never offset embodied product carbon with it.
- •Benefit depends on the tree surviving to maturity.
Reference Sources
Products in this category
No manufacturer products are listed in this category yet. You can specify tree planting generically and carry it through to a render and specification as normal.
Specification
- Finish
- Semi-mature or standard trees
- Service life
- 30 years