“Building a future where nature can thrive”
The Evergreen story so far
The Evergreen initiative from Ground Control enables environmental projects that make a difference by delivering biodiversity net gain and carbon sequestration.
This is our story so far:
2020: Ground Control launched the Evergreen Fund, dedicating 5% of Ground Control’s annual net profits to a £5 million Impact Venture Fund dedicated to environmental initiatives and carbon sequestration.
2021: Wildfell in Essex is established, Ground Control’s first centre for environmental recovery and habitat bank for biodiversity net gain.
2022: Ground Control is awarded Carbon Neutral Status
2022: Ground Control becomes B-Lab certified as a B-Corporation
2023: Ground Control plants over a million trees, exceeding the target to plant one million trees by 2025
2023: Science-Based Targets (SBTi) approves Ground Control’s commitment to become Net Zero by 3038
2023: Devana in Cambridgeshire is established as Ground Control’s second centre for environmental recovery, and a habitat bank for biodiversity net gain
2024: Devana becomes one of the first habitat banks in England on the Natural England, Section 106 sites register
2024: Wildfell wins Excellence in Biodiversity enhancement at the Essex Housing Awards
Evergreen features
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Welcome to Wildfell
FMJ reports on how the Wildfell nature-recovery project in Essex strategically restores nature, engages partners, and creates economic value through biodiversity net gain.
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Cambridgeshire site is one of the first BNG habitat banks to be registered on the Natural England BNG site register
Ground Control's Devana Centre for Environmental Recovery becomes one of the first Habitat Banks in England to be registered on the National Register, following an approved Section 106 agreement.
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More than a million trees planted two years ahead of schedule
Set to be achieved in 2025, the Ground Control Evergreen scheme. surpassed its five-year target in 2023, when it reached a milestone of 1.3 million trees planted over three years.
