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Posted on 2022-03-27

The State of Climate Technologies

In the first three quarters of 2021, climate tech startups saw a whopping $30.8 billion in investments. 184 deals were closed just in Q4 of 2021 — and this year isn’t showing any signs of stopping, either. According to McKinsey, next-generation technologies might draw $1.5 trillion…

Posted on 2022-02-17

EcoMatcher introduces ForestSounds

Hong Kong, February 17, 2022 – EcoMatcher proudly launches the next generation of tree tracking technology by adding ForestSounds. Tree recipients using EcoMatcher’s TreeTracker can not only track and see their tree and farmer, with ForestSounds they can now also experience the sounds of their tree’s…

Posted on 2022-02-10

Technologies and the Fight Against Climate Change

We’re currently living in a transformational age. Technology, which was once an alien concept, is now something we can’t imagine living without. It has great potential — and as it continues to scale, technology has become the one thing that can help us fight one of…

Posted on 2022-02-09

Why Transparency in Tree Planting Matters

Current tree planting initiatives offer little transparency and as a result, insufficiently engage and scale. However, once details are known of each tree planted – its precise location, the date of planting, the species, and the farmer taking care of that tree, and you digitize…

Posted on 2021-09-23

EcoMatcher adds high-resolution satellite maps by Planet to its portfolio

23rd of September 2021 – Hong Kong, San Francisco – EcoMatcher is adding high-resolution satellite data by Planet to its portfolio, offering customers quarterly updates on the forests they have planted through EcoMatcher. Trees’ data collected on the ground with EcoMatcher’s TreeCorder, will automatically be mapped with…

Posted on 2021-08-26

Introducing the next-gen mobile “t(re)e-chnologies” (incl. world’s simplest carbon calculator)

EcoMatcher proudly launches today the next and 5th generation of the EcoMatcher App, integrating new mobile “t(re)e-chnologies” and features that make tree-planting more transparent, engaging, and impactful. The first addition is the world’s simplest one-page carbon calculator developed in partnership with UK-based environmental consultancy Wanderlands. Answers to five curated…

Posted on 2021-06-30

The Next Generation of TreeCorder is Here

June 30, Hong Kong – EcoMatcher proudly launches today TreeCorder 5, the next generation of iOS/Android app used by EcoMatcher’s partner foundations / NGOs that easily records every tree planted and its planter bringing transparency to tree-planting. Besides capturing a picture of each tree, TreeCorder can…

Posted on 2020-12-27

Blockchain, a Welcome Leap Towards Supply Chain Transparency

21st-century companies are becoming more open about their supply chains in a world where every consumer wants to know what it took to make the product they buy. Shoppers demand the story of where their clothes were made; gourmands demand that the source of the…

Posted on 2020-12-03

How Employee Ownership Can Make Sustainability Second Nature

At a Unilever factory, back in 2015, six employees talked to their manager about starting a beauty and hair care course to prepare local women for jobs and entrepreneurship while simultaneously marketing Unilever products. The green signal came; the course was established. Just a year…

Posted on 2020-11-05

Introducing TreeChain, blockchain for trees, finally!

The EcoMatcher team very proudly introduces TreeChain, offering the next level of transparency in planting trees using advanced blockchain (distributed ledger) technology: Every tree that has been planted and every tree that will be planted by EcoMatcher is stored and visible on EcoMatcher’s TreeChain. Anyone can check any tree with TreeChain, including…

Posted on 2020-05-21

EcoMatcher Goes Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Introduction EcoMatcher plants trees with vetted foundations from around the world. Through technology, EcoMatcher knows everything of every tree planted offering full transparency. Every tree can be virtually visited. Companies can use trees for reward, loyalty, corporate gifting, employee engagement, and transparent carbon offsetting programs.  EcoMatcher’s System, see below, consists of the…

Posted on 2020-05-03

Can Fake Trees be a Part of the Climate Change Solution?

For many years now, trees have been posited as the most viable solution to climate change and rising global temperatures. In a nutshell– they pull CO2 out of the air, provide shade that cools the surface of the earth, and attract rains in a timely…