Round up your invoice amount and achieve great things together
At supermarket checkouts, in retail, or as part of a payroll donation – many people are familiar with rounding up and know that even the smallest contributions can make a big impact. From now on, you can round up for climate protection at Green Box.
One click for the environment
At Green Box, we constantly think about how we can give you easy ways to contribute to climate protection without much effort. From personal experience, we know that it’s not always easy and can take up a lot of time. We also understand that not everyone can donate large sums. That’s why we’ve integrated a new feature into our online shop that allows you to round up your invoice amount and donate the difference to environmental projects. So why not pay a round $257 instead of $256.48 on your next order and invest $0.52 in the environment?
Rounding up is super easy and possible with every order. Simply click the “Round up” button before completing your order to increase your invoice amount to the next full euro. Choosing the “Round up” function does not commit you to rounding up future orders. You can decide anew with every order whether you want to donate at that moment.
When a little becomes a lot
Just a few pence, maybe a pound – that may not sound like much at first. But when one donation becomes 200 or even 2,000, the amount quickly adds up. And even your donation – even if it’s only $0.01 – is an important contribution to protecting our environment and climate.
We pass on the collected donations in full and without deductions, split equally between two carefully selected environmental projects. Our donation targets are the project BUND Diepholzer Moorniederung, which is less than 100 km from our location and works on the renaturation of raised bogs, and the organization One Earth – One Ocean e.V., which is dedicated to cleaning up water bodies worldwide.
BUND Diepholzer Moorniederung
Bogs are at the heart of BUND Diepholzer Moorniederung. In the middle of Lower Saxony, this committed team works to preserve and restore moorlands.
Bogs are particularly worthy of protection for many reasons: They are habitats for rare and endangered species of plants and animals, play a crucial role in the water cycle by filtering water and helping during droughts and floods, and they store a significant amount of CO2 – in Germany alone, they hold 1.3 billion tonnes of carbon.
Despite their importance, bogs are among the most endangered ecosystems in the world. BUND Diepholzer Moorniederung makes an indispensable contribution to the preservation of this rare natural habitat – and therefore to the protection of our climate.
One Earth – One Ocean e.V.
More than 150 million tonnes of plastic waste are floating in the world’s oceans. Alarming amounts are added every year. According to UN studies, by 2050, the weight of plastic waste in the oceans could exceed that of fish. The environmental organization One Earth – One Ocean e.V. has developed a marine litter cleanup concept to remove plastic waste, oil, and chemicals from waters around the globe. It is currently active in 11 countries – from Brazil, Uganda, and Egypt to Europe and countries like Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
The marine litter cleanup involves two types of garbage collection ships: the SeeHamster for inland waters and the SeeKühe for coastal regions and seas. These vessels collect plastic, sort it by type, and process it. The clean, sorted plastic can then be recycled into new products. Generating energy and fuel from plastic waste is also being considered.
Through its work, One Earth – One Ocean e.V. helps reduce health threats to humans and animals caused by polluted waters and also alleviates economic impacts (e.g. from plastic in fishing nets, cooling systems, or desalination plants).
